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.

Outside, the street is still full of company vans. Road workers are putting the finishing touches on parking spaces. But the doorbell works. Inside, a beautiful kitchen is visible. The bright living room, however, is still completely empty. The conversation therefore takes place on a bench in one of the bedrooms. Hans and Els van Lopik have to improvise a bit.

Chris and Mitch live with their dog Guus at Helderse Spoorstraat. A part of the city center that has undergone a significant metamorphosis in recent years.