Amsterdam

Summer Holiday 2009, Amsterdam
Amsterdam Central Railway Station Amsterdam Centraal was designed by Pierre Cuypers, who is also known for his design of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. While Cuypers was the principal architect, it is believed that he focused mostly on the decoration of the station building and left the structural design to railway engineers.[5] The station was built by contractor Philipp Holzmann. The new central station replaced Amsterdam Willemspoort Station, which had closed in 1878, as well as the temporary Westerdok Station used from 1878 to 1889. The station building was completed in 1884. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Amsterdam Central Railway Station Amsterdam Centraal was designed by Pierre Cuypers, who is also known for his design of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. While Cuypers was the principal architect, it is believed that he focused mostly on the decoration of the station building and left the structural design to railway engineers.[5] The station was built by contractor Philipp Holzmann. The new central station replaced Amsterdam Willemspoort Station, which had closed in 1878, as well as the temporary Westerdok Station used from 1878 to 1889. The station building was completed in 1884. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Amsterdam Central Railway Station Amsterdam Centraal was designed by Pierre Cuypers, who is also known for his design of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. While Cuypers was the principal architect, it is believed that he focused mostly on the decoration of the station building and left the structural design to railway engineers.[5] The station was built by contractor Philipp Holzmann. The new central station replaced Amsterdam Willemspoort Station, which had closed in 1878, as well as the temporary Westerdok Station used from 1878 to 1889. The station building was completed in 1884. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Horse polices Polices on horses patrolling the city. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town
Working horse A horse-driven carriage : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Peek & Cloppenburg Peek & Cloppenburg is an international chain of fashion department stores, that goes far back in to history. The company was founded in Rotterdam in 1869 by the of origin German merchants Johann Theodor Peek and Heinrich Cloppenburg Anton Adolph. In 1901 Peek & Cloppenburg opened it's first branch in Germany. Most stores are found in Germany, with the headquarter in Düsseldorf. The Dutch stores are found in Utrecht, Den Haag, and Rotterdam, but the only real Peek & Cloppenburg store can be found on 'De Dam' in Amsterdam. This monumental building is made after a design of Anton Joling and opened it's doors on the 11th of April 1917. Madame Tussauds is also to be found in this building. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam The palace was built as a city hall during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century. The building became the royal palace of King Louis Napoleon and later of the Dutch Royal House. It is situated on the west side of Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, opposite the War Memorial and next to the Nieuwe Kerk. The palace was built as the Town Hall of the City of Amsterdam and was opened as such on 29 July 1655 by Cornelis de Graeff, the mayor of Amsterdam. It was built by Jacob van Campen, who took control of the construction project in 1648. It was built on 13,659 wooden piles and cost 8.5 million gulden. A yellowish sandstone from Bentheim in Germany was used for the entire building. The stone has darkened considerably in the course of time. Marble was the chosen material for the interior. After the patriot revolution which swept the House of Orange from power a decade earlier, the new Batavian Republic was forced to accept Louis Napoleon, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, as King Louis I of Holland in 1806. After holding his court at The Hague and Utrecht, Louis Napoleon moved to Amsterdam, and converted the Town Hall into a royal palace for himself. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam The palace was built as a city hall during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century. The building became the royal palace of King Louis Napoleon and later of the Dutch Royal House. It is situated on the west side of Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, opposite the War Memorial and next to the Nieuwe Kerk. The palace was built as the Town Hall of the City of Amsterdam and was opened as such on 29 July 1655 by Cornelis de Graeff, the mayor of Amsterdam. It was built by Jacob van Campen, who took control of the construction project in 1648. It was built on 13,659 wooden piles and cost 8.5 million gulden. A yellowish sandstone from Bentheim in Germany was used for the entire building. The stone has darkened considerably in the course of time. Marble was the chosen material for the interior. After the patriot revolution which swept the House of Orange from power a decade earlier, the new Batavian Republic was forced to accept Louis Napoleon, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, as King Louis I of Holland in 1806. After holding his court at The Hague and Utrecht, Louis Napoleon moved to Amsterdam, and converted the Town Hall into a royal palace for himself. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town
