Amsterdam picspam!
Hey, did you see I finally updated my WIP-artposts? You can catch a glimp of my fiddling here. There will be more on that tomorrow. Today I'm sharing 18 photos of my daytrip to Amsterdam. I went there last Saturday for a bit of speedshopping and to go see The Hungergames: Mockingjay, part 1 with my brother. In between I walked around town and in the evening we visited the wintermarket and saw bits of the Amsterdam Lightfestival.
It was very cold, but such a beautiful sunny day! Look at that blue sky:
I always have to take a photo of the trainstation, it's such a gorgeous building (1881)
Yeah, I made photos of that wheel on top before too, but I just love it so. <3
(‘Gevleugeld Wiel’ - emblem of Roman god Mercury; the wheel is 4 x 5.35 metres)
Singel (name of the canal and the streets next to it)
Koepelkerk (former Lutheran church) W
Close up of awesome facade, probably 18th century.
(Check out this archive of architecture in Amsterdam for more!)
View from Korsjesbrug (bridge)
Langestraat
Korsjespoortsteeg with view of Herengracht (canal - from the city center you can follow the canals all around, like a spiderweb; from the inside out, the first one is the Singel, then Herengracht (lords), Keizersgracht (emperor) and Prinsengracht (princes)
After I found the shop I was looking for, I walked back towards Damsquare; on the right is the neogothic silhouette of the Magna Plaza shoppingcenter. Originally build as the main postoffice (in use from 1899-1987), it's on the Unesco monuments list.
On the left a tower of the Nieuwe Kerk (church build in the early 15th century)
I took a tram to another part of town for more shopping before I met with brotherdearest for the film. Afterwards we had a delicious Turkish meal and then we walked around the Wintermarket on Rembrandt's Square for a bit.
Skull! I don't know, I think they sold rocks; the market was a mix of foodstands and weird stuff;)
Speaking of weird stuff; this was a talking moosehead on top of the chocolate stand. He introduced himself as Rudolph der Weihnachts Elk - Rudolph, the Christmas Moose. I swear I'm not making this up! I shot a video as evidence; he babbles in an amusing mix of German, Dutch and English. If you listen carefully you may understand him in between the bells of the tram:
There is Rembrandt himself, looking down on a 3D version of the Nightwatch! This group of statues is a permanent fixture on the square, definitely worth a visit: you can walk in between all the figures (even the dog from the painting is there!)
We now interupt this jolly walk for a PSA...
Welcome to Amsterdam.... All over town there were signs warning tourists not to buy from streetdealers; people have died from snorting white heroin that is being sold as cocaine (sometimes the dealers themselves are not aware of this). Remember that scene in Pulp Fiction? Yeah, not a pleasant experience.
There are also billboards explaining that you will NOT be arrested for doing drugs in Amsterdam ( x) to make sure people will not hesitate to call for help if needed.
/PSA
Main shopping street the Kalverstraat looks much prettier than those drugsigns, right?
We couldn't resist taking another alp. Can I just point out that I am supposed to be the BIG sister. Haha.
Light sculpture near Muntplein, part of the Amsterdam Lightfestival, running from November 27 until January 18.
Damrak: departmentstore the Bijenkorf (Beehive) is covered in lights too!
Last but not least, we end where we started: in front of the station there is light structure with playing cards. In the background the Basiliek van de Heilige Nicolaas (Basilica of Saint Nicholas - 1884).
Which reminds me of another photoset I made of the Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas) parade in The Hague three weeks ago. If you're interested in Dutch folklore, check it out in my pictureblog:)
Hope you liked this walk!
J.
It was very cold, but such a beautiful sunny day! Look at that blue sky:
I always have to take a photo of the trainstation, it's such a gorgeous building (1881)
Yeah, I made photos of that wheel on top before too, but I just love it so. <3
(‘Gevleugeld Wiel’ - emblem of Roman god Mercury; the wheel is 4 x 5.35 metres)
Singel (name of the canal and the streets next to it)
Koepelkerk (former Lutheran church) W
Close up of awesome facade, probably 18th century.
(Check out this archive of architecture in Amsterdam for more!)
View from Korsjesbrug (bridge)
Langestraat
Korsjespoortsteeg with view of Herengracht (canal - from the city center you can follow the canals all around, like a spiderweb; from the inside out, the first one is the Singel, then Herengracht (lords), Keizersgracht (emperor) and Prinsengracht (princes)
After I found the shop I was looking for, I walked back towards Damsquare; on the right is the neogothic silhouette of the Magna Plaza shoppingcenter. Originally build as the main postoffice (in use from 1899-1987), it's on the Unesco monuments list.
On the left a tower of the Nieuwe Kerk (church build in the early 15th century)
I took a tram to another part of town for more shopping before I met with brotherdearest for the film. Afterwards we had a delicious Turkish meal and then we walked around the Wintermarket on Rembrandt's Square for a bit.
Skull! I don't know, I think they sold rocks; the market was a mix of foodstands and weird stuff;)
Speaking of weird stuff; this was a talking moosehead on top of the chocolate stand. He introduced himself as Rudolph der Weihnachts Elk - Rudolph, the Christmas Moose. I swear I'm not making this up! I shot a video as evidence; he babbles in an amusing mix of German, Dutch and English. If you listen carefully you may understand him in between the bells of the tram:
Click to viewThere is Rembrandt himself, looking down on a 3D version of the Nightwatch! This group of statues is a permanent fixture on the square, definitely worth a visit: you can walk in between all the figures (even the dog from the painting is there!)
We now interupt this jolly walk for a PSA...
Welcome to Amsterdam.... All over town there were signs warning tourists not to buy from streetdealers; people have died from snorting white heroin that is being sold as cocaine (sometimes the dealers themselves are not aware of this). Remember that scene in Pulp Fiction? Yeah, not a pleasant experience.
There are also billboards explaining that you will NOT be arrested for doing drugs in Amsterdam ( x) to make sure people will not hesitate to call for help if needed.
/PSA
Main shopping street the Kalverstraat looks much prettier than those drugsigns, right?
We couldn't resist taking another alp. Can I just point out that I am supposed to be the BIG sister. Haha.
Light sculpture near Muntplein, part of the Amsterdam Lightfestival, running from November 27 until January 18.
Damrak: departmentstore the Bijenkorf (Beehive) is covered in lights too!
Last but not least, we end where we started: in front of the station there is light structure with playing cards. In the background the Basiliek van de Heilige Nicolaas (Basilica of Saint Nicholas - 1884).
Which reminds me of another photoset I made of the Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas) parade in The Hague three weeks ago. If you're interested in Dutch folklore, check it out in my pictureblog:)
Hope you liked this walk!
J.