In Search of the Kind of Place: Castle De Haar

There are places where time feels different.
Where silence and light seem to breathe together.
Castle De Haar, just outside Utrecht, is one of those places.

As we walked through the gate, the air changed.
It carried the scent of stone, old wood, and damp earth.
Inside, everything gleamed — copper, marble, stained glass —
as if every detail was crafted to hold what words cannot capture.

We went there in search of the kind of place — that rare meeting point of beauty, stillness, and the human hand.
What struck us most was the stained glass:
windows that don’t just let light in, but let stories through.
Each color, each fragment of glass, felt like an echo of another moment in time.
Sometimes soft as morning light, sometimes sharp as fire.
Through the lens, we watched how the light moved, how it played with shadow and form — much like the work we create ourselves: handmade, imperfect, alive.

The glass reminded us why we make.
Because something made with attention gives attention back.
That’s what thekindofplace is about — not only finding places, but finding that feeling of presence, of being made to last.

Next time, we’ll go searching again.
For a new place. A new shape of light.

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