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Blue Bay, Curaçao
Blue Bay (Dutch: ''Blauwbaai'') is a beach on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, located close to the fishermen's village of Sint-Michiel to the north-west of Willemstad. The beach is named after a plantation "Blaauw" that was located nearby. There are several restaurants at the beach and golf course. The beach is used for snorkeling and diving. Close by are a golf court and a hockey pitch. The Blue Bay Sculpture Garden The Blue Bay Sculpture Garden is a sculpture park situated at the Blue Bay Golf & Beach Resort in Boca Samí, Curaçao, on an area of approximately 2000 square metres in front of and next to Landhuis Blauw. The Blue Bay Sculpture Garden Foundation ... is located nearby in a tourist resort. ReferencesCuraçao Beaches Tourism Curaçao New York Times Beaches of Curaçao {{Curaçao-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae. Sediments settle in different densities and structures, depending on the local wave action and weather, creating different textures, colors and gradients or layers of material. Though some beaches form on inland freshwater locations such as lakes and rivers, most beaches are in coastal areas where wave or current action deposits and reworks sediments. Erosion and changing of beach geologies happens through natural processes, like wave action and extreme weather events. Where wind conditions are correct, beaches can be backed by coastal dunes which offer protection and regeneration for the beach. However, these natural forces have become more extreme due to climate change, permanently altering beaches at very rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sint-Michiel
Sint Michiel (also Boca Samí) is a former fishing village in Willemstad lying at the south end of Bullenbaai bay on the west coast of Curaçao. It is located to the northwest of the island's city centre. Overview The St. Michiel Bay is locally known as "Boca Samí" and is situated between the much smaller Blue Bay and Vaersenbaai. It is named after Saint Michael. Vaersen Bay used to be the Curaçao Police recreational facility. It is now the beach club Kokomo Beach Curacao. The bay was once defended by two WIC forts. The ruins of the main fort are still visible. These forts provided protection from French pirates and the British Navy though they were occupied by both in the 18th and early 19th Century. The settlement started in 1701, and used to be a quiet fishing village. During World War II, about 400 American troops were stationed at Sint Michiel. Tourism has resulted in the construction of hotels and holiday resorts in the neighbourhood. Sint Michael is the largest neigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curaçao
Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast. It is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Together with Aruba and Bonaire, it forms the ABC islands. Collectively, Curaçao, Aruba, and other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. Curaçao was formerly part of the Curaçao and Dependencies colony from 1815 to 1954 and later the Netherlands Antilles from 1954 to 2010, as Island Territory of Curaçao ( nl, Eilandgebied Curaçao, links=no, pap, Teritorio Insular di Kòrsou, links=no), and is now formally called the Country of Curaçao. It includes the main island of Curaçao and the much smaller, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"). Curaçao has a population of 158,665 (January 2019 est.), with an area of ; its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Language
Dutch ( ) is a West Germanic language spoken by about 25 million people as a first language and 5 million as a second language. It is the third most widely spoken Germanic language, after its close relatives German and English. ''Afrikaans'' is a separate but somewhat mutually intelligible daughter languageAfrikaans is a daughter language of Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans was historically called Cape Dutch; see , , , , , . Afrikaans is rooted in 17th-century dialects of Dutch; see , , , . Afrikaans is variously described as a creole, a partially creolised language, or a deviant variety of Dutch; see . spoken, to some degree, by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, evolving from the Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa. The dialects used in Belgium (including Flemish) and in Suriname, meanwhile, are all guided by the Dutch Language Union. In Europe, most of the population of the Netherlands (where it is the only official language spoken country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willemstad
Willemstad ( , ; ; en, William I of the Netherlands, William Town, italic=yes) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It was the capital of the Netherlands Antilles prior to its Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, dissolution in 2010. The historic centre of the city consists of four quarters: the Punda and Otrobanda, which are separated by the Sint Anna Bay, an inlet that leads into the large natural harbour called the Schottegat, as well as the Scharloo and Pietermaai Smal quarters, which are across from each other on the smaller Waaigat harbour. Willemstad is home to the Curaçao synagogue, the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas. The city centre, with its unique architecture and harbour entry, has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History Punda was established in 1634, when the Dutch captured the island fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Bay Sculpture Garden
The Blue Bay Sculpture Garden is a sculpture park situated at the Blue Bay Golf & Beach Resort in Boca Samí, Curaçao, on an area of approximately 2000 square metres in front of and next to Landhuis Blauw. The Blue Bay Sculpture Garden Foundation was established in 2017. The board not only wants to foster tourism with the sculpture park, but also give an impetus to art education in Curaçao. The piece that was first placed in the park was a ceramic totem by Ellen Spijkstra, followed by works by, among others, Giovanni Abath, Eddy Baetens, Babs de Brabander Sr, Hortence Brouwn, Avantia Damberg, Rien te Hennepe, Nic Jonk, Yubi Kirindongo, Norva Sling, Omar Sling, Gerrit van der Veen and Brigitte Wawoe. In 2022, there are more than 40 sculptures by 29 artists. They are made from a wide variety of local materials and are located along a sculpture trail that starts at the entrance of the resort and ends at the manor house, a former plantation house. In January 2019 a delegation of mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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