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Sarphatipark 13/12/2018 12h39
For some reason I like the Winter colors of this park. In February 2015 I made about the same photo of a 'hivernal' Sarphatipark (but on a different spot).
Sarphatipark
The Sarphatipark is a public urban park located in the stadsdeel Amsterdam Oud-Zuid in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The park is named after Samuel Sarphati (January 31, 1813 – June 23, 1866) a Dutch physician and Amsterdam city planner.
In 1942, the park was renamed "Bollandpark" after G.J.P.J. Bolland, because Samuel Sarphati was a Jew. The old name was restored after the war in 1945. The Dutch painter Mommie Schwarz and his wife Else Berg lived adjacent to the park from 1927 until their deportation to, and execution at, the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942. Some of their last works were landscape paintings of the park.
The size of this park is 4.5 acres.
[ Source and more Info: Wikipedia - Sarphatipark ]
Kalverstraat 11/05/2021 13h41
Waiting to enter Pull & Bear in covid times. Shops are open again but the capacity is not yet like before.
Corona Crisis in Amsterdam (my special album on Flickr)
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Westermarkt | Homomonument 07/05/2020 10h12
A special place in Amsterdam. For everyone regardless of sexual preference, gender, skin color, religion or whatever.
Homomonument
The Homomonument is a memorial in the centre of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. It commemorates all gay men and lesbians who have been subjected to persecution because of their homosexuality. Opened on September 5, 1987, it takes the form of three large pink triangles made of granite, set into the ground so as to form a larger triangle, on the bank of the Keizersgracht canal, near the historic Westerkerk church. The Homomonument was designed to "inspire and support lesbians and gays in their struggle against denial, oppression and discrimination." It was the first monument in the world to commemorate gays and lesbians who were killed by the Nazis.
In 1980 artists were invited to submit designs and a jury was assembled consisting of experts in the fields of art and design. The jury chose a design by Karin Daan, based on the pink triangle.[3] With the triangle on the water as its central point, Daan expanded the design to make her work as monumental as possible without disrupting the surroundings.
The idea of a permanent memorial to gay and lesbian victims of persecution dated from 1970, when gay activists were arrested for attempting to place a lavender wreath at the National War Memorial (Netherlands) on Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam. The wreath was removed by police and denounced as a disgrace.
In 1979 the Dutch gay and lesbian rights movement started an initiative to raise funds for a monument, with the support of groups in other countries. It took eight years to raise the necessary €180,000 to build the Homomonument. Most of this came from donations from individuals and organisations. The Dutch Parliament donated €50,000, and the city of Amsterdam and the province of North Holland also made contributions.
A monument in memory of LGBT victims of repression and persecution was dedicated in Barcelona, Spain in 2011. It was modeled after the Homomonument.
As well as the triangle on the canal, which has a set of steps leading to the water where floral wreaths are frequently laid, there is a triangle on land 60 cm high and a memorial triangle at street level. The three triangles—each measuring 10 meters (30 ft) on each side—together form a larger triangle connected on each side by a thin row of pink granite bricks. This larger triangle measures 36 meters on each side.
The alignments of the three points of the larger triangle are symbolic. One points towards the National War Memorial on Dam Square. One points towards the house of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who was deported to her death by the Nazis. The third points towards the headquarters of COC Nederland, the Dutch gay rights group founded in 1946, making it the oldest continuously operating gay and lesbian organisation in the world.
On the triangle pointing towards the Anne Frank House is engraved a line of poetry by the Dutch Jewish gay poet Jacob Israël de Haan (1881–1924): Naar Vriendschap Zulk een Mateloos Verlangen ("Such an endless desire for friendship"). The text is from his poem To a Young Fisherman.
A miniature version of the Homomonument can be seen at The Hague's Madurodam park. The scale model was unveiled on 24 October 24 2006, by Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen and COC chair Frank van Dalen.
[ Wikipedia 06/2020 ]
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This called Onecaratstud, 2007 aluminum and waterproof paint by John Chamberlain - 1927-2011, United States.
The artist has twisted chrome plated bumpers, once used like pieces of jewellery to embellish cars, into a flower piece. The twisted and distorted strips no longer bring destruction to mind; they are components in a transparent and joyous spectacle, to which Chamberlain has added further cheer.
