A Son of the Rock

Grootegast is in Groningen province.

This house (flats?) has a definite Art Deco feel especially in the rounded window elements:-

Other angle:-

A more typical Dutch style house:-

Detail:-

Grootegast War Memorial. From distance:-

Closer view:-

Memorial pedestal:-

Dutch East Indies Memorial:-

Post World War 2 the Dutch made a doomed attempt to hold on to their Far Eastern colonies. As did the French. And, eventually, the British.