{"id":7966,"date":"2022-06-04T13:44:53","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T11:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/?p=7966"},"modified":"2024-12-08T19:29:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-08T18:29:50","slug":"nieuwpoort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/?p=7966","title":{"rendered":"NIEUWPOORT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#515c60\" class=\"has-text-color\">Newport, Nieuport. A small town at the estuarium of the Yser river at the Belgium West coast. Once the battleground during WWI where the war was settled, but today a beautiful coastal town and home of Jan Fabre&#8217;s statue &#8216;searching for Utopia&#8217;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3697-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3697.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3697-305x203.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3697-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#515c60\" class=\"has-text-color\">Just before we left to spend the weekend, I impulsively grabbed a bunch of artificial roses. I don&#8217;t know why but i felt they would be part of something. The sky was heavy, rainy and grey. And those roses proved to be a colourful detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3707-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3707.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3707-305x203.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3707-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3738-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7951\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3738.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/?attachment_id=7951\" class=\"wp-image-7951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3738.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3738-305x203.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3738-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3730-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7953\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3730.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/?attachment_id=7953\" class=\"wp-image-7953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3730.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3730-305x203.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3730-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3733-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7952\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3733.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/?attachment_id=7952\" class=\"wp-image-7952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3733.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3733-305x203.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3733-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#515c60\" class=\"has-text-color\">The equestrian statue &#8216;Men&#8217; on the breakwater is an artwork of Nina Beier. Hooves firmly in the ground, they defy ebb and flow. The work was first shown here during the Beaufort art project but was given a permanent place. At high tide, the horses stand with their feet in the sea, at low tide you can touch horses and riders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3727-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3727.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3727-305x203.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3727-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3751-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7949\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3751.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/?attachment_id=7949\" class=\"wp-image-7949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3751.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3751-305x203.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3751-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7955\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/?attachment_id=7955\" class=\"wp-image-7955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702-305x203.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3702-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3701-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7956\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3701.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/?attachment_id=7956\" class=\"wp-image-7956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3701.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3701-305x203.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3701-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3689-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3689.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3689-305x203.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3689-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption>Searching for Utopia by Jan Fabre<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"http:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3766_B-1920x1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3766_B.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3766_B-305x203.jpg 305w, https:\/\/nopictures.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3766_B-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newport, Nieuport. A small town at the estuarium of the Yser river at the Belgium West coast. Once the battleground during WWI where the war was settled, but today a beautiful coastal town and home of Jan Fabre&#8217;s statue &#8216;searching for Utopia&#8217;. Just before we left to spend the weekend, &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wrap-excerpt-more\"><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/?p=7966\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,47],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-7966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","category-nature","tag-belgium","post--featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7966"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8018,"href":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7966\/revisions\/8018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nopictures.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}