Doors 326 – Doors of Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025 (Part VI)
Things have returned to something resembling normal this week after our wonderful week away in Madeira. I have found a little time to resume with some doors of Marrakesh. These doors were photographed during a solo doorscursion in what was the only wet morning of our trip to the red city.
At first, when I look at these I think that it is all a bit repetitive, and then I see that each of these doors is unique. Nothing mass-produced here. It is as if the industrial revolution never happened. I hope you enjoy this week’s selection.
Riad door, Ksibt Nhass, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Gateway, Tinsmith’s Square, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Door and gateway to El Badi Palace, Rue de Berrima, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Door and gateway to El Badi Palace, Rue de Berrima, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Classic keyhole door with flowerpots, Rue de Berrima, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Large doorway, small door, Deer el Kheir, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Narrow passageway leading to doors, Derb el Harrar, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Folding shop doors, Taoulat el Miara, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Studded door, Deerb el Harrar, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025Keyhole gateway, Route Sidi Boudchich, Marrakesh, Morocco, January 2025
More doors (sounds Tolkeinesque) from Marrakesh next time. I wish you a happy weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s weekly Thursday Doors post.
Doors 309 – Copenhagen, Denmark (part IX), September 2024
The day has arrived, after a bit of a false start. This is the last in my series of doors from Copenhagen. Not only did I thoroughly enjoy my mini-break in the capital city of Denmark, but I have also enjoyed reliving it through posting this series of Thursday doors – a weird kind of vicarious experience, in which I had been the protagonist. Is that a thing?
These doors were the last I photographed during my trip, so they are not ‘odds and ends’, even though they are quite an eclectic selection.
In truth, I am also looking forward to posting doors from other towns and cities – I have so many in my archive and I am impatient to share them with you.
I hope that you enjoy this last hurrah from wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen.
Side door of Kristkirken (Christchurch?), Enghave Plads, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Nicely framed door and window, Tondergade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Three doors and a big bird, Sundevedsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Green doors, bicycles and a sassy onlooker, Kingosgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024 (This is my favourite photograph in the whole series)Double doors, bicycles and a fine surround, Sindshvilevej, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Doors of Hellig Kors Kirk, Kapelvej, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Unusual green door and beautiful bricks, Struenseegade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Grand green doors in Vendersgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Just about a door as an excuse to show the common mode of transport in the city, Vendersgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Austere corporate door, Vester Farimagsgade, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024Doors of the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2024
So there we have it. I wave a fond farewell to a city that I would highly recommend to anyone. A clean, diverse, happy, historic, beautiful and somehow ‘good’ city.
Something a little different next time.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
Doors 262 – Doors from Highgate, London, November 2023 (Part I)
Last November I went to London to visit one of my uncles who has been rather unwell. He lives in Highgate in North London, where I lived for much of the first eighteen years of my life. After paying my uncle a visit, I thought I’d nip up to Highgate Village which was once so familiar to me when I was growing up, and where I went to secondary school.
Of course when I lived there I never really took in the special place, the architecture and of course the doors – I think appreciation of doors is something that comes with age. This post is the first of several selections of doors that I managed to snap in the space of an hour, before a rapid retreat back to Bristol. My uncle, in case you are wondering, is recovering well albeit quite slowly. I hope you enjoy this week’s selection:
This is Highgate! – door and glass-panelled shopfront, Highgate, London, November 2023The gates to Waterlow Park where I spent many happy moments, Highgate, London, November 2023High security door? Highgate, London, November 2023Park View blue door, Highgate, London, November 2023Yellow door with fancy crest, Highgate, London, November 2023Red door and steps, Highgate, London, November 2023Green door with large flat awning and worn steps, Highgate, London, November 2023Grey doors of the Angel Inn where many happy hours were spent, Highgate, London, November 2023
Spending time in Highgate and writing this post now fills me with nostalgia. There will be plenty more doors to come from Highgate in the next few weeks. May I wish you a very happy weekend.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
A quick one today as returning from a holiday always seems to lead into an extremely busy work week. This mortal coil!
This is the third and final instalment of doors from York, and a not-so-recent trip there about a month ago. I think that I could have spent a lot more time there enjoying the history of the place, and I would have liked to have had time to visit the Jorvik Viking Centre, but alas I had to dash off to a conference. This set of photographs aren’t up to my usual standard – I think that I was rushing to get the pictures while the light was fading and didn’t do a very good job of it. I hope you enjoy this final set from York, before I move on to doors of Lincoln and a real door treat in store.
Merchants hall entrance and open doors, York, June 2023Tudor building and old wooden door, York, June 2023Fancy door surround and fan light (including ugly fire exit sign), York, June 2023Double panelled door with wooden frame, York, June 2023Tudor doorway and more recent door, York, June 2023
So that’s yer lot for another week, see you again next time.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
This week, I return to doors of Croatia, after a week of absence skiing in the French Alps (I thought I’d just slip that in). These doors are from the magnificent city of Zadar, at one time an immensely important trading port in the Adriatic, and its former affluence is very impressive indeed. I would thoroughly recommend it as a place to see if you choose to visit Croatia. So, no more flim flam, here are the doors:
Land Gate to the city, Zadar, Croatia, August 2022
The Land Gate, as it is known, is an impressive entrance to the old city, which has very thick fortified walls. You will note the strong Venetian influence with the lion of Saint Mark over the archway.
Gateway, Zadar, Croatia, August 2022Slim door, Zadar, Croatia, August 2022Door with stone surround and arch, Zadar, Croatia, August 2022Ancient doorway with less ancient door, Zadar, Croatia, August 2022
I am enjoying reliving our family holiday to Croatia in August 2022 through these pictures. Next up, I will take you to the city of Pula on the southern tip of the Istrian Peninsula.
If you have made it this far, you probably like doors, and you really ought to take a look at the No Facilities blog by Dan Anton who has taken over the hosting of Thursday Doors from Norm 2.0 blog. Links to more doorscursions can be found in the comments section of Dan Anton’s Thursday Doors post.
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