GOODBYE HOLLAND 2010

AMSTERDAM, THE HAGUE - JUNE 2010


"8:30 A.M. - GOING TO WORK..."


"ALBERT CUYP MARKET - All kinds of steak..."


"NOORDERKERK - NORTHERN CHURCH. Built between 1620 and 1623, it served the growing population of the Jordaan neighbourhood, which already had the Westerkerk. According to Wikipedia, the Noorderkerk became the church for the common people, while the Westerkerk was used mainly by the middle and upper classes"


"OTHER CHURCHES - Including Moses and Aaron and the Westerkerk"


"CHURCH TOWERS"


"ART ON THE ROAD"


"ANNE FRANK HOUSE - The house was built by Dirk van Delft in 1635, but the canal-side façade dates from 1739. In 1999, after a renovation, Queen Beatrix reopened the museum, which now incorporated the entire building. Over one million people visits the museum every year"


"MAYOR'S HOUSE"


"PARKS - Vondel and Sarphati"


"VONDELPARK"


"RIJSTTAFEL AND AFTER"


"THE HAGUE & SCHEVENINGEN"

STROLLING IN AMSTERDAM

AMSTERDAM - JUNE 2010


"CARRÉ - THE ROYAL THEATRE..."


"OPERA, THEATRE, CENTRAL BANK, HEINEKEN..."


"HOTELS - American, Okura, Amstel and Windham"


"THE HERMITAGE AMSTERDAM has an agreement with the Russian government to produce exhibitions together with the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg"


"MATISSE - MALEVICH - The Dutch Building Award 2011 was given to the architect of the Hermitage, Hans van Heeswijk"


"METRO - Not an easy task to build a metro in such a city... The construction of the North/South Line was started in 2002 to be finished in 2012; it's now scheduled to 2017..."


"JORDAAN"


"DUTCH FLATBRICK"


"LEIDSEPLEIN"


"PLEINEN - Rembrantplein, Muntplein, Königsplein..."


"ROKIN"


"BARS AND RESTAURANTS"

AMSTERDAM'S CANALS

AMSTERDAM - JUNE 2010


"HOUSEBOAT - PRINSENGRACHT"


"HOUSEBOATS - Including the Houseboat Museum (top left)"


"HOUSEBOATS"


"HOUSEBOATS IN THE SUN"


"HOUSEBOATS IN JORDAAN"


"BOATS & BIKES"


"MAGERE BRUG"


"AMSTEL"


"FIVE CANALS - OUD SUID"


"JORDAAN"


"LEIDSE TO BLOEMGRACHT"


"BLOEMGRACHT"


"GREEN BLOEMGRACHT"


"PRINSENGRACHT"


"CANALS AT SUNSET"

AMSTERDAM NOORD & NEMO

AMSTERDAM - JUNE 2010

I must confess that I'm an Amsterdam fan; anyway...


"NEW OFFICES - By the IJ, the body of water that separates Amsterdam from Amsterdam-Noord"


"THE IJ FACTOR and the restaurant at the ferry pier..."


"CONTAINER HOUSES"


"AMSTERDAM PORT"

Probably one of the first songs I knew by heart in French language was «Amsterdam» by Jacques Brel, just before knowing almost all other of his great hits. It remained one of the most impressive memories and every time I get to Amsterdam it comes back to mind...





"PASSENGER'S TERMINAL & MÖVENPICK HOTEL"


"TERMINAL & MUSIK GEBOUW"


"LIBRARY"


"NEMO - The largest science centre in the Netherlands, in a building by Renzo Piano"


"NEMO"


"NEMO & ARCAM"


"ARCAM - The Amsterdam Centre for Architecture. Located in a very futuristic-looking building on the IJ waterfront, it promotes contemporary Dutch architectural design"


"WORKS - Everything seems to be under construction or renovation: The Central Station, the buildings by the IJ, the Maritime Museum, the Concertgebouw, the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, the Dam Square and the Royal Palace..."