The former Olympic port of Barcelona is now a marina. The photo shows a footpath, lined with palm trees, along the many bars, cafes, restaurants and small shops that surround the port. The marina itself is not visible, but is to the right of the palm trees.
This port in the Dutch town Naarden is known as the Nieuwe Haven, or new port - new only in comparison to the old port.
The white building on the left is the former arsenal of Naarden. It is now the studio of Dutch designer Jan des Bouvrie.
On the Wilhelmina quay in Rotterdam, where once the ships of the Holland America Line departed for Ellis Island, is now a cruise terminal.
I took this photo in the old port of Rotterdam. The building on the right is known as the White House. Build in the late 19th century, the White House was the first skyscraper in The Netherlands, and with its ten floors and 43m / 141ft it was once the highest building in Europe.
A detail of the former head office of the Holland America Line (HAL), on the Wilhelmina quay in the port of Rotterdam. Emigrant ships of the HAL departed from this quay, on their way to Ellis Island. The quay, and this HAL building, was often the last that emigrants saw and remembered of the old world.
