Hive meeting Breda, Holland May 29th 2023

Good day , today we had a small but joyfull hive meeting in Breda , Holland .

Thank to the guys from @coldbeetrootsoup who organised this meeting
you can find them on : https://discord.gg/pubJAcj3hU

the atendees on the meeting on none specific order

@loonatic @minigunner @edb @minicooper or was it @cooperclub ? @artakush and me @stresskiller

I'll start with some old houses from the city center that i walked passed from the carpark garage to the meeting point to give you a small impression of this old Dutch city , more details abnout the city you can fine here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breda

I took the image because i liked th impressive door and matching windows.

On the corner of the street i noticed this house with multiple flags.

oposite the house the street was still empty not for long soon it will be crowded with shopping people,, this was around 11:00 am the shops opened up on this day on 12:00am .

Another impressive door

and another that looks used , probably renovated the building into appartments

getting closer to the big church one street filled with bars

And then you see this big tower 97 meters tall according to wiki pedia they started buillding this massive church in 1410 more details can be found
here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote_Kerk_(Breda)

We walked around the church and we saw it was open to the public for free, so you lucky bunch get a small free tour inside.

First thing i noticed besides the high cealing was this organ on the left .

looking upwards you see this , i was glad i brought a wide angle 12 mm lens .

and a 90 degrees turn shows you the width of the church .

Same orchan with more ceilling details

The window oposite the side entrance where we came in.
on the left wall you see a dark wooden sculpture , more details about that later on.

Another part of the church oposite the organ.

A closer look to the organ , pretty massive and loads of ornaments on it.

one of the old graves inside the church dated back to 20 januari 1675

and another one dating back to September 1603

then i spotted this below the organ on the left side no idea what it is or what they might have used it for.

so we walked back the way we came and we saw this hanging

luckely i made two images and converted this one to b/w maybe some peopple with biblical knowledge can tell what it says.

moving on oposite the writings on the wall there was a small side room , that apeared to be another grave

this is that grave , people are a lot simpeler these days burn it to ashes dump it in the see and move on.

it makes you wonder how much such artwork would have cost in those days.

it does look impressive but if we all would end up with a grave like that we would need more AI and 3d printers.

Imagine laying here all these years without televisions or internet it must be boring.

and then there was this trilogy oposite the grave .

When we moved on i spotted this door ... and it rememberd me of the Monthy python sketch Spanish Inquisition like if they could get throughtthat door at any time .

on the right was this grave ? looked a bit vandalized over the years

and arround the corner we spotted this wooden statue,

Time to get outside and find the Hive people still no one to see

so we walked onand spotted this old house on the corner next to the church.

we walked on grabt us some coffee , still some minutes before 12:00am
and then we received the news that they were gathering on the otherside of the church so we payed for the coffee and moved towards the group.

When i arrived they had only just received their first drinks

placing the Hive sign between two beer

people geared up with HIVE merchandise , it was nice to finally meet face to face , for me another small fictory overcoming my anxiety disorder.

until the next time ....

All images created by me @stresskilller with my Sony A7II + Sigma 12-24mm Lens

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