Het mooiste dat je kunt worden...

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In 2021, Rolf de Bakker painted a huge, colourful butterfly on an external wall of De Dijck primary school, accompanied by the words (in Dutch) ‘The best thing you can become is yourself.’ The school closed in June 2025, but the mural can still be seen from the Weverskade.

Street artist and digital image editor Rolf de Bakker, who has lived in Maassluis since 2017, is known for his colourful murals. He organised the ‘Colored Walls’ project in Maassluis, of which this mural is a part.

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Op een buitenmuur van basisschool De Dijck, schilderde Rolf de Bakker in 2021 een enorme, kleurige vlinder vergezeld van de woorden ‘Het mooiste dat je kunt worden is jezelf.’ De school is in juni 2025 gesloten, maar de schildering nog steeds te zien vanaf de Weverskade.

Streetartist en digitale beeldbewerker Rolf de Bakker, sinds 2017 woonachtig in Maassluis, staat bekend om zijn kleurrijke muurschilderingen. Hij organiseerde in Maassluis het project Colored Walls, waar deze schildering een onderdeel van is.

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Jesse
Street art lover/walker/photographer/researcher irl children’s book publisher, author and translator, living in Rotterdam. My favourite place in the world is London and in particular the area around Brick Lane (Shoreditch). My avatar is a picture taken at the corner of Braithwaite Street and Bethnal Green Road (Shoreditch, London) of a street art poster by Shepard Fairey and Damien Hirst: Third Eye Butterfly Mandala.
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Hunted on October 10, 2026
Dennendal 145, 3142 LC Maassluis, Netherlands
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