The Netherlands Covered In Snow
I always like to look back on the photos I take. It takes me back to the moment and relive the memories. For me, that’s an important part of photography. Last January we had lots of snow in the Netherlands. In a month where I was supposed to be in Antarctica but couldn’t go because of an urgent family matter, winter was brought to my own doorstep. I normally do not talk much about my personal life, but January was a whirlwind of the darker side of life, and the brighter beauty of the snow. When I am feeling not at my best, I just like to be out photographing. It’s my kind of therapy.
Back to the snow. For some of you readers snow is probably a very ordinary thing. For us in the Netherlands it’s not (anymore). When I was a little kid I remember seeing snow almost every winter. But nowadays it’s getting rarer. I created my book ‘the Beauty of the Netherlands’ which includes my best photos of 10 years of photography in my homeland. And yes, there are definitely some snowy photos in there, but If I look back on it: there were only a handful of moments with ‘real’ snow that didn’t melt the next day. That was different this January 2026 where we had quite a lot of snow for multiple days in a row, making the Netherlands a winter wonderland.
In this article I share some of my favourite moments in the snow.
Dutch cities and villages covered in snow
I always really enjoy photographing our dutch towns and cities. The preserved old architecture always looks beautiful and I can never get enough of photographing them in different seasons. So with the snow I visited some of them to photograph them in their winter coat.