Nieuwe Kerk After the Oude Kerk ("Old Church") grew too small for the expanding population of the town, the bishop of Utrecht in 1408 gave permission to build a second parish church, the Nieuwe Kerk ("New Church"). This new church was consecrated to St. Mary and St. Catharine. The church was damaged by the city fires of 1421 and 1452 and burned down almost entirely in 1645, after which it was rebuilt in Gothic style. It underwent major renovation in 1892–1914, which added many neo-Gothic details, and was again renovated in 1959–1980. The second renovation proved expensive for the Dutch Reformed Church, forcing the church to be closed most of the time in order to save money on maintenance. The Nieuwe Kerk is no longer used for church services but is used as an exhibition space. It is also used for organ recitals. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Nieuwe Kerk After the Oude Kerk ("Old Church") grew too small for the expanding population of the town, the bishop of Utrecht in 1408 gave permission to build a second parish church, the Nieuwe Kerk ("New Church"). This new church was consecrated to St. Mary and St. Catharine. The church was damaged by the city fires of 1421 and 1452 and burned down almost entirely in 1645, after which it was rebuilt in Gothic style. It underwent major renovation in 1892–1914, which added many neo-Gothic details, and was again renovated in 1959–1980. The second renovation proved expensive for the Dutch Reformed Church, forcing the church to be closed most of the time in order to save money on maintenance. The Nieuwe Kerk is no longer used for church services but is used as an exhibition space. It is also used for organ recitals. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Nieuwe Kerk After the Oude Kerk ("Old Church") grew too small for the expanding population of the town, the bishop of Utrecht in 1408 gave permission to build a second parish church, the Nieuwe Kerk ("New Church"). This new church was consecrated to St. Mary and St. Catharine. The church was damaged by the city fires of 1421 and 1452 and burned down almost entirely in 1645, after which it was rebuilt in Gothic style. It underwent major renovation in 1892–1914, which added many neo-Gothic details, and was again renovated in 1959–1980. The second renovation proved expensive for the Dutch Reformed Church, forcing the church to be closed most of the time in order to save money on maintenance. The Nieuwe Kerk is no longer used for church services but is used as an exhibition space. It is also used for organ recitals. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Magna Plaza The Former Amsterdam Main Post Office, currently a shopping mall known as Magna Plaza, is a monumental building located at Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 182. The Main Post Office was built in the period 1895–1899, designed by Cornelis Peters. It replaced the Royal Post Office from 1854, built by Frederik Willem Conrad and Cornelis Outshoorn, which served as a gallery shortly before being taken down in 1897. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town
Pretty pigs Sexy pigs in a bar window : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Sleepy bear Tired teddy bear resting : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town West-Indisch Huis The West-Indisch Huis ("West India House") is the former headquarters of the Dutch West India Company (Geoctroyeerde Westindische Compagnie or Chartered West India Company) in Amsterdam. In this building, the Dutch West India Company's governors in 1625 ordered the construction of a fort on the island of Manhattan, laying the foundations for New York City. The building was constructed in 1617 as a meat market (on the ground floor) and waiting room for the local militia (on the upper floor). In 1623 it was rented by the Dutch West India Company, founded two years earlier, and was used until 1647 for meetings by the governing board of the Dutch West India Company. During this time the building was expanded with two wings around a central courtyard, tripling the size of the building. In 1647, the Dutch West India Company got into financial troubles and was forced to move to the West-Indisch Pakhuis, a Dutch West India Company warehouse on the IJ waterfront, which thereafter became known as the West-Indisch Huis. From 1660 the building was in use as gentlemen's lodgings (a hotel) and in 1825 it became a home for orphans and the elderly. The building underwent renovations that included removal of the high front porch and plastering of the facade. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Brouwersgracht A view along the canal : Amsterdam, canal, kanava, kaupunki, kesäloma, summer holiday, town
House boat A popular, but expensive way to live nowadays. : Amsterdam, canal, kanava, kaupunki, kesäloma, summer holiday, town Traffic jam Peddling boats in trouble as it's proven that sometimes will doesn't substitute skill. : Amsterdam, canal, kanava, kaupunki, kesäloma, summer holiday, town Westerkerk Several older churches in Amsterdam, such as Oude Kerk and Nieuwe Kerk, were originally built before the Reformation and were converted to Protestantism during the Reformation in 1578. The Westerkerk was one of the first purposely built Protestant churches. The Noorderkerk and Zuiderkerk preceded the Westerkerk. Today the Westerkerk remains the largest church in the Netherlands that was built for Protestants. Today it is still in use for the PKN (Protestantse Kerk in Nederland) The Westerkerk was built in 1620-1631 after a design by the late Renaissance architect Hendrick de Keyser in the Dutch Renaissance style and in the form of a patriarchal cross. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Homomonument I am not entirely sure what this is but it surely cannot mean that latrine, can it? : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town
