// text and photography by Marjolein den Hartog
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Architecture

Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium

Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium

Numerous picturesque façades along the river Leie in the old city centre

Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Let the games begin! Empty or filled, Berlin's historic Olympiastadion is a sight to behold

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh’s ‘skyline’ – with its castle in the background – seen from Calton Hill on a late winter afternoon

Fernsehturm, Berlin, Germany

Fernsehturm, Berlin, Germany

The television tower is one of the city's well-known landmarks

Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales

Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales

Caernarfon Castle, ‘guarded’ by dozens of small boats

Lacock, Wiltshire, England

Lacock, Wiltshire, England

The medieval town shows (almost) no traces of modern times

Lower East Side, NYC, USA

Lower East Side, NYC, USA

A painted façade and fire escapes in Orchard Road

Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands

Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands

Storm above the town

Harlem, NYC, USA

Harlem, NYC, USA

Buildings throwing some geometric shapes

Reichstag, Berlin, Germany

Reichstag, Berlin, Germany

Norman Foster's dome seen through crackled glass

Vienna State Opera, Austria

Vienna State Opera, Austria

Not as static as you'd think:  evening traffic whizzes past the Wiener Staatsoper

Glasgow, Scotland

Glasgow, Scotland

This wall shows traces of a former neighbouring building

NYC, USA

NYC, USA

Buildings from different age periods melt together in Manhattan

near Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands

near Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands

The Martinus Nijhoff Bridge in the fog

Victory Column, Berlin, Germany

Victory Column, Berlin, Germany

Almost midnight: the Siegessäule (partially) illuminated by moonlight