The beach at Scheveningen

A creative writing assignment

Summer break has begun, and many of us are going on holiday. Some may travel to one of our neighbouring countries to enjoy the sea. In any event, Simon de Vlieger’s painting The beach at Scheveningen is ideal for the summer holidays. Get inspired and embark on your own creative writing excursion with this work of art.

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We are looking forward to your texts!

We would also like to show your results to others and put them on the museenkoeln.de site. To do so, please send your texts to museumsdienst@stadt-koeln.de and let us know if you would like to be mentioned by name.

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