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Weesperstraat 23/06/2023 12h39
Between June 12 and July 23, 2023, the municipality of Amsterdam will investigate what will happen on the street and in the immediate vicinity if we close Weesperstraat to cars from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. In these 6 weeks, the effects of a temporary closure of Weesperstraat on traffic, safety and quality of life in the area will be examined.
We are doing this test because the eastern inner city is very busy during the day on working days with many cars. More than 1,500 cars per hour drive on the Weesperstraat.
The trial is also known as the 'Knip Weesperstraat'. ('knip'is in English 'cut'). Part of this 'knip' is this temporary park in the middle.
The proponents are the residents of the immediate area. The opponents mainly the rest of the city and the people who need to be there. Elsewhere it is suddenly much busier with car traffic.
Linnaeusstraat 24/12/2020 13h56
The last days of this type of tram taken right before Christmas. This photo is uploaded during the last week this type of tram is dominating on tramlines 19 and 24. The 12G series (817 - 841) built by BN in Belgium in the early 1990's will be put aside first. Later the 11G bidirectional 11G trams (901 - 920) will follow when enough new CAF Urbos 100 GVB 15G trams are available for service on line 5.
Here the 839 on the tramstop Oostpoort (formerly named Pretoriusstraat) going West.
The 839 on the photo was delivered to Amsterdam on 02/12/1991 and first seen on the streets with passengers on 04/01/1992 on line 2. Part of the series 12G (trapkar or hangbuik) with fleet numbers 817-841, built by BN in Brugge.
More information about line 19:
Opened: 22/07/2018
Route: Diemen - Middenweg - Sarphatistraat - Weteringschans - Leidseplein - de Clercqstraat - Admiraal de Ruijterweg - Sloterdijk
Length: 15,4 km
Depot: Remise Havenstraat
Equipment: Standard BN 12G trams (817 - 841)
[ 04 / 2020 ]
BYE BYE 12G TRAMS (all photos taken after the news this tram series will be phased out)
Amstelkwartier 22/06/2022 18h48
A new residential area along the Amstel close to Amstel station as seen from the Amsteldijk at the level of the Martin Luther Kingpark.
Photo taken on a warm Summer day with blue skies and 24° C.
Amstelkwartier
The Amstelkwartier is a neighborhood in Amsterdam in the Overamstel district in the south of the Amsterdam-East district. The neighborhood is located south of and at the bend of the Amstel, enclosed by Spaklerweg and Duivendrechtsevaart. Image-defining in the area are the monumental protected buildings of the former Zuidergasfabriek and Park Somerlust, the reconstruction of which is to be completed in 2020. The residential area also includes the eye-catching residential towers State Amstelkwartier, De Spakler and the wooden skyscraper HAUT under construction.
The neighborhood is planned to have 3,300 residential units. The development is in three parts, the first developed Amsterkwartier Noord should be completely finished in 2022 with 1,500 homes. The development started in 2010, the first residents were able to move in in 2011. Part two consists of East and West: In October 2017, the construction of the first of 150 residential units in Amstelkwartier East started, the first of which was completed in 2019. In East, the management building and the superintendent's residence of the Zuidergasfabriek, two national monuments, will be converted into houses. Construction of 850 residential units in Amstelkwartier West is scheduled to start in 2020, with completion around 2023. Amstelkwartier East and West will be separated by Park Somerlust, the new neighborhood park built around the monumental water tower of the gas factory. A final phase, with some 800 homes, would start after 2023 on the site of the current Overamstel business park. Two schools, supermarkets, shops and other facilities are also planned in this southern part of the neighborhood.
The neighborhood can be reached via the Spaklerweg metro stop on the border of the neighborhood and the Amstelstation train and metro station, which is a little further away.
In addition to Amstelkwartier, the district Overamstel also includes the neighborhoods Weespertrekvaartbuurt, Bajes Kwartier and the Kauwgomballenkwartier.
[ Wikipedia 06/2020 ]
Amstel 30/03/2025 14h23
Street art Frankey gives the city small inconspicuous surprises. Sometimes quite large, sometimes very small. Every week a photo with one of his recent works appears in the supplement to the newspaper Het Parool. A great opportunity to take a closer look at his work. Sometimes you have to search to find it and sometimes it is already gone.
