To make an impact on Valentine’s Day, you might buy a luxury perfume, jewelry or box of chocolate for your loved one. But you can also make a grand gesture by doing something small. You saw the proof for that today in Drenthe.

A coloring page decorated with hearts, for the elderly in the nursing home? Get a rose pressed in your hands during lunch break in the school canteen? A loving message to someone you love? It often does not cost a penny, but photographer Kim Stellingwerf saw that it only resulted in happiness. With a blush on the cheeks and a melted face here and there.

See below how Drenthe made itself during Valentine’s Day:

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