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Dam 12/12/2020 14h44
A happy unmasked moment on Dam in Amsterdam.
Corona Crisis in Amsterdam (my special album on Flickr)
SOCIAL DISTANCING (1.5 METERS)
AVOID CROWDS – STAY SAFE
FLATTEN THE CURVE
Rooseveltlaan | Europaplein 13/12/2015 14h04
The livery of the selected trams with commercial messages are changing quite rapidly. This 2094 on line 4 on its way to Station RAI is promoting Tele2, a telecom provider. A special tribute to the vintage computer game Pacman here.
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 4 (Dutch only)
Amsterdamse Tram - Cor Fijma (Dutch only)
Kalvertoren 11/04/2019 13h19
A red rounded rolled up Volkswagen Beetle on display in the shopping mall Kalvertoren in the center of Amsterdam.
Beetle Sphere
Ishwan Noor (Jakarta, Indonesia, 1964)
Year: 2011
Stadionweg 14/02/2023 14h34
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.
All Frankey needed to do is hanging a water tap above the concrete sink next to the door at houdrnumber 84.
WATER TAP
Stadionweg, Amsterdam Zuid
February 2023 (Het Parool, 11/02/2023)
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 ]
Wibautstraat 24/08/2021 11h12
A mural to guide the way to the car park of the Volkshotel in the Wibautstraat.
Artist: unknown
Year: 2018
Wibautstraat
The Wibautstraat is a street in Amsterdam East, between the Rhijnspoorplein and the Prins Bernhardplein near the Amstel station.
From the Weesperpoort station on the Singelgracht near the Rhijnspoorplein, trains ran at ground level in the direction of Utrecht until 1939. The Gooische Stoomtram also left here. During the construction of the Wibautstraat, the Spoorbaanstraat, Miquelstraat and part of the Vrolikstraat disappeared. A railway viaduct appeared at the end of the street at the bend in the direction of the Afrikaanderbuurt. During the Second World War, from February 13, 1942 to May 18, 1945, the name of this street was changed to Weesperpoortstraat by order of the occupying forces.
The Wibautstraat is part of the city route s112 and connects to the Gooiseweg. At the level of the Vrolikstraat is the metro station Wibautstraat for the metro lines 51, 53 and 54. A little further north than this metro station, the Wibautstraat is crossed by tram line 3. From 1942 to 1944, tram line 3 ran through the Wibautstraat to the Krugerplein. From 1945 to 1965 tram line 5 ran here to the Amstel station and between 1961 and 1971 tram line 7. After that, the tram tracks were broken up. Between 1970 and 1977, large concrete caissons were used in the construction of the east line of the Amsterdam metro, which runs partly under Wibautstraat.
Blauwburgwal 18/12/2020 15h04
Unknown street art on the quay wall of the Blauwburgwal in the center of Amsterdam.
NAKED LUNCH
Artist: unknown
Year: Summer 2020
AMS_10 [10 points]
The second re-activation in Amsterdam. AMS_10, located a bit off the center of Amsterdam but still in the center district was deleted but came back due to the good work of the R-Team of Paris in March 2016. Flashable and visiible again.
All my views of AMS_10:
AMS_10 (Zoom in, 2003 and 2007)
AMS_10 (Wide shot, June 2007)
AMS_10 (Re-Activated zoom-in, March 2016)
AMS_10 (Re-Activated wide shot, March 2016)
AMS_10 (Revisit, wide shot, February 2019)
Year of invasion: 1999
DELETED Summer 2010
RE-ACTIVATED 05/03/2016
Kruislaan | Robert Kochplantsoen 08/02/2021 16h32
Rushing through the snow...
Candid photo the day after the blizzard Darcy.
(album with all the photos of Darcy blizzard, the frost period, drifting snow, people in the snow, cars in the snow, transport and more)
Oosterpark 08/06/2021 17h49
Beer gathering in the park...
More AmsterdamPeople (album with candid and non-candid shot of people in Amsterdam)
Blankenstraat 23/03/2023 15h28
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.
This pianoman was installed in the Blankenstraat in the Czaar Peter neighbourhood. The man used to sit in a more upright position but the elements made him leaning backwards.
PIANOMAN
Blankenstraat, Amsterdam Centrum (NL)
March 2023 (Het Parool, 18/03/2023)
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 ]
PLEASE, NO invitations or self promotions, THEY WILL BE DELETED. My photos are FREE to use, just give me credit and it would be nice if you let me know, thanks.