DE KLEINE KOMEDIE (The Small Comedy) is a theater in Amsterdam located on the Amstel, built in 1786. It's the oldest theater in Amsterdam and certainly one of my favorites. Since the 1980s, the theater has focused on cabaret and has grown into 'the cabaret temple of the Netherlands.' Because I create small artworks in the streets of Amsterdam, I have made a small replica of their iconic façade and personalized it a bit: DE KLEINSTE KOMEDIE (The Smallest Comedy). [Streetart Frankey]
DE KLEINSTE KOMEDIE
Amstel, Amsterdam Center (NL)
February 2025 (Het Parool, 15/02/2025)
Streetart Frankey
Streetart Frankey (pseudonym of Frank de Ruwe) is a Dutch artist who wants to positively influence the street scene with relatively small and often inconspicuous works of art.
He grew up in Nijmegen, father was an inventor at Philips Netherlands. He studied at Delft University of Technology (Industrial design). In daily life director of and working for design collective Natwerk. In Amsterdam, many of his works in the street art category can be found on buildings, streets and bridges, often in addition to existing building elements. He himself about his work;
"I want to push boundaries. Art has no boundaries, that's why I like it so much."
In 2019, a special page has been dedicated to his art in Het Parool for a number of years; first he took care of that section himself, later he had to leave that work to others because of busy work. A little later his work Eberhard van der Laan appeared above the entrance of Paradiso.
One of the works that inspired him is the Boomzagertje in the Leidsebosje, a work by an as yet unknown artist.
[ Wikipedia ]
Diamantstraat 30/07/2024 14h04
Once the most popular car in the Netherlands, now a classic that stands out.
This Opel Kadett is built in 1976 and appeared that year on the Dutch roads. It was the C edition of the Kadett, produced from 1973 till 1979.
Opel Kadett
The Opel Kadett is a small family car produced by the German automobile manufacturer Opel from 1962 until 1991 (the Cabrio continued until 1993), when it was succeeded by the Opel Astra.
The Kadett C appeared in August 1973 and was Opel's version of the General Motors' "T-Car". It was the last small Opel to feature rear-wheel drive, and remained in production at Opel's Bochum plant until July 1979, by which time Opel had produced 1,701,076. Of these, 52% had been exported outside West Germany,[ most of them to markets in other parts of western Europe.
The Kadett C was mirrored in Europe by its British derivative — the Vauxhall Chevette. For the first time the Opel Kadett and its Vauxhall equivalent were now very clearly the same car, and marked the gradual convergence of Opel and Vauxhall models, which would be completed with the later Kadett D.
FACTS & FIGURES:
Class: Compact
Production: 1973 - 1979
Number of units produced: about 1.6 million
Length: 4 124 mm
Width: 1 570 mm
Heigth: 1 375 mm
[ Wikipedia 2024 ]
Dam 12/02/2021 11h53
Dam (not: Dam Square!) 5 days after blizzard Darcy. Still covered in snow due to the frost. And not crowded due to the lockdown of the moment (non essential shops closed as well as bars and restaurants).
(album with all the photos of Darcy blizzard, the frost period, drifting snow, people in the snow, cars in the snow, transport and more)
Dam
Dam is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the most well-known and important locations in the city and the country.
Dam Square lies in the historical center of Amsterdam, approximately 750 metres south of the main transportation hub, Centraal Station, at the original location of the dam in the river Amstel. It is roughly rectangular in shape, stretching about 200 metres from west to east and about 100 metres from north to south. It links the streets Damrak and Rokin, which run along the original course of the Amstel River from Centraal Station to Muntplein (Mint Square) and the Munttoren (Mint Tower). The Dam also marks the endpoint of the other well-traveled streets Nieuwendijk, Kalverstraat and Damstraat. A short distance beyond the northeast corner lies the main Red-light district: De Wallen.
On the west end of the square is the neoclassical Royal Palace, which served as the city hall from 1655 until its conversion to a royal residence in 1808. Beside it are the 15th-century Gothic Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) and the Madame Tussauds Amsterdam Wax Museum. The National Monument, a white stone pillar designed by J.J.P. Oud and erected in 1956 to memorialize the victims of World War II, dominates the opposite side of the square. Also overlooking the plaza are the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky and the upscale department store De Bijenkorf. These various attractions have turned the Dam into a tourist zone.
The Dam derives its name from its original function: a dam on the Amstel River, hence also the name of the city.[1] Built in approximately 1270, the dam formed the first connection between the settlements on the sides of the river.
