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DISTELDORP / AMSTERDAM - This is the IJ River, which divides the North and South of Amsterdam. Left The IJdock, Right behind the NDSM Hotspot in Amsterdam North
AMSTERDAM - This is the IJ River, which divides the North and South of Amsterdam. Left The IJdock, Right behind The NDSM Hotspot in Amsterdam North
AMSTERDAM - The IJDock is a Peninsula in the IJ on the Westerdoksdijk behind Amsterdam Central Station, which was built in 2011. The island, designed by architectural firm SeARCH, includes the Court (Palace of Justice), Police Offices, a Passers-by Port and a Hotel. In addition, there are also homes and a Parking Garage. There is one street: IJdok.
Amsterdam - IJboulevard (De Ruijterkade).
The new bicycle parking "IJboulevard" is now open. The underground parking facility is located in the water at the back of Amsterdam Central Station and has room for approximately 4,000 bicycles.
There is a boulevard on top of the bicycle parking. An area of 6,000 sqm, made for walking and enjoying the wide view of the river "IJ".
Fietsenstalling IJboulevard is open. De ondergrondse stalling ligt in het water aan de achterkant van het CS en heeft plek voor ongeveer 4.000 fietsen.
Bovenop de fietsenstalling ligt een boulevard. Een prachtig gebied van 6.000 vierkante meter, gemaakt om te wandelen en te genieten van het weidse uitzicht over het IJ (amsterdam.nl).
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Amsterdam - IJboulevard (De Ruijterkade).
The new bicycle parking "IJboulevard" is now open. The underground parking facility is located in the water at the back of Amsterdam Central Station and has room for approximately 4,000 bicycles.
There is a boulevard on top of the bicycle parking. An area of 6,000 sqm, made for walking and enjoying the wide view of the river "IJ".
Fietsenstalling IJboulevard is open. De ondergrondse stalling ligt in het water aan de achterkant van het CS en heeft plek voor ongeveer 4.000 fietsen.
Bovenop de fietsenstalling ligt een boulevard. Een prachtig gebied van 6.000 vierkante meter, gemaakt om te wandelen en te genieten van het weidse uitzicht over het IJ (amsterdam.nl).
Het IJ bij het Centraal station in Amsterdam, met de in mei geopende A'dam Toren (voorheen Overhoeks)
Amsterdam, river IJ next to Central station, with A'dam Tower (former Shell headquarters)
The IJ (pronounced [ɛi̯]; sometimes shown on old maps as Y or Ye) is a body of water, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam's waterfront. Its name is an obsolete Dutch word meaning "water", derived from the West Frisian word ie "stream, small river" (from Germanic *ahwō, "water") and is cognate with Dutch Aa/Ee names for bodies of water. The name consists of the digraph ij, which behaves like a single letter. Therefore, both letters are capitalized; cf. IJmuiden.
The IJ (pronounced [ɛi̯]; sometimes shown on old maps as Y or Ye) is a body of water, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam's waterfront. Its name is an obsolete Dutch word meaning "water", derived from the West Frisian word ie "stream, small river" (from Germanic *ahwō, "water") and is cognate with Dutch Aa/Ee names for bodies of water. The name consists of the digraph ij, which behaves like a single letter. Therefore, both letters are capitalized; cf. IJmuiden.
The historical Kolksluis of Spaarndam, opened in the year 1280, on a beautiful day in 2016.
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De Kolksluis Spaarndam is de oudste nog werkende sluis van Europa, gelegen in Spaarndam in de Nederlandse gemeente Haarlem. Aan de noordzijde van de Kolksluis ligt het IJ en ten zuiden ervan ligt het Spaarne.
In het begin van het jaar 1200 damde men het Spaarne af van het IJ met als doel om zoutwater en een hoge waterstand afkomstig uit het IJ tegen te gaan in het Spaarne en de landerijen die er rondom liggen. In de dam (Spaarndammerdijk) legde men spuisluizen aan om zo het waterpeil te reguleren, waarbij met gelijk peil de schepen erdoor konden varen. Ook vond hier overslag plaats van zeegaande schepen op binnenvaartschepen om de vracht naar Haarlem en verder te vervoeren.