Winkelgalerij Raadhuisstraat 21-55 is a typical late nineteenth-century shopping arcade upstairs apartments, designed by the famous architect AL van Gendt and sons. The façade curves along the curve that describes the road here so they always fully present to the eye. The gallery therefore plays a particularly prominent role in the streetscape. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Beurs van Berlage The Beurs van Berlage was designed as a commodity exchange by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and constructed between 1896 and 1903. It influenced many modernist architects, in particular functionalists and the Amsterdam School. It is now used as a venue for concerts, exhibitions and conferences. The building is constructed of red brick, with an iron and glass roof and stone piers, lintels and corbels. Its entrance is under a 40m high clock tower, while inside lie three large multi-storey halls formerly used as trading floors, with offices and communal facilities grouped around them. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Basilica of St. Nicholas Officially the church was called St. Nicholas inside the Walls, i.e. the oldest part of the Amsterdam defence works. The architect, Adrianus Bleijs (1842-1912) designed the church basing himself on a combination of several revival styles of which Neo-Baroque and neo-Renaissance are the most prominent models. The facade is crowned by two towers with a rose window in between. The centre of this window is formed by a bas relief depicting Christ and the four Evangelists, made in the Van den Bossche and Crevels workshop in 1886. A sculpture of the patron saint of both the church and the city of Amsterdam was placed in a niche in the upper section of the gable top. The well-known sculptor Bart van Hove (1850-1914) made the sculpture in 1886. The crossing is articulated by a large octagonal tower with a baroque dome and lantern and crowned by a cross. The basis of the groundplan is the scheme of the classic three-aisled cross-basilica, i.e. a nave, two aisles and a single transept. The choir is located as is usual, at the end of the nave. In the corners formed by the transept and the nave, two chapels are located, traditionally devoted to Mary and Joseph. The church was finished in 1887. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Basilica of St. Nicholas Officially the church was called St. Nicholas inside the Walls, i.e. the oldest part of the Amsterdam defence works. The architect, Adrianus Bleijs (1842-1912) designed the church basing himself on a combination of several revival styles of which Neo-Baroque and neo-Renaissance are the most prominent models. The facade is crowned by two towers with a rose window in between. The centre of this window is formed by a bas relief depicting Christ and the four Evangelists, made in the Van den Bossche and Crevels workshop in 1886. A sculpture of the patron saint of both the church and the city of Amsterdam was placed in a niche in the upper section of the gable top. The well-known sculptor Bart van Hove (1850-1914) made the sculpture in 1886. The crossing is articulated by a large octagonal tower with a baroque dome and lantern and crowned by a cross. The basis of the groundplan is the scheme of the classic three-aisled cross-basilica, i.e. a nave, two aisles and a single transept. The choir is located as is usual, at the end of the nave. In the corners formed by the transept and the nave, two chapels are located, traditionally devoted to Mary and Joseph. The church was finished in 1887. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town
Oude Kerk The 800-year-old Oude Kerk ("old church") is Amsterdam’s oldest building and oldest parish church, founded ca. 1213 and consecrated in 1306 by the bishop of Utrecht with Saint Nicolas as its patron saint. After the Reformation in 1578 it became a Calvinist church, which it remains today. It stands in De Wallen, now Amsterdam's main red-light district. The square surrounding the church is the Oudekerksplein. The floor consists entirely of gravestones. The reason for this is that the church was built on a cemetery. Local citizens continued to be buried on the site within the confines of the church until 1865. There are 2500 graves in the Oude Kerk, under which are buried 10,000 Amsterdam citizens : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Diabolo Gothic clothes store in Amsterdam Red Light District : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town National Monument The National Monument on Dam Square (Dutch: Nationaal Monument or Nationaal Monument op de Dam), Amsterdam, is a 1956 World War II monument in the Netherlands. A national Remembrance of the Dead ceremony is held at the monument every year on 4 May to commemorate the casualties of World War II and subsequent armed conflicts. The monument was designed by Dutch architect J.J.P. Oud, and the monument's sculptures are by John Rädecker and his sons Han and Jan Willem Rädecker. The reliefs are by the sculptor Paul Grégoire : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Small alley A small alley, note the Monty Python gag in the background (The Bicycle Repair Man). : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town
