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.
December has been magical. Firstly with the Christmas Market in my hometown of Kraków, later with a walk in the park of Arnhem - the city I called home a long time ago, and last during Christmas in the UNESCO World Heritage city of Zamość.
Marcel Burger
Kraków, 28 December 2025
Kraków, 28 December 2025
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Zamość | Poland
28 December 2025• The UNESCO World Heritage city of Zamość in eastern Poland was extra magical during Christmas 2025, when a tiny layer of snow and frost gave it just that extra touch. Moreover, the light on Christmas Day morning was astonishing. See my updated gallery with the new photos.
Arnhem | the Netherlands
22 December 2025: new photos • Park Sonsbeek is the gorgeous city park of Arnhem. A green lung with an attractive variety of mini landscapes of 200 hectares big. The park closest to the inner-city was named after a wealthy 17th Century Arnhem lady: Anna van Sonsbeeck. The beech forest rich park is remarkably hilly, and that makes it atypical for the normally flat Netherlands. Park Sonsbeek is a joy to walk through, every time again.
Kraków | Poland
13 & 16 December 2025: new photos added—the Rakowicki Cemetery, Kazimierz, Podgórze • Looking proud on the banks of the Wisła (Vistula) river, the former royal city of Kraków is remarkably easy-going. It is a popular magnet for the creatives and tourists alike.
Lissewege| Belgium
11 December 2025 • Close-encounter with a friendly cow in the field adjaced to the Ter Doest Abbey. The abbey dates back to the 1200s and 1300s, and the reportedly biggest stone barn of its kind from that time is still standing. The abbey is located just outside the "white village" of Lissewege, near Brugge (Bruges), Belgium.
Skansen | Stockholm
8 & 9 December 2025 • Skansen is the world's oldest open-air museum, and was opened in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1891. It has a great collection of historic buildings from all over the country, as well as some close-up possibilities with Nordic wildlife. The first photos of my September 2025 visit are up, more are coming soon.
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