An afternoon in Amsterdam
One of the reasons I'm clinging to my LiveJournal is that I have saved over 6000 photos in my scrapbook. (6320 to be exact;) It took me years to figure out how to present my photos in a style that works for me and I'm quite content with the way I now make picspams. So here I am and here I'll stay;)
When I went to Amsterdam for the Women's March last weekend, I also spent some time wandering around town with brotherdearest afterwards. Here are some of the pretty sights we saw on our stroll.
At the art square at the back of the Rijksmuseum (home of Rembrandt's Nightwatch) they build an ice skating rink with a replica of the "Skinny" bridge (Magere Brug), so cute!
The next photo is an upclose shot of the museum where they currently have an exhibition about the relationship between South Africa and the Netherlands.
After the Women's March, we walked through the entrance tunnel of the museum towards town.
We sat down at cosy bar Brecht, where we had hot milk with anise and a walnut pie with whipped cream.
On Weteringsschans we saw this quote from a poem by Hendrik Mattheus van Randwijk, a member of the WWII resistance, which was very relevant for today's March: A people that gives in to tyrants loses more than life and property; the light then (also) fades.
Walking through the Vijzelstraat, we discovered a magnificent little artshop with these paper cuttings *hearteyes*
Across the street the old building of the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij, now the city's Archives.
Don't remember which canal this was, I simply had to take a picture of that poster;)
I also couldn't find the name of this darling little tower with the stork tiles.
Remember the Light Festival picspam? Here are those colourful tulips by daylight!
A curious black and white front on this house next to the Herengracht.
Very cool skull and dragons at a tattooshop at the Reguliersdwarsstraat
Another piece of light art that we saw on the boattour, now I could stand still to take a picture and we had the opportunity to go inside the little red house on the bridge that showcased additional artworks: alternative souvenirs from the Netherlands, very funky:)
Gosh, the sun painted the Leidscheplein in the distance with a beatiful golden glow.
Heehee, look at that adorable little artsy man climbing up this house. (Herengracht)
The rainbow bridge is an official piece of light-art from the festival (with bonus cyclist silhouette!) - the lights on the trees at the Leidscheplein are just the pretty view in front of the BurgerKing where we had dinner;)
I love Amsterdam.
J.
When I went to Amsterdam for the Women's March last weekend, I also spent some time wandering around town with brotherdearest afterwards. Here are some of the pretty sights we saw on our stroll.
At the art square at the back of the Rijksmuseum (home of Rembrandt's Nightwatch) they build an ice skating rink with a replica of the "Skinny" bridge (Magere Brug), so cute!
The next photo is an upclose shot of the museum where they currently have an exhibition about the relationship between South Africa and the Netherlands.
After the Women's March, we walked through the entrance tunnel of the museum towards town.
We sat down at cosy bar Brecht, where we had hot milk with anise and a walnut pie with whipped cream.
On Weteringsschans we saw this quote from a poem by Hendrik Mattheus van Randwijk, a member of the WWII resistance, which was very relevant for today's March: A people that gives in to tyrants loses more than life and property; the light then (also) fades.
Walking through the Vijzelstraat, we discovered a magnificent little artshop with these paper cuttings *hearteyes*
Across the street the old building of the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij, now the city's Archives.
Don't remember which canal this was, I simply had to take a picture of that poster;)
I also couldn't find the name of this darling little tower with the stork tiles.
Remember the Light Festival picspam? Here are those colourful tulips by daylight!
A curious black and white front on this house next to the Herengracht.
Very cool skull and dragons at a tattooshop at the Reguliersdwarsstraat
Another piece of light art that we saw on the boattour, now I could stand still to take a picture and we had the opportunity to go inside the little red house on the bridge that showcased additional artworks: alternative souvenirs from the Netherlands, very funky:)
Gosh, the sun painted the Leidscheplein in the distance with a beatiful golden glow.
Heehee, look at that adorable little artsy man climbing up this house. (Herengracht)
The rainbow bridge is an official piece of light-art from the festival (with bonus cyclist silhouette!) - the lights on the trees at the Leidscheplein are just the pretty view in front of the BurgerKing where we had dinner;)
I love Amsterdam.
J.