It was a beautiful sunny Easter Sunday morning, but by the time I finally got
outside, the sun was gone and replaced by a grey dampness.
I think that everytime I walk around Amsterdam I see something new,
something I’ve never seen before. A guy riding a massive unicycle through
traffic, a group of Superheros singing and walking, always something
… unusual …
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- A gateway with the city crest on it.
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- Hats displayed on the Nieuwe Hoogstraat.
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- Art is sometimes a compulsion.
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- Big discussion over something in the window.
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- Funky building at the start of the Nieuwe Hoogstraat
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- Hey, wanna ride a rooster?
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- Wall lamp in a restaurant on the Warmoesstraat.
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- Very successful begging cat in a restaurant on the Warmoesstraat.
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- Ancient leather suitcase, now decoration in a restaurant.
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- Beautiful bar in a restaurant on the Warmoesstraat.
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- Coffee shop and next to it, “High Snack” (aka ‘Munchies’) near the Oudekerk.
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- Creative bike parking on the Warmoesstraat.
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- War Moes Straat wall plaque on the back of the Beurs van Berlage building.
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- I can’t even imagine what’s behind that tiny door.
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- Windows with girls in them in a very narrow alley of the Redlight District.
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- Badly done murals on the wall of a brothel in the Redlight District.
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- Very narrow alley leading into the Redlight District
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- Oudekerk on the left, looking north.
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- Wandering group of 25 singing Superheros. That’s something new.
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- Detail of the Oudekerk, west side.
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- Sign forbidding the parking of bikes, claims they will be removed.
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- Tourboats on the Damrak
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- Dead bike on a bridge pylon. Maybe it jumped.
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- Guy Fawkes mask, sign of the “Anonymous” and “Occupy” groups.
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- Canal houses facing the Damrak
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- Decoy duck family freely floating around the tour boats on the Damrak
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- Older man with a tiny Lumix, little girl with monster Pro DSLR full-frame camera!
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- View of waterfront houses from the tour boat dock on the Damrak
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- I think it says Mom.
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- Funky streetlamp in front of a ‘Ghostbusters’ looking building.
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- Creative bus driving.
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- Tour bus took a wrong turn.
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- Dude cruising through Damrak traffic on a huge unicycle.
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- The perfect vehicle for tiny european roads, a monster Dodge Hemi (gas isn’t cheap here) (notice the unicycle?)
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- Can someone please explain this to me?
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- Stone corner of the Beurs van Berlage building at the Beursplein
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- An Easter nest! And some guy singing at the Occupy space on the Beursplein
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- Wheatpaste on the Occupy info kiosk
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- Sometimes you just can’t find the right size kickstand.
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- Squatted (temporary) artist studio door on the Dam square.
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- Holy cow. Tourist shop on the Dam plaza.
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- This bridge has 4 of these on it. No explanation found.
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- Bike delivery by rowboat?
Excellent colors, easy to understand the charm of the place.