This was in one of the display rooms, it was above a door.
Stadionakde 04/08/2020 10h58
A classic modern Japanese car along the Stadionkade in Amsterdam South. I learned that I encountered a rare Nissan Figaro here of which only 20,073 units were built in 1991.
Nissan Figaro
The Nissan Figaro is a front-engine, front-wheel drive, two-door, 2+2, fixed-profile convertible manufactured by Nissan for model year 1991, and marketed in Japan at Nissan Cherry Stores.
A total of 20,073 Figaros were produced by Nissan in the convertible's single year of series production — all with right hand drive.
As a fixed-profile convertible, the upper side elements of the Figaro's bodywork remain fixed, while its fabric soft top retracts in conjunction with a solid panel with a defroster-equipped glass rear window — as seen in other notable fixed-profile convertibles, including the Vespa 400 (1957), Citroën 2CV (1948–1990), the Nash Rambler Convertible "Landau" Coupe (1950), and the 1957 Fiat 500 — as well its 2007 Fiat 500 successor.
Nissan introduced the Figaro at the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show, using "Back to the Future" as its marketing tagline. Based on the first-generation Nissan Micra, the Figaro was manufactured at Aichi Machine Industry, a special projects group which Nissan would later call "Pike Factory".
Based on the Nissan March platform, the Figaro uses a 1.0-liter (987 cc) turbocharged engine.
Standard equipment included ivory leather seats with contrasting piping, air conditioning, CD player, chrome and Bakelite-style knobs, soft-feel paint on the dashboard top, chrome-trimmed speedometer with smaller inset gauges for fuel and engine temperature; and chrome-trimmed tachometer with inset clock.
Exterior paint color represented the four seasons: Topaz Mist (autumn), Emerald Green (spring), Pale Aqua (summer) and Lapis Grey (winter).
At first, 8,000 Figaros were manufactured and then an additional 12,000 to meet demand. Prospective purchasers entered a lottery to acquire a Figaro.
FACTS & FIGURES
Manufacturer: Nissan
Production: 1991 - 20,073 produced
Assembly: Oppama Plant, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Designer: Naoki Sakai and Shoji Takahashi
Length: 3,740 mm
Fockema Andreaelaan (Utrecht).
September 2005 wordt deze verpleegstersflat met de grond gelijk gemaakt. vanwege uitbreiding van het Diakonessenhuis.
Netherlands Police Special Interventions Unit during Exercise Port Defender held at Rotterdam April 2017
Flevoweg | Insulindeweg 30/10/2019 12h52
Nitrogen is the great danger in the Netherlands this time if we have to believe the media and especially politics. And Shell seems to have the answer. This Combino 2094 on duty on line 3 has a special livery for Shell. Just left Flevopark on its way to Zoutkeetsgracht.
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 - Tram 3 (Dutch)
Amsterdamse Trams - Lijn 3 (Dutch)
Parnassusweg | De Boelelaan 30/05/2021 15h20
Love the painting at the backside of the foodtruck parked semi permanently on this corner near the Zuidas business district.
Zuidas Amsterdam
The Zuidas (literally South Axis in Dutch) is a rapidly developing business district in the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The Zuidas is also known as the 'Financial Mile'. It lies between the rivers Amstel and Schinkel along the ringway A10. The greatest influences for the development of the Zuidas are La Défense in Paris and Canary Wharf in London. In size it can best be compared with the Noordruimte/Espace Nord in Brussels.
In the future the railway station, Amsterdam Zuid, in the center of this area will become the second main station of Amsterdam. It is expected to be 5th busiest passenger station in the Netherlands, with connections to Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, and Paris by high-speed rail, the Thalys. It will also connect to the German high-speed network, the ICE, via Utrecht and Arnhem.
The journey from the Zuidas to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol takes approximately 8 minutes. Future development could include an underground line directly to the airport. Another high-speed link has been proposed by a consortium of companies between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam Zuid and the city of Almere.
The Zuidas already has good underground connections to other business areas with the Circle Line. With the completion of the North South line, the Zuidas has an even better connection to the city center. The city council is not only investigating expanding the underground network to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol but also upgrading the hybrid metro/light rail line that stops at Amsterdam Zuid.
Large multinationals such as ABN-Amro and Akzo Nobel have their headquarters in this new area. Between 1998 and 2004, the World Trade Center Amsterdam was renovated and expanded.
