Leiden train station's covered bike parking area - note the two level parking
on to Hoek van Holland west of Rotterdam to visit the Maas River storm barrier - this is the pivot end
this the the curved northside barrier
barrier stowed leaving the 350m wide channel open
two halves of the barrier moving to close the river
when the two halves meet, they flood them and sink them to the riverbed providing a 22 m high storm barrier to keep the North Sea out
the main support pipes have a wall thickness of 9 cm
on to Schiedam - the Jenever (juniper flavored paint remover) capital
Schiedam has 5 windmills
back in Leiden
