Oops

 Not every skywatch is as wonderful as it seems in everyday life.  A Rotterdam sky in the harbour. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Sunset above the Maas

 Another archief found from a visit to Rotterdam. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Harbour Festival Almere

 This weekend we have our yearly harbour festival with including a botter race on the Gooimeer and a large brocante which we will check out this afternoon.

If you want, you can sail along for an hour and outside the harbour the sails will be set. We have done this in the past but this year we will skip it. The presence of so many old wooden fishing vessels is always a beautiful sight and they were around 1880 a 1900 with 3000 ships the most important fishing vessel on the Zuiderzee now called IJsselmeer. (Header architecture of the center of Almere Stad)

Watertaxi

 These jet boats you see a lot in the Rotterdam harbour.(I am not out the woods yet with my computer so sorry for not commenting).

What about CO² emissions?

 Harbor Rotterdam. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Rotterdam street photography from the archive

With head held high into the future however it may be.

Harbour visibility

 The port is pretty empty One for Skywatch Friday here.

I am singing

The sign of one of the largest roofing materials companies in the netherlands for flat roofs, seen yesterday in the port of Rotterdam. One for Signs2 here.

Amsterdam passenger terminal

From the boat directly into the hotel. One for Our World Tuesday here.

Rotterdam sky

From the archives. One for Skywatch Friday here

Repainted

In the old harbour area from past week I also found this mural painted on old papers covering a still older mural. One for monday murals here.

Photographic invitation.

I was invited for the Olympus playground. A happening where you can test the newest Olympus photographic products. It was in a part of town I was not familiar with and it took me a while to find it.

The surroundings were real spectacular. All old harbor buildings not in use anymore.

It was on the opposite of this famous amsterdam cafe Roest.

with also very hip customers.

After that the display of the photographic decors was a bit a disappointment.

On the waterfront

The only thing I can say is that green doesn't reflect here. For more weekend reflections go to the weekend reflections site from James.

Fishing boats

In the old fishing town of Harderwijk someone came on the great idea to let the manhole covers of the rainwater drainage resemble old fishing boats. A clear sign that you are in a port town. Once seen one you see them everywhere really. Kudos to the designer. One for sign, signs here.

Here some boats who were model of the manhole cover above in the harbor of Harderwijk. Yes still a lot exist but fishing is now not done anymore from this harbor let alone with this type of boat other then sitting on the dock with a fishing rod.

Rotterdam skywatch

Who thought that in the biggest harbour of the world you could capture this painting from around 1900. One for skywatch friday here.