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C.A.R. @ Le Phare 01/05/2015 Limoges, France
Great gig from ex Battant members.
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A very unique opportunity and location for a self portrait.
Place: Prinsengracht near Rozengracht/Westermarkt (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Weather: Clear and sunny, -5 degrees C
Reason: A very rare scene, ice skaters on the canals of Amsterdam. But after a cold wave of 10 days with temperatures far below zero it became reality. The last time it was possible to skate on some of the Amsterdam canals was in 1997. Will we have to wait another 15 years to take these photos?
Result: The photo-set Frozen Canals 2012 on Flickr
At least it's a cool haircut; popular with coldwave kids, Brad Pitt and Chinese smugglers. time.com/38409/north-korea-kim-jong-un-haircut/
It has been freezing for a couple of days/nights in a row, freezing canals up. As the coldwave (at least 10 consecutive frosty days) lasts until today, I decided to go out and get my share of Frozen Canals.
A speedskating tournament was held on the Keizersgracht, but I wasn't too sure it was the kind of event I would like to attend. This is my only attempt, and at this point, both Ineke and me were freezing our behinds off, and decided to call it a day.
Amsterdam has been called the "Venice of the North" for its more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550 monumental buildings. From: wikipedia, this article also features information on this particular canal; Prinsengracht
Amsterdam (pronounced /ˈæmstərdæm/; Dutch [ɑmstərˈdɑm]) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. The city, which had a population (including suburbs) of 1.36 million on 1 January 2008, comprises the northern part of the Randstad, the sixth-largest metropolitan area in Europe, with a population of around 6.7 million. From: wikipedia.