The Device Forts - part 1
General explanation: History is full of interesting things, much of it can still be seen today and for this story we go back to the year...
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jochengielen
- 7 hours ago
- 5 min
The lighthouse of Oostende
Oostende (Ostend in English) is possibly the best-known coastal city of Belgium, it certainly is the largest city of the Belgian coast...
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jochengielen
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Prins Filip ... Isle of Innisfree
The story starts in 1990 … well in 1846 actually when the first ship, the “Chemin de fer” (renamed “Diamant” in 1855) started a regular...
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jochengielen
- Sep 11
- 1 min
Visiting Belgium
One of the projects I have been working on is the creation of walking videos, some of them were made in my own country ... Belgium. They...
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jochengielen
- Aug 21
- 7 min
The cruise that became a road trip! – take 1 - England
So here we are again! ... When my friends and I heard about the new cruise company called Ambassador Cruise Line, we booked the maiden...
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jochengielen
- Jul 25
- 2 min
HMS Vindictive ... in Ostend
At the new Eastern breakwater protecting the entrance of the Belgian Port of Ostend (Oostende in Flemish) is a part of the bow of a ship...
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jochengielen
- Jul 20
- 3 min
HAL duo to Fred Olsen
Holland America Line ... it's impossible to write a short article about this company and its history, so let's pick up in 1997 when the...
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jochengielen
- Jul 17
- 2 min
Conte Biancamano ... in Milan!
This time we 'll talk about the Italian ocean liners, most people know about the famous ones like Rex, Leonardo Da Vinci and the...
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jochengielen
- Jun 23
- 1 min
The Netherlands
As a Belgian citizen and resident I live pretty close to the Dutch border, this means that a day trip to the Netherlands is always a...
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jochengielen
- May 23
- 7 min
Milano - Italy
3 days in Milan! TIPS: I usually fly economy class but I always make sure I choose airlines that give me miles for my trip whenever...
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jochengielen
- May 22
- 2 min
Amera
The cruise ship Amera sails for Phoenix Seereisen at this moment, but this is a ship with a pretty wild history, let's look at it from...
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jochengielen
- Mar 29
- 2 min
Air travel
Flying ... in modern times, the passenger jet is the fastest way to get from point A to point B anywhere on the planet, but what does it...
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jochengielen
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Ferry travel in Europe
Ever since I got my drivers license I have been doing road trips all over Europe with my own car where possible and in rental cars when...
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jochengielen
- Feb 21
- 1 min
Cruise on Queen Elizabeth 2 by Cunard
The QE2 as she is known ... currently moored permanently in Dubai as museum and hotel, this ship was once the flagship of Cunard line and...
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jochengielen
- Feb 19
- 1 min
Cruise on the Caronia by Cunard
Cunard, a household name among the great ocean liners of the past. While many other companies troughout history went bankrupt by the time...
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jochengielen
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Mercy ships new Global Mercy
Antwerp ... one of the biggest ports in the world and only about 80 km from my home. I visit this port often to photograph passenger...
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jochengielen
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Europa
Europa ... a name that has been seen proudly on the bows of many ships, currently in early 2022 there are 2 cruise ships with the name,...
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jochengielen
- Jan 4
- 6 min
Texel
2021 ... Another year consumed by Covid19 ... so what to do? The answer is simple, in order to avoid annoying rule changes and possible...
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jochengielen
- Dec 27, 2021
- 1 min
Artania in 2021
The Royal Princess of Princess Cruises! At least one ship of the 1980's is still in active service despite the recent Covid19 crisis that...
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jochengielen
- Nov 1, 2021
- 5 min
20 years of passenger ship photography
by Jochen Gielen with the help of Onno Heesbeen & Louy Lative. I learned about passenger ships the classic way, when I was about 11 years...
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