Last Updated on 17/08/2022
I decided to start my first walk. The sun was shining and it felt like the perfect weather. I used an app to find a random location to walk to, close to my neighborhood. I explain this method in this post.
There is a wild garden next to the block where I live.
There is harvests here several times a year – it contributes to the local ecological diversity.
I like these small paths that divide the walled gardens. I took a walk and peeked behind the wooden fences – they were all concrete gardens. A fun account highlights this depressing trend.
arriving at the random location
Centaurstraat 14.
It wasn’t the highlight of my walk, but I liked the 70s vibes. The second floor had a wall full of vases with twigs in them.
A goat. One of the many animal statues in Groningen.
I could tell a lot about it, but there is an interesting website that has better information.
The gate of the future
This gate was made in 1888, now it’s an offical monument. There used to be a socialist coop bakery in here! The two big statues represent labourers (you can see their farming tools). The frieze at the top shows a bright future, with a rising sun and (naked) people coming together.
The heads of the labourers are renovated – in 1973 there were “beheaded” so trucks could go through the gate. A fitting parable about the progress of capital.
When I was almost finished with my walk, this guy walked by. He had an actual parrot on his shoulder. I quickly snapped this pic. There was also a class of children walking by – one of the kids spotted it too. I overheard the kid telling this amazing sight to his friend, but he didn’t believe him.
That was my walk of today. Thanks for reading.