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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

He who does not blow, does not wind
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City Poet
Yanaika Summer |
25 - 03 - 2026
Yanaika will soon be handing over the baton as city poet. That is why we captured her poems on video, so that they can still be heard later in the city where they are...
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Column
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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Column
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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Met zijn camera laat hij zien hoeveel bijzondere natuur er vlak om je heen te vinden is.
Samen gaan ze op avontuur in hun eigen stad en ontdekken ze hoeveel bijzonders Den Helder te bieden heeft.

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