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Pentaxke
A #Belgian thingy?

Until 2016 publication of these photos would have been illegal. From the website of the #Atomium (pictured here:)
‘#copyright restrictions exempt private individuals (…) where photographs are taken by private individuals and shown on private websites for no commercial purpose.’

SABAM, #Belgium's society for collecting copyrights and having an illustrious reputation for claiming copyrights (even when it’s not even holding it,) has claimed worldwide intellectual property rights on all reproductions of the Atomium and has gone so far to demand a US website to remove all images from its pages.

Luckily Belgium has come to its senses and since 2016 there is freedom of panorama, allowing pictures of public buildings under copyright to be legally distributed.

#monochromemonday #monochrome #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto #architecture #architecturephotography #modernism #waterkeyn #polak #travel #traveltip #heizel #heysel #brussels #bruxelles #brussel #bruxellesmabelle #belgie #belgique #thisisbelgium #pentax #pentaxk1 #editedincaptureone
All three images are details of the Atomium: 9 gigantic (18m diameter) Stainless steel clad spheres joined together with steel tubes (which hold the escalators and elevators) shaped together in unit cell that represent an iron crystal, magnified 165 million times.
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Pentaxke
The Black Tower.

Built in the early 13th century, this tower is the only remaining part of the original first wall around Brussels. By the 15th century, it became private property (due to the building of the second fortification, it had long lost its purpose) and is one of the reasons it survived for so long.

In 1937, it became the first protected building in the city. It is notable for being a single medieval tower surrounded by modern-day buildings and thus has become a popular tourist destination.

#architecture #architecturephotography #travel #traveltip #travelphotography #brussels #bruxelles #brussel #bruxellemabelle #belgium #belgique #belgie #pentax #pentaxk1 #editedincaptureone #potd
A medieval tower with a concave roof partly overgrown with well maintained ivy. Buit around it is a higher, modern buildings in red/orange and grey. This combination has something very strange to it.
#potd
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Pentaxke
The Five Continents.

So, this is not some sort of AI generated photo, but it is a real existing building.

If you are ever in the city of Antwerp, be sure not to miss ‘The Five Continents’ an Art-Deco building colloquially known as ‘the boat house’ or ‘the little boat’ for it’s facade which has a balcony in the form of a ship.

Built in 1901 to the plans of architect Frans Smet-Verhas and commissioned by the boat builder Petrus Roeis, it was sold 2 years ago for funny money (a 2 and 6 zero’s) to a lawyer firm.

#fensterfreitag #architecture #architecturephotography #notai #antwerp #Antwerpen #Anvers #Belgium #Belgie #belgique #travel #traveltip #travelphotography #pentax #pentaxq #editedincaptureone #potd
A beautiful yellow art-deco corner house with on the second floor a balcony in the form of a boat.
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Pentaxke
The Enchanted Forest.

“The Enchanted Forest” is an impressive #mural in #Halle. It is located on the wall of the cardboard factory Pacapime along the Brussels-Charleroi canal.

With an area of no less than 2000 square meters, it is one of the largest murals in Europe.

The #artwork was created by the #artist collective #Treepack and tells the story of several children who dream of a #future where people and nature live again in harmony and decide to make origami animals from paper they find in an enchanted forest. To their surprise, the animals come to life.

Children from the city of Halle served as models for the figures in the artwork.

#silentsunday #nature #buttercup #meadow #streetart #abetterfuture #betterfuture #colourful #vibrantcolours #halle #belgium #belgie #belgique #travel #traveltip #travelphotography #pentax #pentaxk1 #editedincaptureone
A wall with street art with lots of greens and blues, depicting a child reading a book under the sheets. In front of that, a lush meadow with lots of buttercups.
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Pentaxke
Chemin de Fer à Vapeur de Trois Vallées.

Since the name from the title is a lot to digest, they like to be called #CFV3V. ‘They’ is a bunch of mostly #train drivers who had, back in 1973, the crazy idea of rescuing old trains of being scrapped. Fast forward 50 years and the organization is arguably the biggest in the Benelux getting to live on the memory of train patrimonium.

The #museum of CFV3V is impressive for a lack of better words and the steam engine trips are often booked up well in advance.

CFV3V also holds half a dozen train wreckages that either are waiting to be restored or which are used for spare parts.

Well worth a visit even if you are not into trains.

#travel #traveltip #travelphotography #steamtrain #treignes #viroinval #mariembourg #belgium #belgie #belgique #urbexphotography #pentax #pentaxk1 #editedincaptureone
Old 5-axle steam train with 2 carriages. Lots of rust and decay.
The carcass of a steam engine (only the combustion chamber and steam vent) atop two 2-axle bogies. Again lots of decay.
An array of old steam trains in such a state one asks oneself how they are going to be restored.
A 3-axle steam train wit 2 carriages in a severe state of decay. The steam vent is open exposing the pipework.
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JanetteSpeyer

I’m in #Berlin. I am very impressed with how this country pulled itself together after its tragic history, not to mention how welcoming and hospitable its people are to visitors like us. “East Berlin” is beautiful with modern architecture. I’m sharing some of my #photos. Note: I don’t know which ones are East or West. #artwalk #uberarena #topographyofterror #checkpointcharlie #flipboard #flipboardusergroup #germany #travel #traveltip #photography

Art Wall, Berlin
Uber Arena, Berlin
Topography of Terror Museum
Checkpoint Charlie
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