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Arrested

Policestation Haarlem, Koudenhorn.About an hour ago I went home briefly. When I was almost there I heard screaming: "Turn around! On your knees!".

Fortunately it wasn't meant for me but for the guy that had some sort of an axe and was breaking the windows of the police station. I guess he was really angry, when I walked back to Chess I saw that at least 8 windows had been broken...

While looking for a nice picture of the police station I came across this (slightly sarcastic) article about the renovation of the Nieuwe Gracht, where Chess (my employer) is located. Translated: "It's always nice if big companies like Chess are able to see how people were living in the Middle Ages and how they transported their stuff over sandroads, with holes in the road. That must have given those smart guys a lot of inspiration".

The renovation this website talks about finished about a year ago but did indeed take much longer than expected.

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Fire at the Adriaan?

When we had dinner we saw flash-lights and smoke on the Adriaan. First we thought somebody is shooting pictures, but it turns out to be a training for the firebrigade. I suppose the flash is for the pictures that are meant for this website.

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Nieuwe Gracht 7

The Hendrick de Keyser Foundation bought the building 'Huis Barnaart'.

That's very close to Chess, I walk by it everyday.

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View on the snow

The window near my desk is getting full with snow.

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Firebrigade Haarlem online

I wondered if I could find yesterdays waking up on the internet. After all, even Middenmeer has their firebrigade online.

And yes, there is a website of the Haarlem firebrigade too. Yesterday's event is not online yet, but they are many pictures of other fires they worked on. They coolest feature of the site, one that Middenmeer's doesn't have, is the life audio stream of their scanner.

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Snow in Haarlem

Car with snow.Yesterday morning it was snowing: the first time since we're living in Haarlem.

Click on 'Read More' for yesterday's view from the window.

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Adriaan Christmas

Christmas star on the Adriaan.There's a Christmas star on the Adriaan.

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Ice in Haarlem

Bird on the ice.It's been horribly cold the last few days, winter is definately not my season.

However, for all those people who do like skating things look pretty nice. Even the Spaarne is starting to get frozen.

While I was walking to work I took 2 pictures.

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Sinterklaas in Haarlem (again)

Zwarte Pieten in the Spaarne.While I was working on my last homework assignment I saw a small boat with two Zwarte Pieten in the Spaarne. Some pictures!

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Picture tree on the road

The Haarlems Dagblad has a picture of the tree that fell yesterday.

You can see the prison in the background; compare it with a picture from the view from our livingroom window.

Picture (c) United Photos de Boer / Marco de Swart

Picture: United Photos de Boer / Marco de Swart

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