In 1253 werd door Willem II van Holland opdracht gegeven om in de Spaarndammerdijk een schutsluis aan te leggen, gefinancierd door het bedrijfsleven van Haarlem, die in het beheer kwam van het Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland. In 1280 kwam de sluis gereed. Bij de aanleg maakte men gebruik van een kolk die bij een eerdere dijkdoorbraak ontstaan is, daarom kolksluis geheten. Doordat deze sluis twee deuren had, konden schepen onafhankelijk van het tij de sluis passeren en niet meer enkel met gelijke waterstand. Aanvankelijk had de sluis hefdeuren waardoor alleen kleine schepen met een gestreken mast konden passeren, maar ze kreeg in 1300 puntdeuren zodat ook grotere schepen er door konden.
Bij de sluis ontstond er bedrijvigheid die voornamelijk gericht was op de passerende schepen.
Door aanleg van andere sluizen en ook grotere sluizen raakte de Kolksluis in 1927 in onbruik. Enige jaren daarvoor had men de ongeveer 200 meter oostelijker gelegen sluis uitgebreid, thans Grote Sluis geheten, deze nam de functie van de Kolksluis over. De Kolksluis is toen gerestaureerd.
The IJ (pronounced [ɛi̯]; sometimes shown on old maps as Y or Ye) is a body of water, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam's waterfront. Its name is an obsolete Dutch word meaning "water", derived from the West Frisian word ie "stream, small river" (from Germanic *ahwō, "water") and is cognate with Dutch Aa/Ee names for bodies of water. The name consists of the digraph ij, which behaves like a single letter. Therefore, both letters are capitalized; cf. IJmuiden.
The IJ (pronounced [ɛi̯]; sometimes shown on old maps as Y or Ye) is a body of water, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam's waterfront. Its name is an obsolete Dutch word meaning "water", derived from the West Frisian word ie "stream, small river" (from Germanic *ahwō, "water") and is cognate with Dutch Aa/Ee names for bodies of water. The name consists of the digraph ij, which behaves like a single letter. Therefore, both letters are capitalized; cf. IJmuiden.
Long exposure shot over 't IJ in Amsterdam using
Cambo GFX
35mm Actar @F22
100ND Filter
Combined 2 shots by moving the vertical movement of the technical camera.
A much brighter edit then the last one I did... I like this one more.
I must say I did 2 4 minute exposures and the light is changing very fast at this time of day, Photohop does an amazing job combining the 2 shots and equalizing the light for the 2 exposures.
Yep... I hurried but just missed my train. Enough to do, though, near Amsterdam's central station. I took the ferry across 't IJ to Noord, an up and coming suburb. Behind the supermodern EYE Filmmuseum there are pretty parks now laid out with flowering Daffodils. Here's a 'Mon chéri' hybrid, first registered in 1983 by Piet Q.M. Pennings. The Pennings bulb growers go back to 1960 when the family decided to give up dairy farming and go into horticulture. Quite successfully to judge by their huge stock of various Daffodils.
By the way, that English word 'Daffodil'... I was curious as to its derivation. There's a link to the medieval Latin 'affodillus' (which goes back on the Greek 'asphodelos'). But I wondered about that 'd'; it's claimed that it derives from the Dutch article 'de'; so: 'de affodil' contracted to 'daffodil' in English. After all, the Dutch were well known for their bulb industry.
Oh! and yes: it's 'mon chéri', for a man, not 'ma chérie' for a woman. After all, Narcissus in classical legend is a young man.
The IJ (pronounced [ɛi̯]; sometimes shown on old maps as Y or Ye) is a body of water, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam's waterfront. Its name is an obsolete Dutch word meaning "water", derived from the West Frisian word ie "stream, small river" (from Germanic *ahwō, "water") and is cognate with Dutch Aa/Ee names for bodies of water. The name consists of the digraph ij, which behaves like a single letter. Therefore, both letters are capitalized; cf. IJmuiden.
RKO_5625. Image taken from the IJ_Promenade behind the Amsterdam CS.
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