The enamel emperor

 At the Albert Cuyp market, I came across this sign of the store nearby . Don't believe many of these shops still exist. One for Signs2 here.

Wanted culture optimists

Do they still exist?

 

Pleasantly surprised

 Thanks to construction, new murals are still appearing, such as here on the fence around the university's renovation in downtown Amsterdam. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

The lighted path

 Last night we could walk a route along a large lake (the Weerwater) in Almere where the route went right through the forest and where the edges were artfully lit. The people of Almere didn't let that be said twice and it was a hive of activity (Header the bridge over the Weerwater that connected Almere Filmwijk to the former floriade site and which was also part of the route).

Company outing ?

 One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.

Sunset light

 The trees for our house in the autumn sun. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Each with his own thoughts.

 

Balconies

 

You don't see it until you look at them longer but they are all different. That's a thumbs up for the architect in my eyes.

Looking for a mural

 It is searching in amsterdam. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

You will live there

 and hope you don't get your feet wet. (Header trouble with export photo. Lucky for us the weather is okay now.)

Evening Mood

 One for James Weekend Street/Reflections from the archive.

After the rain

 On the way. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Piece of the "Oude Schans"

With the Nemo museum still on the left in the background. 

Selling high-quality shit.

 Saw the window of this art store and thought I shouldn't withhold it from my blog friends. Herewith.

Blown-in hibiscus

 Never planted myself but decided to add to it last month.

Rembrandt

 That's the nice thing about the city where Rembrandt lived. Rembrandt murals everywhere as here on the transformer house in Rembrandt Square and to my knowledge refreshed with other Rembrandts from time to time. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Evening stroll

 Bieb with daughter and husband in Weesp . ( Header those city pigeons have to live somewhere too, why not a lock in Amsterdam).

All those Amsterdam people

 Exhibition about all those people in Amsterdam between 1970-1990 at the city archive on Vijzelstraat made by well-known photographers. The buildings across the street also briefly blend into the picture.

One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.

Walk on the dike.

One for Skywatch Friday here.

 

Just a slice of street life.

 In the Vijzelstraat Amsterdam

Signs

The theory room of a driving school in Almere.

3D printed garden furniture

 Made from concrete but as only drawback no longer movable because of its weight but does nicely show the possibilities of this kind of technology. At least won't blow away anytime soon.

Muralist's exhibit their talent at the Almere Art Market.

 One for Sami's Colorful World here.

The end of the bicycle shed.

 

In front of the central station in amsterdam for some time there was this bike shed to curb the chaos of parked bikes at the station. (See the header). Now that finally the gigantic bicycle shed under the water surface is finished, it goes away. I don't know when yet, but this construction without a single bicycle looks very strange.

One takes a large pane of glass

 One for James Street Weekend/Reflections here

Sunset from the couch

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

So they dare

An Amsterdam main shopping street. The text next to it in combination is also quite funny. Ah yes street photography can really be anything.

Social housing

 Went Sunday to see a project of passive houses for tenants in the Columbus area in Almere Poort. Have not yet found out who the architect of this project is but the developer AM is well known for its modern projects in all kinds of areas using the latest techniques in insulation and eco-friendly building.

Don't fear

 No slip hazard on that frozen mammoth.

Piece of town from 2014

 Since then long since demolished and now not nearly as much fun. 

Sunday peace

 And Buddha saw that it was good. (Header a little less bike bells could have gone too.)

And you come across that just like that.

 

Was on my way to Foam the other Thursday when I suddenly saw a racing boat come hurtling towards me. With a great bang it collided with another half-sunken boat and flew through the air. Had my camera in hand but not yet properly set when I took the picture. Turned out to be a shot for Amsterdammed 2. A sequel to a 1980 film by Dick Maas. A few steps further on I passed some of the lead actors who briefly looked back at the monitor to see if the stunt had been successful. Huib Stapel one of the lead actors had certainly just dried off and was standing with a hot water pitcher clamped against him and a towel on his neck also looking back.   Of course the whole scene took place in the rain while the weather was very nice but a German film team provided the perfect rain on the canal.

Evening sky

 The hands of the Mint Tower catch just the very last rays of sunshine. One for Skywatch Friday here.

View over the Hugo de Groot canal

 Seen from the Japanese furniture shop Time & Style in the Marnix street.

Please be seated.

 This bench made of waste wood and old signage stood on the edge of one of the most expensive streets in Amsterdam. It must have something to tell.

Construction of the North-South line

 

Peek under the Rokin in December 2016

Winter from the past

 Wonder if we'll ever get a winter like this again.( The Westerdok seen from my former work)

Weather change

 Some people are easily cold.( Due to some blog problems I can't show a header today. Working on it.)

Sunset

 In the polder near Almere. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Recycling

 Surely the better way these days.

Shoe design

 The presentation of these shoes by shoe designer Jan Jansen deserves extra credit for padding with colored foamed PVC sheets to suggest the foot with ankle.

Just crossing the street.

 What is it? Red or Green

Morocco

 

Came across this under an overpass in Amsterdam on my way to the Unseen photo exhibition. Looked like something from Morocco me. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Unseen

 Ben Thomas (australia)

Katrin Korfmann -A bigger splash (germany)

Hans van Asch (netherlands)

Michiel Kluiters (amsterdam)

Every year (as long as finances still allow) a large photo exhibition is held in the gashouder on the westerpark grounds by photo galleries around the world under the name unseen. The intention is that they show the latest work . Must say that this year the experiments were a little less and the photography a little more conservative.Still it is inspiring to see so much different work. Very worthwhile and walked around for 4 hours. Unfortunately today is the last day again. ( Header bridge in Weesp at night)