woensdag 16 juli 2025

Trouble again


 Because the ground in Almere is still settling, problems with the sewage system arise all the time, such as here under the bus lane near our house. Wells are subsiding and pipes are breaking off. You have to put up with that if you are building on land that was water 57 years ago.

dinsdag 15 juli 2025

maandag 14 juli 2025

On the way back


 The bus had to make a detour back home and I knew we would then pass by this draft barge with horses in front of it. With the camera at the ready I got exactly one chance. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

zondag 13 juli 2025

You have to start the day right


 With the French stroke Camembert and French bread.(Header again the Waterlooplein flea market)

zaterdag 12 juli 2025

Basket with contents


 Really wonder what that lady was thinking when she took a seat in this large bag cq basket at the flea market. One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.

vrijdag 11 juli 2025

Lake sky


 One for Skywatch Friday here.

donderdag 10 juli 2025

Bike


 You have bikes and bikes.

woensdag 9 juli 2025

Do we really have to all at the same time.


 Crowds at the drawbridge over "Groenburgwal" in tourist season.

zondag 6 juli 2025

Graduation show again

From the glass department floor lamps with replaceable glass casings in several colors and forms..


Wood sawdust held together by glue and molded into any shape as a material to make furniture etc.


And at an art school you can expect to find some very colorful characters walking around too although this student had made up for a happening that would take place later in the afternoon.


At times the spectators were quite bewildered with the thought of what am I actually watching.
(Header when there was a bicycle parking flat in front of the central station. Now it's under the water).
 

zaterdag 5 juli 2025

Graduation show


 A fourth-year photographer photographs the work of  graduating candidate Lujza Kramarova from the Rietveld Academy.


Eva Mels ( Instagram: @vandalismels) explains to onlookers how she made a complete analog transition from digital images through photographing, developing and printing.

 Using Ai, the nonexistent fossils have been transformed into an analog negative that will never look identical when reproduced.

vrijdag 4 juli 2025

Another stunt

This Nhow hotel designed by OMA had a nice sky so one for Skywatch Friday here.


donderdag 3 juli 2025

Architectural stunts


 Passed it by bus today.  Do find the colors very dated.

dinsdag 1 juli 2025

A Cooling Courtyard.


 Courtyard in Hattem. An old Hanseatic town in Gelderland. At today's temperatures very handy,

maandag 30 juni 2025

Tunnel decoration.


 Wall decoration in the tunnel under the tracks at Amsterdam city's Central Station to the ferries. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

zondag 29 juni 2025

Remembering


 Today 20 years ago we stood for this museum in Bilbao from Frank Gehry. Quite an experience. (Header the market square in Almere town and  because we get a week with temperatures above 30° C I am trying to keep a cool head by looking at this photo.)

zaterdag 28 juni 2025

On the way to the supermarket this morning


Number 3 is under the green but not visible for the photographer. One for Saturday Critters here

vrijdag 27 juni 2025

New construction Almere


 Always nice such gray skies as a backdrop; One for Skywatch Friday here

donderdag 26 juni 2025

Tourists


 Clearly lovers of a very famous painter and by the looks of it, they have already visited the museum.

woensdag 25 juni 2025

View


 The maritime museum ( the former admiralty) seen from the roof of the Nemo (sience museum) with the VOC ship the Amsterdam in the foreground.

dinsdag 24 juni 2025

Architecture styles in Amsterdam

Apartment building in Amsterdam North by Moke Architecten

A newly completed neighborhood (in the style of the western islands of around 1650) in Weespersluis location Vechtwijk}. Nowadays also belonging to the municipality of Amsterdam. True originality in building residential neighborhoods is hard to find these days. (Architects Mulleners and Mulleners)

maandag 23 juni 2025

Modern classic


 

PichiAvo are mural artists from Valencia and love to combine classic statues with the modern artform of the mural. Here 2 examples one outside and one inside the Straatmuseum . Also dedicated to Sami's blog of murals Colourful World here.

zondag 22 juni 2025

Slowly


 With the museum streetcar along the back of the Amsterdam road on the way to Bovenkerk. (Header if I have no ideas there is still the flea market)

vrijdag 20 juni 2025

Summer sky


 Again from the little bridge behind our house. One for Friday Skywatch here.

donderdag 19 juni 2025

Get back on track

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 Boat sails through the churn lock (Kolksluis)  toward the Y. The first use of this lock dates back to 1425 with a modification in 1431 and the last refurbishment in 1986.

woensdag 18 juni 2025

Signs


 

Still some signs from the Banksy exhibition yesterday. One for Signs2 here.

dinsdag 17 juni 2025

Banksy exhibition


 Was on a exhibition of Banksy today


what a genius artist,



And a lot to think about.

maandag 16 juni 2025

An embroidered mural


 This embroidered mural was an idea from Studio Koekoek. Here you can read the whole story. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

zondag 15 juni 2025

Ah it is summer again

 


The favorite pastime of many Amsterdam residents. (Header just the other side of our bus stop in Almere.)

zaterdag 14 juni 2025

The fun in street photography.


 Nice but I would prefer a leg from Marlene Dietrich. One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.

vrijdag 13 juni 2025

Sunset


 Over our real castle ruin. One for Skywatch Friday here.

donderdag 12 juni 2025

Double portrait


And life just go on.

 

dinsdag 10 juni 2025

Visit at World Press Photo


 And if it gets too bad


you can still keep your eyes on the building.

maandag 9 juni 2025

Colums


 One for Sami's Colourful World here.

zondag 8 juni 2025

Happy family


 Bumped into them at the rolling kitchens. ( Header an exhibition at Droog Design on Staalstraat )

zaterdag 7 juni 2025

Weekend critters


 Of all kinds. One for Saturday Critters here.

vrijdag 6 juni 2025

Amsterdam Troubles


 Sky above the temporary quay support along the Gelderse Kade. One for Skywatch Friday here.