The Airborne Museum ‘Hartenstein Hotel’ in Oosterbeek, The Netherlands is dedicated to the Battle of Arnhem in which the Allied Forces attempted to form a bridgehead on the northern banks of the Rhine river in September 1944. Hartenstein served as the headquarters of the British 1st Airborne Division. In the museum an extensive and diverse collection is displayed consisting of original weaponry, genuine uniforms and equipment used in the battle. The numerous photos and films on display provide a realistic picture which is enhanced by interviews with Allied soldiers. In addition the museum has an award-winning Airborne Experience exhibition, that depicts the area around Arnhem and Oosterbeek during the battle. The museum also provides German and civilian perspectives.
Groningen, The Netherlands.
Full blog post from my recent trip to The Netherlands www.kristapshercs.com/blog/2015/5/the-netherlands-through...
Museumplein 17/05/2020 16h25
Making a road movie...
More AmsterdamPeople (album with candid and non-candid shot of people in Amsterdam)
My friend Peter motivated me to capture such these scene, I used to stay home after I came from work but when I saw the beauty of the night picture I decide to take my camera with me while I was going for shopping.
Thanks for all of you my friends for your usual support :)
Leidseplein 12/12/2020 15h17
Anonymous virus deniers on Leidseplein. Anonymous, without story and evidence. It's all part of freedom of speech. It is hoped that they will not be affected by the virus themselves. Karma...
Corona Crisis in Amsterdam (my special album on Flickr)
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Museumplein 26/02/2019 15h04
Chillaxing the city...
More AmsterdamPeople (album with candid and non-candid shot of people in Amsterdam)
Zuivelplein | Tuinbouwstraat 13/04/2021 08h54
No place in Betondorp is actually the same. Zuivelplein is next to Brink another large open space with a huge school building. Two other fairly large open spaces are Huismanhof and Sikkelstraat.
Betondorp
Betondorp (popular abbreviated to BeDo) is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was built in the 1920s as an experiment in building affordable housing with new, cheap building materials, chiefly concrete. The name translates as 'Concrete Village'. The houses are built in a sober, minimalist form of Art Deco.
Betondorp is located in the Watergraafsmeer neighbourhood. Famous Dutch footballer Johan Cruijff was born and raised in Betondorp. In his teens he joined Ajax, his hometown club that had their stadium and training ground right across from where he grew up. Another famous Betondorp native is Dutch writer Gerard Reve who based the setting of his most famous novel, De Avonden, on Betondorp.
[ Source & more Info: wikipedia - Betondorp ]
Leiden is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden had a population of 123,856 in August 2017, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 206,647 inhabitants. The Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 270,879, and in the larger Leiden urban area also Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included with in total 348,868 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Oude Rijn, at a distance of some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from The Hague to its south and some 40 km (25 mi) from Amsterdam to its north. The recreational area of the Kaag Lakes (Kagerplassen) lies just to the northeast of Leiden.
A university city since 1575, Leiden has been one of Europe's most prominent scientific centres for more than four centuries. Leiden is a typical university city, university buildings are scattered throughout the city and the many students from all over the world give the city a bustling, vivid and international atmosphere. Many important scientific discoveries have been made here, giving rise to Leiden's motto: ‘City of Discoveries’. The city houses Leiden University, the oldest university of the Netherlands, and Leiden University Medical Center. Leiden University is one of Europe's top universities, with thirteen Nobel Prize winners. It is a member of the League of European Research Universities and positioned highly in all international academic rankings. It is twinned with Oxford, the location of the United Kingdom's oldest university. Leiden University and Leiden University of Applied Sciences (Leidse Hogeschool) together have around 35,000 students. Modern scientific medical research and teaching started in the early 18th century in Leiden with Boerhaave.
Leiden is a city with a rich cultural heritage, not only in science, but also in the arts. One of the world's most famous painters, Rembrandt, was born and educated in Leiden. Other famous Leiden painters include Lucas van Leyden, Jan van Goyen and Jan Steen.
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Hartveldseweg 22/03/2020 16h22
Major reconstruction works on the Hartveldseweg in Diemen. Tram line 19 has been shortened to Voorlandpad in Watergraafsmeer from 25/02/2020 till 31/03/2020. This is all part of the Oost-West As (East-West axe) in Diemen.
At this time about 300 meters of rails has been renewed including the subsurface. The main workshop (HWT in Diemen) has been inaccessible by rail for about a week.
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)
[ 03 / 2020 ]
Quite different from its American namesake the European Ford Maverick was a badge engineerd version of the Nissan Terrano II. The Ford version was built from 1993 until 1999. The Terrano lived on until 2006. This is a model adapted as an MMBS ("Motorrijtuig met Beperkte Snelheid" or "Reduced Speed Motor Vehicle"). This type of vehicles with a maximum speed of 25 or 45 km/h is mainly used for agricultural purposes.