Hotel Die Port van Cleve Hotel Die Port van Cleve owes its name to a plaque of ‘Huys te Kleef’, that was part of the building complex of brewery ‘De Hooiberg’. The brewery was located here since 1592, when widow Weyntgen Elberts bought the building and established the brewery of her husband here. In the years that followed, the building was expanded between the Nieuwezijds Voor- and Achterburgwal. Brewery ‘De Hooiberg’ was very successful and remained so until the 18th century. In 1863 the building complex was bought by Gerard Adriaan Heineken. Due to the filling of the canal and the name change of the Nieuwezijds Achterburgwal in Spuistraat, Heineken moved his brewery to its current location on the Stadhouderskade in Amsterdam. In 1888 the building was renovated. The façade was completely renovated in the Dutch neo-renaissance style, with sand stone, brick and high windows. This architectural design came from Amsterdam architect Isaac Gosschalk (1838–1907). : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Levensverzekering Noord-Braband Waalwijk This beautiful building was built in 1843. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town Haarlemmerstraat 24 Nice house with an artistic wall painting of Adam, Eve and the snake. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town The Anne Frank House It was in the annex of this house where Anne Frank and her family hid from Nazi persecution during World War II. This was also where Anne Frank wrote her famous diary. She did not survive the concentration camps, but her father did. He got the book published in 1947 after returning to Amsterdam. This museum is dedicated to Anne Frank’s life, and shares a great deal of history about the treatment of Jews during WWII. : Amsterdam, Hollanti, Netherlands, building, kaupunki, kesäloma, rakennus, summer holiday, town
Het Lieverdje A small statue, Het Lieverdje ("The Little Darling"), stands on the Spui square. The statue represents the youth of Amsterdam, always playing pranks yet with a heart of gold. He was a gift to the city from a cigarette company in 1960. In the 1960s, the Provo counterculture movement held weekly gatherings around the statue. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Singel 75 An apartment house from 1723 : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town De Krijtberg The church is dedicated to St Francis Xavier and is one of the rectorates within the Roman Catholic parish of St Nicholas, and is recognised by its two pointed towers. Since 1654 it has been a Jesuit church and services there are in a variety of styles. The current church was designed by Alfred Tepe and was opened in 1883. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Begijnhof The Begijnhof is the only inner court in Amsterdam which was founded during the Middle Ages, and therefore lies within the Singel — the innermost canal of Amsterdam's circular canal system. The Begijnhof is at medieval street level, which means a meter below the rest of the old city center. It is unclear when exactly the Begijnhof (Beguines' court) was founded. In 1346, the beguines still lived in a house (a document of that time mentioned one beghynhuys). A courtyard was only first mentioned in 1389, probably after the religious status of the city rose due to the Amsterdam Eucharistic Miracle of 1345. Originally the Begijnhof was entirely encircled by water (the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, the Spui and the Begijnensloot or "Beguines' Ditch"), with the sole entrance located at the Begijnensteeg ("Beguines' Alley"), which had a bridge across the Begijnensloot. The back facades were therefore water-locked. The Spui entrance only dates back to the 19th century. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town
Begijnhof The Begijnhof is the only inner court in Amsterdam which was founded during the Middle Ages, and therefore lies within the Singel — the innermost canal of Amsterdam's circular canal system. The Begijnhof is at medieval street level, which means a meter below the rest of the old city center. It is unclear when exactly the Begijnhof (Beguines' court) was founded. In 1346, the beguines still lived in a house (a document of that time mentioned one beghynhuys). A courtyard was only first mentioned in 1389, probably after the religious status of the city rose due to the Amsterdam Eucharistic Miracle of 1345. Originally the Begijnhof was entirely encircled by water (the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, the Spui and the Begijnensloot or "Beguines' Ditch"), with the sole entrance located at the Begijnensteeg ("Beguines' Alley"), which had a bridge across the Begijnensloot. The back facades were therefore water-locked. The Spui entrance only dates back to the 19th century. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Begijnhof The Begijnhof is the only inner court in Amsterdam which was founded during the Middle Ages, and therefore lies within the Singel — the innermost canal of Amsterdam's circular canal system. The Begijnhof is at medieval street level, which means a meter below the rest of the old city center. It is unclear when exactly the Begijnhof (Beguines' court) was founded. In 1346, the beguines still lived in a house (a document of that time mentioned one beghynhuys). A courtyard was only first mentioned in 1389, probably after the religious status of the city rose due to the Amsterdam Eucharistic Miracle of 1345. Originally the Begijnhof was entirely encircled by water (the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, the Spui and the Begijnensloot or "Beguines' Ditch"), with the sole entrance located at the Begijnensteeg ("Beguines' Alley"), which had a bridge across the Begijnensloot. The back facades were therefore water-locked. The Spui entrance only dates back to the 19th century. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Odeon Singel 460, originally an apartment building from 1662 by architect Philips Vingboons. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Singel 423 This was originally the town arsenal and later served as the royal stables. Queen Wilhelmina, who had fled to London at the outbreak of the second world war, gave her written permission to add the building to the University Library. The building has a façade from 1609 by Hendrick de Keyser. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town
