Thursday, 24 March 2011

The Island, Antwerp


Het Eilandje twijfelt tusses land en water - Rijnkaai
The Island suspended between land and water - Rijnkaai
The old cranes in the former port of Antwerp on the river Schelde.  Now there's a huge container port further downstream, leaving behind these cranes, looking remarkably like metallic giraffes.

7 comments:

  1. They look like creatures from outer space to me, Sheila!

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  2. Weird and not very attractive but interesting.

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  3. They are strange looking but beautiful in a strange way.

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  4. @Scrappy Grams, I'm glad you agree! :)

    @Carmen, yes, they could be aliens too.

    @Odie, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. :)

    @Aritha, very interesting, I think.

    @Grace, I agree, very much.

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  5. Hello - interesting card for me as I lived and worked in Antwerpen for three and a half years in the early 1990's.

    A bit oif useless information for you... the crane furthest back in the row is called a goose neck crane. They are very common on the Continent but not in the UK.

    Glen

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