Is obvious

 One for Signs2 here.

From the archive

 Harbour of Urk

Seen near the street museum.

 I really like that cat. One for Sami's Colorful World here.

Quiet Sunday in Almere Nobelhorst

 Header Follow the guide in Amsterdam

Seen from the couch

 

We have been treated to some very beautiful views of the sky lately. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Sailing ships

  I came across these two on holiday in Norway in front of the Oslo Opera House about 12 years ago.

Short stories

 These book covers with accompanying text by Neil Gaiman turned out well. One for Signs2 here.

In the new neighborhoods of Almere

 

It's been a while since I was in Oosterwold, the place where you can build your own design without too much interference from the government, except that everything has to be very eco-friendly and gas-free. The first house can rotate with the sun and is already the second design with this feature.  The next two photos are of a childcare center that the creators have called the school of the future. Looking at the window frames, I wonder if the designer was the same person.

Flea market yesterday

 It was quite busy with 750 market stalls.

And to think that in all the years I've been walking around Amsterdam, this was only my second time there.

I usually go to the daily flea market on Waterlooplein (except Sundays), 300 meters from where I was born.

This market is held once a month on an old harbor site, but only on weekends.

You have to like it.

However, it is well worth the effort.

But waiting for the owner

 Will it take much longer? One for Saturday Critters here.

Sunset in the polder

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

Sell your wares

 You gotta do something.

If only it were that simple.

 From a few winters back, One for Signs2 from Tom here.

The market always nice

 When I'm stuck for a topic, luckily I still have a few hundred market photos lying around.

Cat and fish

Mural seen in Bijlmermeer. One for Sami's Colourful World here. (Header it feels like autumn again with all these falling leaves on de Elandgracht.)

 

Sunset is always beautiful

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

Unusual events.

 Sometimes we even have music in the village.

Sign

 Thought I had already posted this, but here goes. One for Signs2 here.

Enjoying each other's company on the Amstel

 That way, we can still make use of our gangway garden.

Jumping cushion

 Murals can be found everywhere these days, even inflatable ones. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Animal tourist

 An Australian Shepherd dog spotted in downtown Amsterdam. Never seen one before. Still one for Saturday Critters here. (Header a pleasant stroll along the Keizersgracht).

Help

 What to photograph. It could make you feel discouraged. One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.

Sail 2

Sky watch via the rigging of the B.A.P “Union”.  With a length of 99.04 m and a mast height of 46.45 m, this sailing four-masted ship of the Peruvian navy is the largest of the sailing ships present as a sail training ship. With a crew of 150, it trains 80 midshipmen. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Another rigging Sky Watch trough the rigging of a Spanish galleon.

Sail 2025

 18 tall ships and hundreds of smaller vessels took part in this maritime spectacle. It was very busy both on the water and on land, and although every boat was open to visitors, the long queues at the entrances put me off. For example, I saw a considerable number of heavy lifeboats moored at the quay and thought that you really shouldn't break down off the coast with so many absent.

Speaking of transporting wind turbines

 One for signs2 here

Windmill

 Molen de Gooyer has been a corn mill since the 16th century and has stood at various locations in the city. In 1841, it ended up at this location on Funenkade.

A different one

 From the archive one for Sami's Colourful World here.

Amsterdam is celebrating.

(Header at home and looking at the famous photo of Ed v.der Elsken at the wall I want to try also something like that.)

 

On the way to a party

 One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.

Skywatch from the coach

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

Without title

 

Made by Tirzo Martha and seen on the Art Zuid exhibition last week. The artist is still waiting on a good title I guess.

Already training for Sail 2025?

 August 20-24: Sail Amsterdam, also celebrating the city's 750th anniversary. Just gotta make sure it doesn't get swamped in this nutshell by the bigger ones.

From the same holiday as yesterday

Directors room in the Bauhaus in Weimar by Walter Gropius around 1924 

A long time ago

 A Kindergarten in Weimar Germany. One for Sami's Colorful World here.

On the street

 It looked so cozy . (Header still from last week's pride parade. The girls are getting ready for the parade  in a very strange dressing room on platform 4 of Amstel station, for lack of anything better. )

Against the wind

 The Botter Elburg 43 tries to reach the harbor with a strong headwind

Polder sky

 Standing on the cycle path  near the bridge between the old and the new land. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Wet canal

 Photographers always love wet pavement as here on the "Oudezijds Voorburgwal".

Clearly

 One for Tom's signs2 here

Canal view

 The repairs to the quay along the "Groenburgwal" are not progressing as quickly as hoped. However, reinforcement cages have been placed around some of the supports so that vegetation can grow over the canal. (Probably because local residents are tired of seeing those rusty pipes in front of their doors.)

The last one

 Yes its a Colourful World indeed. One for Sami's blog here.