Hook of Holland
Posted in Architecture, Art Deco, Trips at 10:00 on 12 December 2016
Our landfall in (and departure point from) The Netherlands was at the Hook of Holland (Hoek van Holland) via the ferry from Harwich.
Thee is a port building there which doesn’t seem to be used as a terminal any more but is impressively Art Deco in appearance.
From the River Maas:-
On the way back as we were waiting in the queue for boarding I managed to get two photos from which this is stitched:-
This one of its central roofline sculpture was snatched from the boat as it passed on departure:-
The town of Hoek van Holland is itself very tidy and neat (unlike Harwich on the other side which shows the civic neglect typical of the UK as a whole.)
There were two decoish buildings. In this one it’s the left hand window and its decoration, especially the stepping.:-
Deco corner. (Or maybe it’s just that Dutch Amsterdam style.) Pity the glazing has been updated:-
The doorway panel in the side street has great rule of three in the windows above the door and lovely detailing in the brickwork:-
Tags: Art Deco, Hoek van Holland, Hook of Holland, River Maas, the Netherlands
Hook of Holland Again – A Son of the Rock -- Jack Deighton
8 July 2024 at 12:00
[…] Fortunately the queue for boarding had me stopped right at the facade of the old terminal building which I had before only managed to photograph obliquely or from a distance. […]