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Op de markt – on the market at Noordermark – square of the Noorderkerk

ik ben een amsterdammertje – i am a little Amsterdammer – but more complicated than that. the tje ending can be applied to lots of things to mean ‘a small version’ of it, i.e. biertje, a small beer. but an Amsterdammertje is also those poles that line the streets of Amsterdam, are brown, about 1 […]

Brood – bread. For sale at the Noordermarkt weekend market. Lots of fresh and organic foods here.

Shatten – antiek – treasures, antiques. Found on the Noordermarkt weekend market.

De kerk is open – the church is open – the Noorderkerk, 17th century Protestant church also, a memorial statue can be seen commemorating the protesters who gathered at the Noordermarkt in February 1941 to rally against the Nazi deportation of Jews ‘Eenheid de sterkste keten’ door Sophie Hupkens, 1992 (unity is the strongest chain)