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Peter 🥾🐾🌲
April 11, 2026
Hiking
“Tegenlicht” at Sint‑Pietersberg is a light or land art-like artwork that has been placed at a viewpoint overlooking Maastricht, where a continuous strip of light enhances or “captures” the natural backlight when looking out over the city and the Maas valley. It is designed to be particularly noticeable in the morning or evening hours, when the sun is low relative to the viewer on Maastricht: hence the suggestion of “backlight” in the name.
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