Biennale Grounds (the Giardini di Castello) - Since 1954 the Netherlands have possessed a unique monument of modern architecture in the Biennale grounds, the Giardini di Castello. Gerrit Rietveld, by order of the Netherlands Government, designed the pavilion. From the outside the pavilion looks angular, robust; inside there is space and light. Ever since, he lucid space created by Rietveld has been the setting for the Netherlands entries to the Biennale. On every occasion the building acquitted itself of its task in a exemplary fashion, but it was a heavy task, which left deep marks. The building was not only hard hit by its incidental extensive use. Also the long periods of disuse and the abundant rainfall, which can occur in Venice, have taken their toll. Therefore on the occasion of the 1993 Biennale a fundamental restoration was completed intended to make more intensive use of the pavilion in future. Apart from the Biennales it can also be used for other cultural events, such as manifestations, presentations and receptions etc. The building will all the time be an exponent of the Netherlands Architectural Heritage. The architecture of Rietveld and his contemporaries has won great international prestige. The pavilion will therefore permanently be an appropriate setting for the presentation of the Netherlands culture in its broadest sense.
Breughelstraat 17/05/2020 16h07
A very shady - almost dark - street in the Apollobuurt (Apollo neighborhood) in Amsterdam South.
The hornbeams on this street make it so dark and shady even on sunny days like this.
Apollobuurt
Apollobuurt is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is part of the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid.
The neighborhood is characterized by a spacious and luxurious design. The streets are named after Greek legends, painters and composers. The main east-west streets are Apollolaan and Stadionweg, the main shopping street is Beethovenstraat. Apollobuurt is bounded by: Noorder Amstelkanaal (extended) Boerenwetering, Diepenbrockstraat (including the parcels to the south), Zuider Amstelkanaal, Parnassusweg and Olympiaplein (south and east). The Amsterdam Hilton Hotel is located in this district where John Lennon and Yoko Ono had their "Bed-In" for Peace in 1969 and the artist Herman Brood jumped to his death in 2001.
[ Wikipedia 05/2020 ]
Amstel | Magere Brug 08/04/2020 15h48
Crossing the brigde of bridges...
More AmsterdamPeople (album with candid and non-candid shot of people in Amsterdam)
Reigersbos 26/07/2020 14h32
On the parking of shopping center Reigersbos in Amsterdam Southeast I captured this almost timeless classic car from my youth; a Citroën GSA. It was one of my favorite cars and was on my list to buy when I was young. Still love its shape the way it moves on the road. A real Citroën!
Citroën GSA
The GS is a family car manufactured and marketed by Citroën for model years 1970-1986 in saloon and estate bodystyles (1970-1980), over a single generation. The GS received a facelift in 1979 and was subsequently marketed as the GSA in hatchback and estate bodystyles (1979-1986). Almost 2.5 million units were sold.
The GS was voted European Car of the Year for 1971 and was noted as technologically advanced, with class leading comfort, safety and aerodynamics.
The GS filled the gap in Citroën's range, between the 2CV and Ami economy cars and the luxurious DS executive sedan. The DS had moved significantly upmarket from its predecessor the Citroën Traction Avant, and beyond the finances of most French motorists. Leaving this market gap open for fifteen years allowed other manufacturers entry into the most profitable, high volume market segment in France. This combined with the development costs and new factory for the DS-replacing Citroën CX, the 1974 oil crisis, and an aborted Wankel rotary engine, led Citroën to declare bankruptcy in 1974.
The GS met with instant market acceptance and was the largest selling Citroën model for many years. 1,896,742 GS models and 576,757 GSA models were produced in total.
The GS and GSA were built in a number of countries besides France. 385,000 units were built in Vigo, Spain. Besides Portugal, production or assembly took place in countries as varied as South Africa, Chile and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
All three body-styles, GS and GSA versions and a mix thereof were built in Cakung in East Jakarta, Indonesia by PT Alun Indah. Indonesian production continued until at least 1990.
Between 1979 and 1983 around 5500 were exported to the German Democratic Republic making it one of the few western cars in the country. Erich Honecker, the East German party leader, maintained a fleet of the larger CX model and several Volvos.
FACTS & FIGURES
Production: 1970–1986
Designer:Robert Opron
Class: Small family car (C)
Body styles: 4-door fastback / 5-door hatchback / 5-door estate / 3-door van
Length: 4,120–4,180 mm
Successor: Citroën BX and Citroën ZX
[ Source and more Information: Wikipedia - Citroën GSA ]
Spookslot 08/03/2022 12h33
Everybody who has stood in line for the main show at Spookslot might recognise this sign on the entrance doors of the main show.
