Description

A quote from Ingmar Heytze on the side of a brick building with painting of two feet walking below.

“Heytze wrote the poem especially for this location, a place overlooking the bear pit and where passers-by come and go. In recent weeks, artist Lonneke van Zutphen has been busy painting the poem on the wall“ - https://straatpoezie.nl/gedicht/hoe-vaak-je-ook-ging/

Hoe vaak je ook ging
Even vaak kwam je aan
Ieder spoor blijft bestaan
Waar je was legt je vast

Geen stap die je zet
Wordt ooit over gedaan
Je bent hier nog niet weg
Of je komt er vandaan

Translated:

However often you left,
just as often you arrived.
Every trace remains;
where you were pins you down.

No step that you take
is ever done over.
You have barely left here
before you come from there.

Suggested by

Tim Holmes
A recent immigrant to the Netherlands and lifelong photographer, I love architecture, public art, and photographic documentation for history.
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Hunted on November 9, 2026
Willem Barentszstraat 1, 3572 PA Utrecht, Netherlands
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