[ Source & More: Wikipedia - Dam (Square) ]
Leidseplein 13/12/2022 12h52
Combino 2094 promoting the National Postcode Lottery of which the draw of which will take place on January 1, 2023 with a chance of winning 58,9 million euros. A kind of Christmas tram as well.
The 2094 was delivered to the GVB on 04/08/2003 and first put into service on 02/09/2003 on line 3.
More information:
Wikipedia - Tramlijn 12 (Dutch)
Amsterdamse Trams - Lijn 12 (Dutch - by Cor Fijma)
Museumplein 08/10/2021 16h40
Lonely urban biker...
More AmsterdamPeople (album with candid and non-candid shot of people in Amsterdam)
Victorieplein 17/04/2023 14h46
Combino 2087 advertises the website '9292' to book a nice day out. In addition, specific theme parks Walibi (with the new Speedzone Off Road zone), Beekse Bergen (exciting with wild animals) and the Moco street art museum in Amsterdam.
Here on the tram line where most advertising trams run nowadays, line 12. Coming from the Churchilllaan towards the Vrijheidslaan.
Combino 2087 was delivered to the GVB on 07/07/2003 and first on the streets in passenger service on 15/08/2003 on line 14.
More information:
Wikipedia - Tramlijn 12 (Dutch)
Amsterdamse Trams - Lijn 12 (Dutch - by Cor Fijma)
Beatrixpark 24/10/2024 16h33
Autumn in Amsterdam with the statue Future past glory in the large meadow of the park.
Future past glory
Artist: Liet Heringa, Maarten van Kalsbeek
Year: 2018
Size: 530 cm high, 850 cm wide, 150 cm long
[ Wikipedia - Future past glory ]
Beatrixpark
The Beatrixpark is a city park in Amsterdam-Zuid, between the Boerenwetering, the Amsterdam RAI, the Ringweg-Zuid (A10), the Beethovenstraat, the Zuider Amstelkanaal and the Diepenbrockstraat. The park is located in the Princess Irenebuurt (neigbourhood).
The Beatrix Park is part of the Amsterdam Zuidas area and will be extended to the south-facing "Sportpark Goed Genoeg" of football club AFC when the Ringweg is underground, and the Amalia Park will also be added.
At the edge of the park there was a school on the Prinses Irenestraat, the Sint-Nicolaaslyceum. The lyceum has been moved to the west side of the park, on Beethovenstraat. The old location of the school has been transformed to become part of the park.
Dam 11/09/2020 16h34
Patta boys...
More AmsterdamPeople (album with candid and non-candid shot of people in Amsterdam)
Seen in Rugby. This extremely metallic blue DAF is registered to the Netherlands since 2017. It is operated by Mitsoko International who are based in Ridderkerk in western Netherlands.
Herengracht 23/12/2024 19h01
It looks like a pile of stones floating in the Herengracht. At the left the Treeftsteeg.
SELF REFLECT
Gali May Lucas (UK)
Amsterdam Light Festival
Amsterdam Light Festival is an annual light art festival in Amsterdam. Artists, architects and (light) designers from all over the world bring their light artworks and installations alive during the festival every winter.
Edition #13 is from 28 November 2024 until 19 January 2025. In total 27 light artworks will illuminate the iconic canals of Amsterdam. For Amsterdam Light Festival 2024-2024 the theme is Rutuals. Rituals have traditionally helped us through all kinds of transformations; from past to future, from winter to summer, from youth to adulthood. Light plays a vital role in many rituals, as a vibrant symbol of joy, energy and life. We use fireworks to usher in the new year, candles to commemorate, and midsummer fires to welcome the solstice. Light adds something mystical and sacred to a ritual like no other element can. And rituals unify. Rituals bring people together.
That’s why we celebrate Amsterdam750 with light. With art. With each other. With Edition 13: Rituals.
Netherlands Police Special Interventions Unit during Exercise Port Defender held at Rotterdam April 2017
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Museumplein 08/10/2021 16h35
Pure love captured by smartphone...
More AmsterdamPeople (album with candid and non-candid shot of people in Amsterdam)
Dam 04/07/2021 14h05
A year ago, a Lego André Hazes appeared on Dam Square on the occasion of his 69th birthday. Unfortunately, this statue was renewed a few days later by vandals. Street art Frankey has made a new Lego statue of André Hazes on the occasion of his 70th birthday and this has also been extensively in the news. Every Amsterdammer wants to see this, photograph it and sit next to it.
