Mastodawn

went on a bicycle trip again. goal: #appingedam, a cute town in the northeast of the province of #groningen.

I remember there being a beautiful river going right through the village. tourists always wanna go to giethoorn, but that shit is boring af and it's got nothing on appingedam.

off we go!

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bazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵2d ago

the dutch sure love their water thingies! i'm not sure what this is called in english (it's called a lock! thanks petra and kelly!), but I think it's to let smol vessels traverse differences in water level. so the boat parks in the middle part, which will change the water to the target's level, and then the boat can continue boating there

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bazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵2d ago

just some nice landscapes

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bazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵2d ago

LOOK AT HOW MANY WINDMILLS THERE ARE! yeah, zoom in on that stuff on the horizon. that's not normal. they have a windmill problem over there. just one more windmill bro, one more windmill will complete me. swear to god bro just one more windmill

(*to be clear I love windmills, they are dope af)

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bazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵2d ago

WHAT IN THE HECK IS THIS! apparently this is what some think modern architecture should look like in appingedam. so this village has got the loveliest place in the netherlands, but it's also trying for the ugliest 😬

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bazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵2d ago

HERE IT IS! this is what I came here for! it's quite a big village, but somehow I found this spot immediately (I had no idea how to get there, I was just biking at random).

bit bummed out it wasn't as sunny anymore, but still a lovely photo imho!

also lilies for @jiub !!

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bazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵2d ago

@jiub here's the fluffiest cat of appingedam. also it totally ignored me as I took photos from up close. I think this is the gang leader and it gives zero fucks about anyone.