Whoever still gets it may say so.

 Present of the Nederlandse Bank to Amsterdam for its 750 year of existence

I get the family time but not really the present. Perhaps to old now.

History

 This statue of Jacob van Lennep is placed where in 1853, on his initiative, the first drinking water pipe entered the city (from the water supply dunes) at the haarlemmer square. One for Weekend Reflections here.

Art

Decoration of our local art canal in Almere - Haven. Who made it and what it represents I still have to find out. One for Weekend Reflections here.

Can you find it.

On the left  the Collona Bisbetica from Roberto Barni on the Artzuid route.

The girl on the right gave me a big smile. I first thought is she standing next to another statue of a pile of handbags but she was guarding them for her colleagues who were getting drinks.

From yesterdays post

Beetle sphere from the Indonesian artist Ichwan Noor. Placed in the Kalverpassage Amsterdam.

Sunny and cold

Even the cold can't hold the tourists to visit amsterdam as here by the statue of Multatuli (Edward Douwes Dekker) a dutch writer famous for his satirical novel Max Havelaar (1860), which denounced the abuses of colonialism in the dutch east indies (today's indonesia) . One for Signs, Signs here.

Photo-bloggers at work

Yes, searching for the perfect spot. If you want to see more reflections you can visit James Weekend Reflections here.

Seen along the Artzuid route in Amsterdam.

Part of the entrance of the RVB bank build between 1937-1939 by architect D. Roosenberg. One of the two statues flanking the entrance and made by Hildo Krop and Han Wezelaar (height 3.6 m) are the protectors of social law. ( Not part of the route but just there.)

A statue by Ruud Kuijer. I see a man patting a dog on his head here but if that is true. Only the artist knows.

Together for a better world by Cristóbal Gabarrón. The whole route consist of 91 pieces and is 5 KM long.

Crocodile in town

Our local croco in Almere-Haven made by Johanna Braeunlich and resting here since 2011. It was an discovery we didn't expect to see just 400 m from our house.

How cool is that.

You could on the sculpture festival last week sit in a hollowed ice cube

Looked a bit frozen in. One for weekend reflections here .

Bit oversized ?

Why not. One for Monday Mellow Yellows here.

For everybody who was wondering about the monday morning feeling

Here a total picture of the statue from Paul de Reus that I showed monday past week.

Lets call it " the morning after".

Looking out

Went yesterday with bieb to one of the so called landmarks art of flevoland. A 25m high statue of a sitting man on the dike before Lelystad in the direction of Enkhuizen. Made by Anthony Gormley from steel profiles it weights 44000 kg and is placed in 2010.

Realistic statue

This realistic statue from Arne Mæland in the centre of Bergen Norway wasn't realistic enough for the passing public so they did some adjustments to make it a bit more real.

Entrance

If it was not enough to make more then 200 statues Vigeland also made the architectural design and the wrought iron gates and fences for his collection of statues in Oslo. If you want to see more fences you can go to friday fences here.

Some other winter shots of amsterdam

Here for the statue of Rembrandt the statue group of his most famous painting "the night watch" keeps also watch when it snows.

Not so nice around the corner somebody was hit by a car or slipped on the bike over an icy spot on the rails trying to avoid hitting the car. Sadly it is common habit these days.

Street view amsterdam

I like these views from the dark in the light. Here the "Torensluis" a bridge over the " Singel canal" with a statue of famous dutch writer "Multatuli".