The main infrastructural axis (Ring-A10) is scheduled to be tunnelled, transforming the entire area. This would add an estimated €2 billion to the cost of the plan.
[ Wikipedia 05/2020 ]
Entrepôtdok 22/06/2020 18h02
Frankey Street Art is giving the city little often unremarkable surprises. 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.
It's also worthwhile to hunt for his older work. Sometimes it is there and survided storms, heat and blizzards like this one on the Entrepôtdok. Love this one.
DIVER
Entrepôtdok
May 2018
Street Art Frankey
Street Art 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 ]
Utrecht is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands, and had a population of 357,179 as of November 2019.
Utrecht's ancient city centre features many buildings and structures, several dating as far back as the High Middle Ages. It has been the religious centre of the Netherlands since the 8th century. It lost the status of prince-bishopric but remains the main religious centre in the country. Utrecht was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city.
Utrecht is host to Utrecht University, the largest university in the Netherlands, as well as several other institutions of higher education. Due to its central position within the country, it is an important transport hub for both rail and road transport; the busiest train station in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal, is in the city of Utrecht. It has the second highest number of cultural events in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam. In 2012, Lonely Planet included Utrecht in the top 10 of the world's unsung places.
-Wikipedia
Rokin 19/04/2020 15h50
Everyone has their own view on the concept of "social distancing". Right is fine, left is really not a meter and a half. But who am I to judge?
Corona Crisis in Amsterdam (my special album on Flickr)
SOCIAL DISTANCING (1.5 METERS)
STAY HOME
FLATTEN THE CURVE
Museumplein 16/04/2021 17h20
Tourists or not, in April and May tulips were everywhere in Amsterdam. At least one tulip in the public space for every resident.
Normally this square is crowded with tourists but this photo is taken during the lockdown of 2021 due to covid-19.
Museumplein
Museumplein is a public space in the borough Amsterdam South in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Located at the Museumplein are three major museums - the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, and Stedelijk Museum - and the concert hall Concertgebouw.
The area was the location of the International Colonial and Export Exhibition in 1883.
The Museumplein was reconstructed after a design by the Swedish/Danish landscape architect Sven-Ingvar Andersson in 1999. It now includes underground parking spaces and an underground supermarket. In the winter, the pond can be transformed into an artificial ice skating area.
The space is also used for (mass) events such as festivals, celebrations, and demonstrations.
[ Source & more Info: Wikipedia - Museumplein ]
Oosterpark 13/02/2021 12h20
Enjoying the Winter sun in the Oosterpark. A welcome change in this time where everything revolves around covid-19.
(album with all the photos of Darcy blizzard, the frost period, drifting snow, people in the snow, cars in the snow, transport and more)
Oosterpark
The Oosterpark in Amsterdam is the first large park laid out by the municipality of Amsterdam. The park is located in the Oost/Watergraafsmeer borough and forms a component of the Oosterpark area. The park, an English garden, was designed by Dutch landscape architect Leonard Anthony Springer and was laid out in 1891.
In order to create the Oosterpark, a centuries old cemetery behind the Tropical Museum had to be relocated. There were a lot of protests at the time when the municipality of Amsterdam suggested the new plans. In the end the protesters gave in and agreed with the new location for "their" cemetery which is now known as the New Ooster Begraafplaats. In the park is a pond with a small island. The park also contains a part of the former cemetery.
The park contains The National Slavery Monument, which commemorates the abolition of slavery in the Netherlands in 1863. The monument was unveiled on July 1, 2002 in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Beatrix. The dynamic dimension of the monument, the National Institute for Dutch Slavery and its Legacy (NiNsee) was opened on July 1, 2003. Every year on July 1, NiNsee commemorates the abolition of Dutch Slavery in the Oosterpark with the Keti Koti festival.
The Oosterpark also contains a memorial to Theo van Gogh, a film maker and controversial columnist who in 2004 was murdered nearby by a Muslim extremist.
Along the park towards Linnaeusstraat (close to the Royal Tropical Institute) there are a number of grey heron nests.
The streets lining the southern and western borders of the park are also called Oosterpark. Originally these streets were called Eerste Parkstraat ("First Park Street").
[ Source and more Info: Wikipedia - Oosterpark ]
Thorbeckeplein 12/01/2021 14h13
Together keeping distance...
More AmsterdamPeople (album with candid and non-candid shot of people in Amsterdam)