After the 2022 Summer period, the attraction from 1978 will be permanently closed and demolished. The Efteling will announce this on January 24. According to general manager Fons Jurgens, the haunted castle is due for replacement after 44 years.
"The Spookslot was, if we are very honest, perhaps ten years ago no longer of this time," he says in conversation with the Brabants Dagblad. That is why a new attraction will take its place, which will cost 25 million euros.
Efteling does not want to say anything about the attraction type yet, except that it will be a covered addition with a theoretical capacity of 1250 people per hour.
The Spookslot was the first major Efteling attraction designed by the late creative director Ton van de Ven. Later he was also at the helm of, for example, Fata Morgana (1986), het Volk van Laaf (1990), Droomvlucht (1993), Villa Volta (1996) and Vogel Rok (1998).
Spookslot
The Haunted Castle (Dutch: Spookslot) is a haunted attraction in the Efteling in the Netherlands. It was designed by Ton van de Ven and was the first attraction built outside the Fairy Tale Forest.
On July 24, 1976 the announcement on the making of the world's biggest haunted castle appeared in Brabant's daily newspaper, Het Brabants Dagblad. The article mentions that the castle would be built between the Fairy Tale Forest and the rowing and canoeing pond. This was a strategic choice, because the location of the attraction would attract visitors to the normally ‘forgotten’ southern part of the park.
The main reason for this mega-attraction was declining numbers of visitors at Efteling. Aiming for a more general public, with an attraction that didn’t depend on the weather conditions, Efteling authorized their young designer Van de Ven to start designing the ride.
Van de Ven designed the castle as a walk-through attraction and, in the style of Anton Pieck, the castle was designed to look old and decayed. It is meant to look as though it was once beautiful and majestic, but is now hahttps://www.flickr.com/photos/meteorry/unted and in ruins and somewhat romantic.
The construction took about 18 months and the castle was officially opened May 10, 1978.
On May 12 a television special was broadcast with Kate Bush singing in and around the castle. She had a big hit around the globe with "Wuthering Heights" at the time.
The waiting hall is a dimly-lit area, with several spooky items, of which an oriental ghost with a crystal looking glass is the most notable. The glass uses the pepper's ghost technique to show a beautiful woman turning into a skull. In the tower area a hairy arm stretches from the roof, holding a big chandelier. Once in a while one might have a glimpse of three horrible batlike creatures, leering down at the visitors.
Upon entering the main attraction hall, a number of scary statues and scenes prepare the audience for the main course: a look into the inner court, graveyard, and the ruins of a monastery at night. When the clock strikes twelve, a violin (also a pepper's ghost effect) starts playing the Danse Macabre of Saint-Saëns and the graveyard comes to life and a number of skeletons and ghosts are visible. One tombstone is labeled in Latin "Puella Innocenta" (innocent girl). The years on her stone (in Roman numbering) reveal that she has been living backwards in time, however it is possible that it is merely a mistake of the artist who made the stone. There is also a tombstone inside the mansion with the name "Den Hegarty", an Irish rock singer who happened to be on the radio when the stone was made. Also, it is said that the main show's appearance was influenced by the 1971 horror film "Tombs of the Blind Dead".
The maintheme of the show is a shortened version of the Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saëns. The movements of the animatronics are synchronized with the music; the violin that opens and closes the main part of the show demonstrates this. The show itself has been adapted four times. During the opening season in 1978 the show lasted about 12 minutes. Three months later it was cut back to 8 minutes. In 1987 the show was renewed and in 1989 the final version was completed.
FACTS & FIGURES:
Opening: 10/05/1978
Design: Ton van de Ven
Costs: 3.5 milion Dutch guilders (€1,588,823)
Capacity: 800 - 1000 per hour
Show time: 6.27 minutes
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Waterlooplein 23/12/2024 18h02
The only installation of the Amsterdam Light Festival which is not visible from the water. In front of the Stopera together with the information center of the 13th edition of the festival.
Literally..."Lost in Light"...
LOST IN LIGHT
Artist: Abdo El Moudawar (LB)
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.
Museumplein 16/03/2017 16h57
Rushing home...
More AmsterdamPeople (album with candid and non-candid shot of people in Amsterdam)
Stationary and logo designed by André Cremer, UNA (Amsterdam) designers 2001.
From Graphic Design for the 21st Century by Charlotte and Peter Fiell.