View over Kraków on a fresh January day
I have been taking photos ever since my uncle and aunt inspired me to buy my first DSL at the age of 16. I was born in Holland, moved to the eastern part of the Netherlands, immigrated to Sweden. Here I wrote a travel guide book as thick as a brick about my new home country, was a news and radio correspondent and was a teacher in Swedish schools. 15 years after settling in the land of the Vikings, I popped over to the southern side of the Baltic Sea, and found my third home in Kraków, Poland. The third time's the charm.
November has been a month to post more from my 2023 summer round trip through parts of the Netherlands, as well as Paris visited in the same year. Moreover, I brought my September 2025 visits to a little town in Belgium, and two of my favourite cities in Sweden to life.
Marcel Burger
Kraków, 20 November 2025
Kraków, 20 November 2025
New stories from the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Sweden
Uppsala | Sweden
20 November 2025: new section of Lake Ekoln added • Uppsala is the fourth-largest city of Sweden and was once the capital of the kingdoms' lands of Svealand, still the name for the central part of the country. For me, Uppsala was the first place I visited in Sweden, back in 2001. It later became my hometown for more than a decade. I revisited the city that I left in September 2025.
West-Friesland (West Frysia) | the Netherlands
20 November 2025: new photos •West-Friesland (West Frisia) is a region in the northwest of the Netherlands. It's not defined by administrational borders, but by historical context and lingual differences. Within the region the towns of Alkmaar, Enkhuizen, Hoorn, Zaanstad and Den Helder became the most powerful. Edam, Volendam and Medemblik are also considered small national gems.
Gouda | the Netherlands
17 November 2025 • City of where the famous cheese comes from, but was never made here. Also the city which grew big on beer and laundry of the rich. And the city that is the birthplace of the "stroopwafel": the cookie with two slices of biscuit and a caramelised layer of sugar to keep it together. Welcome to Gouda, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands.
Zeeland | the Netherlands
16 November 2025 • The Zeeland area is famous for its fight against the see, which it lost for a moment in 1953. But with the Delta Works—a big engineering win—in place, the peninsulas in the southwest of the Netherlands are staying afloat. I frequently visit Zeeland, and the latest expansion of my Zeeland story include the Oosterschelde Storm Surge barrier, the towns of Goes and Zierikzee, and a first limited series of the regional capital of Middelburg.
Paris | France
11 & 15 November 2025 • The city of lights, the city of love. Apart from that, the French capital does not need much explanation. Despite having visited Paris many times in the past decades, this is my first publication of my photos. Join me in the countdown through the arrondissements of Paris, with snapshots from my mobile phone.
Lissewege | Belgium
9 November 2025 • Unofficially known as The White Village, Lissewege near Brugge is charming because, well, all the houses are painted white. A laid-back stop on your way if you are in the neighbourhood, and certainly worth a D-tour.
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