So, you're interested in the man behind this all?
Well, here's all you need to know and more!

My name is Marko. I'm 41 years old; a real Dutch "cheese-head", with a large tribal tattoo on my upper right arm and shoulder. I live together with my lovely wife Hotske.

I am employed by the Rotterdam Police Force. When 2002 began, after 11 years of patrolling the streets of this great harbor city, I took off my uniform and I am since working as a police-detective.

Furthermore, I love driving around on my motorbike. It's a red Yamaha Diversion XJ 900 S. I've went on vacation with it to Luxembourg (1997), to Scotland (1998) and to Spain in 2002. I try to drive all-year round but the last years I became a fair weather driver, sadly enough.

If you don't drive a motorbike, I advise you to get your license and get one, because driving a motorbike is very relaxing and liberating! When you're driving you really lose all your stress. It's just pure fun! And there are all kind of advantages as opposed to a car; no more worries about parking space and you'll be laughing when you drive through traffic-jams.  

As you could have guessed I like history, so my other forms of transportation are 2 oldtimers. They are a black 1971 Mercedes 200 and a yellow 1976 Bedford CF Autosleeper. They are also very much fun to drive although especially the Mercedes tends to break down more often than I'd like. But that's the charm of an oldtimer, isn't it. Before the Bedford I used to have another camper; a white 1982 Volkswagen T3 but that burned out, alas.

Below are some questions people asked me about this website:

Will you add our castle to your site?
Well, as I said earlier; I only add castles which I've visited myself. And I only visit the ones that interest me. Also travel takes time and money, but if you would like to pay for my journey and stay, who knows!

You must really love castles!
Is it that obvious?

Can I use your pictures for this reason or another?
No problem, if you just ask and provide a link back to my site.

Why is the entire site in English and not in Dutch?
I choose English because I think that more people can enjoy the site this way and I thought that most Dutch people who use the internet understand English. When I started I decided to make a Dutch version in the future, but the site has grown too big for that now.

Do you know everything about castles?
Well, no. I know a lot but certainly not everything. But if you have a question, do ask! I always like to help other castle fans and will try to answer as good as I can.

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