Bastiaan Slabbers

Bastiaan Slabbers is a Philadelphia-based freelance photographer and multimedia journalist who has been telling visual stories for WHYY since 2010. Bas is a cycling enthusiast who has taken sightseeing in his new homeland to the next level.

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French Philadelphians rally in support of their homeland [photos]

“He drew first” read a cartoon in the hands of Olivier de St Martin as he stood at Love Park, together with other French Philadelphia ...

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Eagles defensive end Brandon Bair visits Trolley Car Diner [photos]

Eagles defensive end Brandon Bair headed to Mt. Airy’s Trolley Car Diner on Thursday evening for some dinner and the chance to meet ...

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Enon Tabernacle church celebrates Kwanzaa [photos]

Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church celebrated Kwanzaa with a celebration at its Family Life Center on Saturday. The event includ ...

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Bicycle racers take on a North Philly junkyard

Each year a group cycling enthusiasts converge on a junkyard in North Philadelphia to race each other on dirt paths winding between junk ...

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Chestnut Hill holiday parade brings together community, Santa and Phillie Phanatic [photos]

The Chestnut Hill Community Association held the annual holiday parade on Saturday morning. Community members had the chance to meet and ...

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Germantown celebrates Pop Warner Super Bowl champs Northwest Raiders [photos]

On Saturday, Philadelphia’s Northwest Raiders beat ...

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Carolers bring holiday joy to Germantown’s Johnson House [gallery/video]

The Johnson House Historic Site hosted its annual Community Christmas Caroling event on Thursday, sending singers up and down the 6300 bl ...

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Elsa from ‘Frozen’ and Santa begin holiday tour of Roxborough

Children and community members had the chance to meet Elsa from Disney’s ‘Frozen’ and sit on Santa’s lap at Roxbo ...

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Floats, balloons, marching bands and crowd scenes during the 95th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

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Thousands turn out for 95th annual Thanksgiving Day parade, oldest in the nation [photos]

Thousands lined the route of the 95th Annual Thanksgiving Day parade on Thursday morning. Floats, balloons and marching bands para ...

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Turkey giveaways feed hundreds in Northwest Philly this Thanksgiving [gallery]

In recent days, private companies and public officials have been working to ensure hundreds of needy Northwest Philadelphians have the tu ...

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Germantown Academy claims PC/GA Day bragging rights over Penn Charter [gallery]

For the second straight year, the PC/GA Day Competition Cup hung in the balance w ...

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Carlesha’s alleged abductor has history of violent ‘problems with women’ [photos/video]

The press release issued by Philadelphia Police on Thursday morning was a sigh of relief at the end of a tireless three-day effort that g ...

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