{"id":47712,"date":"2025-06-30T12:12:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/frans-symons-1927-2019\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T23:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T23:19:40","slug":"frans-symons-1927-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/en\/frans-symons-1927-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Frans Symons (1927-2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <em>\u00a9<\/em> copyright &#8211; Anja Symons <br>Leuvensestraat, 132 Aarschot 016\/56.61.63<br><a href=\"mailto:symons.anja.fotografie@telenet.be\">symons.anja.fotografie@telenet.be<\/a>   www.fotografie-symons.be<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-682x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-768x1153.png 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-1023x1536.png 1023w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-1364x2048.png 1364w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-973x1461.png 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1-508x763.png 508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-1.png 1485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/008-1005x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/008-1005x1024.jpg 1005w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/008-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/008-768x782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/008-1508x1536.jpg 1508w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/008-2011x2048.jpg 2011w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/008-973x991.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/008-508x517.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1005px) 100vw, 1005px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aarschot railway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/017-1012x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/017-1012x1024.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/017-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/017-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/017-1517x1536.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/017-2023x2048.jpg 2023w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/017-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/017-973x985.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/017-508x514.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zwanenstraat &#8211; Aarschot &#8211; A hawker comes along with a handcart. He sells milk by the litre and ladles raw milk with a measuring cup from a barrel into the cooking pot that everyone brings outside. So no packaging!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1012\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/016-1012x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/016-1012x1024.jpg 1012w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/016-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/016-768x777.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/016-1517x1536.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/016-2023x2048.jpg 2023w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/016-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/016-973x985.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/016-508x514.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1012px) 100vw, 1012px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/003-1024x1022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/003-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/003-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/003-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/003-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/003-1536x1534.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/003-2048x2045.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/003-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/003-973x972.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/003-508x507.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jan Symons, Frans\u2019s brother<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/010-1024x990.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/010-1024x990.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/010-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/010-768x743.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/010-1536x1486.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/010-2048x1981.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/010-973x941.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/010-508x491.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria Symons Van Tongelen (1928-2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/015-1015x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/015-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/015-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/015-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/015-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/015-1522x1536.jpg 1522w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/015-2029x2048.jpg 2029w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/015-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/015-973x982.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/015-508x513.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elzenhof<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/001-1024x1002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/001-1024x1002.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/001-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/001-768x752.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/001-1536x1504.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/001-2048x2005.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/001-973x952.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/001-508x497.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">German mother and daughter in front of the Orleanstoren (around 1958)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/023-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/023-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/023-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/023-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/023-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/023-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/023-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/023-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/023-973x973.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/023-508x508.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1021\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/025-1021x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/025-1021x1024.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/025-768x770.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/025-1532x1536.jpg 1532w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/025-2042x2048.jpg 2042w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/025-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/025-973x976.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/025-508x509.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1021px) 100vw, 1021px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shadow children with the ball <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1015\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/007-1015x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/007-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/007-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/007-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/007-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/007-1522x1536.jpg 1522w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/007-2029x2048.jpg 2029w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/007-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/007-973x982.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/007-508x513.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/018-1024x1008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/018-1024x1008.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/018-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/018-768x756.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/018-1536x1513.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/018-2048x2017.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/018-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/018-973x958.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/018-508x500.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rocco Granata &#8211; Witte Molen &#8211; Aarschot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1013\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/004-1013x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/004-1013x1024.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/004-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/004-768x776.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/004-1520x1536.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/004-2026x2048.jpg 2026w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/004-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/004-973x983.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/004-508x513.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1013px) 100vw, 1013px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">German friend and Yvonne Van Tongelen, around 1958<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1004\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/009-1024x1004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/009-1024x1004.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/009-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/009-768x753.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/009-1536x1506.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/009-2048x2008.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/009-973x954.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/009-508x498.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maria Symons Van Tongelen (1928-2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/011-1024x1013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/011-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/011-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/011-768x760.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/011-1536x1519.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/011-2048x2026.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/011-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/011-973x963.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/011-508x503.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roland Van Tongelen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/012-1024x1013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/012-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/012-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/012-768x760.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/012-1536x1519.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/012-2048x2026.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/012-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/012-973x963.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/012-508x503.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/002-1000x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/002-1000x1024.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/002-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/002-768x787.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/002-1499x1536.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/002-1999x2048.jpg 1999w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/002-973x997.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.museum-aarschot.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/002-508x520.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the heath in Aarschot<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure 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