Lovers of Hazes will immediately recognize the singer by his typical black suit, sunglasses, hat and microphone. The designer, Streetart Frankey - known for his weekly streetart page in Het Parool - was asked by the business association Dam to create a temporary work of art to embellish the boring concrete blocks in the square.
ANDRÉ HAZES
Dam
June 2020 (30/06/2020)
Restaurated June 2021
Streetart Frankey
Streetart Frankey (pseudonym of Frank de Ruwe) is a Dutch artist who wants to positively influence the street scene with relatively small and often inconspicuous works of art.
He grew up in Nijmegen, father was an inventor at Philips Netherlands. He studied at Delft University of Technology (Industrial design). In daily life director of and working for design collective Natwerk. In Amsterdam, many of his works in the street art category can be found on buildings, streets and bridges, often in addition to existing building elements. He himself about his work;
"I want to push boundaries. Art has no boundaries, that's why I like it so much."
In 2019, a special page has been dedicated to his art in Het Parool for a number of years; first he took care of that section himself, later he had to leave that work to others because of busy work. A little later his work Eberhard van der Laan appeared above the entrance of Paradiso.
One of the works that inspired him is the Boomzagertje in the Leidsebosje, a work by an as yet unknown artist.
[ Wikipedia ]
Amsterdam is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands with a population of 872,680[12] within the city proper, 1,380,872 in the urban area and 2,410,960 in the metropolitan area. Found within the province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", attributed by the large number of canals which form a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Amsterdam's name derives from Amstelredamme, indicative of the city's origin around a dam in the river Amstel. Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world in the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century and became the leading centre for finance and trade. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded, and many new neighbourhoods and suburbs were planned and built. The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam and the 19–20th century Defence Line of Amsterdam are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Sloten, annexed in 1921 by the municipality of Amsterdam, is the oldest part of the city, dating to the 9th century.
As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha-world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands. Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters there, including Philips, AkzoNobel, TomTom and ING. Also, many of the world's largest companies are based in Amsterdam or have established their European headquarters in the city, such as leading technology companies Uber, Netflix and Tesla. In 2012, Amsterdam was ranked the second best city to live in by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and 12th globally on quality of living for environment and infrastructure by Mercer. The city was ranked 4th place globally as top tech hub in the Savills Tech Cities 2019 report (2nd in Europe), and 3rd in innovation by Australian innovation agency 2thinknow in their Innovation Cities Index 2009. The Port of Amsterdam is the fifth largest in Europe. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is the busiest airport in the Netherlands, and the third busiest in Europe. Famous Amsterdam residents include the diarist Anne Frank, artists Rembrandt and Van Gogh, and philosopher Baruch Spinoza.
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in the world. Amsterdam's main attractions include its historic canals, the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam, the Concertgebouw, the Anne Frank House, the Scheepvaartmuseum, the Amsterdam Museum, the Heineken Experience, the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Natura Artis Magistra and Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam. They draw more than 5 million international visitors annually. The city is also well known for its nightlife and festival activity; several of its nightclubs (Melkweg, Paradiso) are among the world's most famous. It is also one of the world's most multicultural cities, with at least 177 nationalities represented
-Wikipedia
Dam< 05/12/2021 13h28
The center of the world...
More AmsterdamPeople (album with candid and non-candid shot of people in Amsterdam)
Venserkade 16/04/2021 08h04
Venserkade in Diemen as seen from the other side of the water at the level of Esstede (Diemen Zuid). And at the left the Vensermolen without blades nowadays. This one is built in 1704.
Vensermolen
The oldest known image of the Vensermolen can be seen on a "Caerte van Amstellant" from 1593. A new mill was probably built on the same spot in 1638. In the seventeenth century, the Venserpolder, which stretched between the Diemermeer (Watergraafsmeer) and the Bijlmermeer, was still a swampy area. In order to provide the fast-growing city of Amsterdam with food, they wanted to make this wetland area suitable for habitation and livestock farming.
Over the years, the mill has been regularly repaired and modernized.
When a hole was blown in the hood of the mill in 1917, the blades were removed and an electric motor with a centrifugal pump was placed in the mill. The condition of the wingless mill was so bad in 1930 that the roof attic had to be removed, so that only the mill hull remained.
When a number of polders were merged in 1978, the electric pumping station in the Vensermolen was replaced by a new pumping station in a detached brick pumping station to drain this large area.