From half the 16th century till 1922 the channel-traffic between Brussels and Antwerp had to pass this small sluice, at Klein(=little) Willebroek, where the channel flow into the river Rupel and the junction to the Scheldt. Since 1922, a couple of kilometers upstream, a new wide channel to the Scheldt was digged with a more spacious sluice. But the village didn't became a lost place. Today there is a marina, the sluice is renovated, provided of a rather recent drawbridge and a museum telling the history of the channel. Moreover the place is a crossroad of the multitudinous cycling-tracks along the river and the channel and became so popular that on sunny sundays you must be in luck to find a seat in one of the bars or restaurants. Beside this it is, in fact, not the obvious subject to do in waterpainting
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Ron Bedsole 29 May 2018
wonderfulJames Mann 02 Oct 2016
very interesting machineryJohn Cappello 14 Apr 2016
Perfectly Framed image This is such a Lovely paintingLAURIER Marie josé 13 Apr 2016
ENCORE UNE BELLE OEUVRE . BRAVO IVO !!Sharon De Vore 13 Apr 2016
YOU ARE SUCH AN OUTSTANDING ARTIST, IVO. THIS IS AN AMAZING PAINTING.Joanie Holliday 13 Apr 2016
GORGEOUS WORK. ANYTHING YOU PUT YOUR BRUSH TO TURNS OUT FANTASTIC. JOANIE