Koningsplein 1 Koningsplein 1 was built originally as shop- and office building in 1891 by architects Th.G. Schill and D.H. Haverkamp. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Flower market Flower market seen from Konigsplein. The Bloemenmarkt is the world's only floating flower market, founded in 1862. It includes 15 florists and garden shops as well as a range of souvenir gifts. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Bloemenmarkt Flower market seen from Konigsplein. The Bloemenmarkt is the world's only floating flower market, founded in 1862. It includes 15 florists and garden shops as well as a range of souvenir gifts. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Magnets Fridge magnets sold at the Flower Market. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town
Christmas time Christmas time is here. This Christmas shop was also located at the Flower Market area. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Bloemenmarkt Flower market seen from Konigsplein. The Bloemenmarkt is the world's only floating flower market, founded in 1862. It includes 15 florists and garden shops as well as a range of souvenir gifts. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Munttoren The tower was originally part of the Regulierspoort, one of the main gates in Amsterdam's medieval city wall. The gate, built in the years 1480, consisted of two towers and a guard house. After the gate went up in flames in a 1618 fire, only the guard house and part of the western tower remained standing. The tower was then rebuilt in Amsterdam Renaissance style in 1620, with an eight-sided top half and elegant open spire designed by Hendrick de Keyser, featuring a clockwork with four clockfaces and a carillon of bells. The carillon was made in 1668 by Pieter Hemony, who added new bells to the instrument that he and his brother François had made earlier for the tower of the Amsterdam stock exchange in 1651. He also made a bronze drum for automatic music to announce the strike of the hour and half hour bell. It also chimes on the quarter with a short melody. The old drum is still in function. In 1873, the original baton keyboard was removed from the carillon, in favor of changes to the clockwork mechanism. Since that year the Munt clock also had a minute arm. In 1960 when the carillon was restored by Petit & Fritsen from Aarle Rixtel, a baton keyboard as a manual playing system was re-installed : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Herengracht 581 A double merchant's house from 1670. The gable is decorated with a large sculpture, depicting St. Michael attacking the dragon while standing on an elephant's head. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town
The Old Bell I have a hunch that this bell is the reason behind the name of the pub The Old Bell at Rembrandtplein : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Amstel bier A nice painting on the Old Bell pub wall on Rembrandtplein. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Rembrandt The statue of Rembrandt was made in 1852 by sculptor Louis Royer and is of cast iron. It was cast in one piece and it is Amsterdam's oldest surviving statue in a public space. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Herengracht 435 Movers doing their job at Herengracht 435, a nice building built in 1840. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town
Amsterdam City Archives With archives covering a shelf-length of about 35 kilometres, the Amsterdam City Archives is the largest municipal archive in the world. The building was the most important work of the Dutch architect Karel de Bazel and was built from 1919 to 1926 as the head office of the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij (NHM). The architect died in 1923, three years before completion. Construction was continued by his chef de bureau C. van de Linde, together with designer Adolf Leonard van Gendt. Sculptures on the outside of the building are by Joseph Mendes da Costa, Lambertus Zijl and Hendrik A. van den Eijnde. The stained glass windows were made by Joep Nicolas after designs by Antoon Derkinderen. The building was titled De Spekkoek, after the Dutch-Indonesian delicacy spekkoek, but is now named after the architect (=De Bazel). : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Keizersgracht 508 An apartment building designed by A.C.Bleys and built in 1892. Richly decorated facade and also quite nice-looking building in other aspects too. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town American Hotel The American Hotel, locally known as the Hotel Americain, was built in 1898-1900 by W.Kromhout and W.G.Jansen in the Berlage style. In 1927-1928 an expansion was realized from a design by the architect G.J. Rutgers in collaboration with K. Bakker in 1927-1928. Both the expansion and the café are National Heritage sites. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Leidsestraat 54 Built in 1926 by Welsing, W.G. originally for grocery chain De Gruyter. The statues are created by Theo van Delft and they probably are based on the bible. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town
