Was the roof of the Drommedaris in Enkhuizen blown away by storm Poly or not?

At the Drommedaris in Enkhuizen they can appreciate the edited photo. All day long they receive calls asking whether the roof has really blown away. The viral photo, where the roof of the old entrance gate from 1540 was blown off by storm Poly, is also shared with them a lot. “But the Drom is still proudly standing”, says Mike Leegwater of the Drommedaris.

Empty water can laugh about it. “It doesn’t look real,” he says. “But it is a storm in a teacup. We did not doubt for a second that the roof was really broken. The roof often comes off during performances in the Drommedaris, but not literally!”

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He calls the circulation of the photo a nice promo for the Drommedaris. “I’m not in charge of the marketing, but it’s definitely good for us. We just weren’t smart enough to come up with this ourselves.”

Three minutes work

The person who did take the photo is Fendi Major. He works at café ‘t Ankertje in Enkhuizen, which is opposite the Drommedaris. This morning, when he received the photos of the damage caused by Poly, he decided to make one himself with the damage to the monument.

“I took a photo from the office above the store and quickly edited it,” he says. “It seemed like a nice action to me, and I didn’t spend more than three minutes on it.”

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Fendi forwards it to his friends, who also eagerly distribute the photo themselves. “It went fast after that,” he laughs. “I’ve seen the photo pass by all day, and family also sends it back to me asking if the roof really blew off the Drommedaris.”

He is amazed at the popularity. “We get it back on WhatsApp, people put it on Facebook. I’ve been laughing all morning and afternoon because of the photo,” he says. “People also believe it’s real, and come to the Drommedaris to take photos themselves to prove it’s fake. But if you look closely at the photo, you can quickly see that it’s been edited.”