Harbor Sky

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

Old harbor area Amsterdam North

 Linger for a while at the harbor remains of which I showed an example yesterday.

Oh well, you can make something out of half a crane.

What stands out

 In the former port area of Amsterdam which is now very slowly being transformed into a new city district, there are still plenty of old port remains to be found. One for Sami's Colourful World here .

He exists after all

 In Amsterdam harbor.

Passant Harbor

 

There are always water tourists who want to stay overnight this summer in Almere. Well you can do that in our transient marina.  (Header the Prince Hendrik Quay in Amsterdam seen from the top floor of the public library.)

Sky above the harbour of Rotterdam

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

New urban district

 

It's not often that a new canal is built in Amsterdam, but in the old timber harbor area all sorts of islands are now being created for construction separated by canals. The first houses are already inhabited and the architecture is inspired by the architecture of Amsterdam in the 1920's. (The header is from the balcony of my previous job where I went for a coffee and a chat with my former colleagues to recover from this walk through a beautiful new part of town).

Harderwijk harbor

 

From the lost archive. How Dutch do you want it.

Give me another crane

Silhouettes in the port of Rotterdam.

 

You only have to walk through the city

 

or you'll stumble across the Signs.Whether it helps is point 2 . 

What about CO² emissions?

 Harbor Rotterdam. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Lockdown and winter

 Our harbor looks but deserted these days. One for Our World Tuesday here.

Rotterdam sky

 In the harbor. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Sunset

For the Royal Sailing Club in Rotterdam.(From the archive). One for Skywatch Friday here.

Along Rotterdam harbor

And we wonder why the air quality is so bad after all.

Its last puffs

From behind the window of a restaurant in Amsterdam harbor the day before yesterday. That smoking pipe left blows its last clouds because from 31 December 2019 it is forbidden to run on coal for that power grid central. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Its a colorful world

What you can't do with the counterweight of a crane.

A counterweight still in use now above 3 hotel rooms in this old harbor crane.

Toys for boys

A group of businessmen from Den Helder bought an old Russian submarine for a joke and now it's been in the harbour in the north of Amsterdam for years. The municipality of Amsterdam is trying to get rid of it, but that's not so easy.

Gate building

One of the stranger buildings of Rotterdam started its life in 1879 and act as entrance to the so called Head of South peninsula. Its called the poortgebouw and has a long history of owners and users. (More information this link ). One for Our World Tuesday here.

A few other examples

of the support for the rotterdam metro line.

and with the statue of the dike workers from Ek van Zanten at the Maas harbor. One for Sami's Colorful World here.