Scott Kelby’s Photowalk on Urk by Frank Doorhof 2024

It was great again

Once a year it’s time for the worldwide Photowalk, a great idea from Scott Kelby. Every first Saturday in October
When possible I’m also hosting a walk. And after Kampen, Urk, and several times Amsterdam it was time for Urk again.
The reason is simple. It’s a great place for photography with people who have loads of stories and are very friendly to visitors. Plus it’s close to our home. And they sell the best fish of course. See the results of the Scott Kelby’s Photowalk on Urk by Frank Doorhof 2024.

We had a great group for the 2-hour walk, and of course, when you visit Urk you have to finish with a visit to “Jongens van de Fant” for some great fish.

For my photos, I decided to limit myself to the Sigma 12-24 on the Sony A7RV.
I hope you enjoy the selection I made.

Our new intern made a BTS video, you can check it out here

Urk

Urk is a municipality and a town in the Flevoland province in the central Netherlands.

This town is first mentioned in historical records dating to the 10th century when it was still an island in the Almere, an inland sea that would become part of the Zuiderzee in the 13th century after a series of incursions by the North Sea. In 1939, a dike from the mainland to Urk ended the town’s island status, just as the Afsluitdijk project was changing the salt water Zuiderzee surrounding Urk to the less saline IJsselmeer. Later in the 20th century, seabed areas surrounding Urk were reclaimed from the sea to become the Noordoostpolder.

The mainstay of the town’s formal economy has always been fishing, and the products of the sea coming in through Urk harbor continue to be exported widely, although today Urk’s fishing boats must travel greater distances to gather them than was required in most historical periods. Religious life has traditionally been very important to Urk’s inhabitants, with active, conservative congregations of the Dutch Reformed denominations playing key roles in the life of the community.

Urk on Wikipedia

more about walking on Urk (DUTCH)