Rasphuis gate The Rasphuis was a "tuchthuis" or prison in Amsterdam that was established in 1596 in the former Convent of the Poor Clares on the Heiligeweg. In 1815 it was closed, and in 1892 the building was demolished to make way for a swimming pool. On the site today is the Kalvertoren shopping centre. The founding of the Rasphuis signified a sea-change in Dutch correctional thinking. Until then it was universally believed that criminals needed to be punished. In the Rasphuis, the effort was made to instill a sense of order and duty into the young men. The Rasphuis was thus intended as an institute for rehabilitation. Over the entrance gate, which still stands, is the inscription 'Wilde beesten moet men temmen' or 'Wild beasts must be tamed'. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Amsterdam Museum The Amsterdam Museum has been located since 1975 in a building that was originally constructed in 1580 as Amsterdam's orphanage. The building was extended by Hendrick and his son Pieter de Keyser before Jacob van Campen rebuilt it in 1634. The orphanage continued in this building until 1960. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Multatuli Bronze bust of 'Multatuli' (19thC author Eduard Douwes Dekker; 1820-87) on Torensluis, by Hans Bayens (1987). : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Half-sunken A boat almost sunken and surrounded by oil barriers to avoid any oil damage. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town
The House of the Archers of the St. Sebastian Guild This house on Singel 421 originally belonged to Archers of the St. Sebastian Guild (built in 1512), the facade is from 1733. Amsterdam University Library moved to the Handboogdoelen at Singel 421. During restoration works in 1968, much of the original 16th-century building reappeared and it turned out that the Library probably contains some of the oldest masonry in town and the only fireplace with a late medieval mantelpiece. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town House boat This way of living was popular especially earlier, but nowadays it's very expensive. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Guard A little teddy bear watching from the window : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Blauwbrug The bridge owes its name to a wooden "blue bridge" that was there from around 1600 but no longer exists and which was painted the characteristic blue of the Dutch flag. It kept the name after 1883 when it was replaced by the spans of a new bridge which is inspired by the architecture of several of the bridges over the Seine in Paris. it features tall, ornate street lamps topped by the imperial crown of Amsterdam, fish sculptures and foundations shaped like the prow of a medieval ship. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town
Magere Brug The Magere Brug ("Skinny Bridge") is a bridge over the river Amstel in the city centre of Amsterdam. It connects the banks of the river at Kerkstraat (Church Street), between Keizersgracht (Emperors' Canal) and Prinsengracht (Princes' Canal). The central section of the Magere Brug is a bascule bridge made of white-painted wood. The present bridge was built in 1934. The first bridge at this site was built in 1691 as Kerkstraatbrug and had 13 arches. Because this bridge was very narrow, the locals called it magere brug, which literally means "skinny bridge" : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Coco's Outback I don't know how honest is this sign, but it's a refreshing one nevertheless. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Herengracht 506 Built in 1685 by Isbrant Kieft, architect not known. First occupant Jsbrand Kieft, gunpowder trader and manufacturer. From 1966 to 2000 The University of Amsterdam occupied the building, from 2000 onwards it's been owned by the Linden Group. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Stadsschouwburg The building is in the neo-Renaissance style dating back to 1894, and is the former home of the National Ballet and Opera. The present theatre replaced its burned-down predecessor. It was built between 1892 and 1894 to a design of Jan L. Springer (1850–1915), with the cooperation of his father J. B. Springer and Adolf Leonard van Gendt. The rebuilding was supported closely by prominent banker, philanthropist and senator A.C. Wertheim. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town
Barlaeus Gymnasium Het Stedelijk Gymnasium was established in 1885. It is the oldest of the four gymnasia, although its origins stretch back to the Latijnse scholen (Latin schools) whose existence is documented as far back as 1594. In 1927, the name was changed in 1927 and it was named after Caspar Barlaeus. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Leidsestraat 40 Richly decorated facade of Leidsestraat 40. There's a sign which states this house been built in 1581, but I am very sceptical regarding of this. There might be some parts from that period but the current building looks more like 19th century creation. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Leidsestraat 86-88 The facade of No. 86-88 is decorated with an ornament in art deco style with a picture of Christiaan Huygens, who invented the pendulum clock. This building was built in 1903 by Pieter Lameris, who had a clock shop there. : Amsterdam, Holiday, Hollanti, Netherlands, kaupunki, kesä, loma, summer holiday, town Hellevoetsluis camping Iso-Veikka resting on a camping place. Our camp has been built already and we're making the dinner.