25 November 2006
I walked into Den Haag Centraal Station and it was full of people in blackface dressed as Zwarte Piet, including a full marching band and other folks passing out the traditional Sinter Klaus treats.
25 November 2006
I walked into Den Haag Centraal Station and it was full of people in blackface dressed as Zwarte Piet, including a full marching band and other folks passing out the traditional Sinter Klaus treats.
This picture shows a black railway employee posing with somebody in blackface. They were smiling and chatting before I took it.
25 November 2006
I walked into Den Haag Centraal Station and it was full of people in blackface dressed as Zwarte Piet, including a full marching band and other folks passing out the traditional Sinter Klaus treats.
Some folks dressed as Piet were dancing with each other and with children. Not all of the children or adult audience were white.
25 November 2006
I walked into Den Haag Centraal Station and it was full of people in blackface dressed as Zwarte Piet, including a full marching band and other folks passing out the traditional Sinter Klaus treats.
Two people were not in blackface. One was this guy in green. And another guy painted his face pink. The pink person seemed to be the leader.
25 November 2006
I walked into Den Haag Centraal Station and it was full of people in blackface dressed as Zwarte Piet, including a full marching band and other folks passing out the traditional Sinter Klaus treats.
25 November 2006
I walked into Den Haag Centraal Station and it was full of people in blackface dressed as Zwarte Piet, including a full marching band and other folks passing out the traditional Sinter Klaus treats.
25 November 2006
I walked into Den Haag Centraal Station and it was full of people in blackface dressed as Zwarte Piet, including a full marching band and other folks passing out the traditional Sinter Klaus treats.
25 November 2006
Zwarte Piet is extremely popular in the Netherlands. This one was in Amsterdam.
25 November 2006
Zwarte Piet is extremely popular in the Netherlands. This greeting card in the middle was in Amsterdam.
25 November 2006
Zwarte Piet is extremely popular in the Netherlands. The forward center greeting card of Piet driving Sinter Claus around was in Amsterdam. The caption on the card says "St. Nicolaas in Nederland."
25 November 2006
Zwarte Piet is extremely popular in the Netherlands. There were in a religious store in Amsterdam. Rosaries are only €5.90!
25 November 2006
This is a drugstore in Amsterdam (not a pharmacy) which has a head above it. the head is caricature of someone from the Middle East. I noticed several such heads. I don't know if the neighborhood I was in had a higher concentration than other areas or not.
25 November 2006
Zwarte Piet is extremely popular in the Netherlands. This one was in Amsterdam. There are fewer there than in The Hague.
25 November 2006
Zwarte Piet is extremely popular in the Netherlands. It's not uncommon to see them hanging upside down like the one on the right. Zwarte Piet is a child figure and often depicted as being playful.
25 November 2006
Zwarte Piet is extremely popular in the Netherlands.
25 November 2006
Zwarte Piet is extremely popular in the Netherlands. This one is in Den Haag, in the Centraal Station.
25 November 2006
This Zwarte Piet is in Den Haag, at the end of my street.
25 November 2006
This Zwarte Piet is in Den Haag, at the end of my street.
25 November 2006
This Zwarte Piet adorns the window of a goth store in Den Haag, just a few doors down from my home.
26 November 2006
Church and Park in Brussels, Belgium
26 November 2006
Statue in a square in Brussels, Belgium
26 November 2006
Large public building in Brussels, Belgium
26 November 2006
The view from a hilltop in Brussels, Belgium. It's been so long since I was last on a hilltop, before this.
26 November 2006
An art deco building, formerly holding a store called "Old England" now houses the musical instrument museum in Brussels, Belgium.
The museum is great and there's a restaurant with a terrace on the top floor which is also worth a visit.
26 November 2006
Pretty buildings down the block from the musical instrument museum in Brussels, Belgium
26 November 2006
View from a hilltop in Brussels, Belgium
26 November 2006
A row of buildings and a waffel truck in Brussels, Belgium
26 November 2006
A gigantic ocarina in the musical instrument museum in Brussels, Belgium. The sheet music there is a normal a4 page.
26 November 2006
A gigantic jaw harp in the musical instrument museum in Belgium. This thing is as big as my face. Hoe big of a head would you need for it to resonate well?
26 November 2006
The green thing in the middle is a wooden shoe with strings on it. It's traditionally played for a holiday, but I can't tell you which one.
