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Yanaika Summer

""A journalist from De Telegraaf once asked me what on earth I was doing in Den Helder.""

Yanaika Zomer – city poet, writer, and born coastal woman – traded her student room back then for the one and only true homecoming: the sea. In her columns on stadaanzee.nl, she writes about her love for Den Helder, the dike, and her new home on Molenplein.

 

Columns by Yanaika Summer

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Yanaika Summer |
18 - 09 - 2025
Everything is close by: from markets, cinemas, and museums to walks along the sea and canals, making the city feel like a place that fits perfectly.
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Yanaika Summer |
14 - 08 - 2025
We can't call it a garden yet. A sandbox with a fence and a hefty amount of weeds. But still, the poppies and rapeseed brought color, the sun was shining and...
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Yanaika Summer |
20 - 06 - 2025
Yanaika looks back on the question she was asked by the journalist from De Telegraaf: what on earth are you doing in Den Helder?

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