The Netherlands Bank

 

Feel me a bit blue today ( inside a vault)

first I had to pass this door

Then that one

And in the old times you would see a lot of these cars and racks with gold bars but today the National Netherlands bank is empty of gold and the vaults are now open for everyone to look inside as national museum also to show their art collection. Strange enough the rest of the building is still the national bank and not free for the public. Wonder how much this have cost for the taxpayer.

Funny?

 Today a "live" Easter bunny actually appeared in our local mall. A first for me.

Found the contents of our candy store a little more interesting anyway.

Spring Sky

 About time the trees got more green again. One for Skywatch Friday here.

During a demonstration for women's rights

 

Somehow I still have the thought that not everyone is treated equally.

A sure sign

 If you see such a sloping little building it is with 99% certainty a cogeneration switching station. Have already seen 4 of them in Almere. Pipe layout makes this seemingly the most advantageous form.

Golden oldie

 Morning fog early morning in the Almere Woods. One from the Archive.

What does this remind me of anyway

I was looking for a mural in my archive and found this instead.

 The photo is from 2015 . They certainly had foresight back then but don't really dare call it a mural.

Remarkable heads

 Yes the flea market always attracts special visitors anyway as it did last Thursday. (Header from the parking of my former work during winter lighting festivities on the canals.)

Rainy street

 One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.

A bit Skywatch

 At the Tax office in Almere. One for  Skywatch Friday here.

New arrivals

 What used to be reserved for Christian religious orders has now seemingly passed to Muslim youth. It takes some getting used to when they are waiting for the bus but time will eventually smooth everything over.

That needs the cheese slicer.

 Another store on the verge of collapse, it just won't stop.

Another one then from yesterday's market hall

 At the request of fellow blogger Taken for Granted once again an overview of the total ceiling of yesterdays markethal.

For a good idea of the size another picture of the daytime dimensions . Yes that is quite an architectural piece of art by MVDRV.

The Horn of Plenty

 The 11,000-square-meter artwork on the interior façade of Rotterdam's Market Hall shows greatly magnified fruits, vegetables, grains, fish, flowers and insects.  According to artists Arno Coenen & Iris Roskam, who wanted to evoke a childlike sense of wonder with this work, the Horn of plenty is a worship of nature and an ode to the universe. Coenen realized the work in collaboration with Architectenburo MVRDV. One for Sami's Colourful World here.

The merchant and his trade

 On the flea market. (Header children transport from the archive.)

Just looking around

 One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.

V.Gogh's Sky

 At the v Gogh and the Stedelijk Museum, there is now an exhibition of a journey Anselm Kiefer made in the footsteps of v. Gogh for whom he had a vehement admiration as the conclusion of his art training entitled “Sag mir wo die blumen sind.” Here his interpretation of Starry Night. It was overwhelming and very cleverly made. One for Skywatch Friday here.

Actually unbelievable

 That this photo was taken on March 3, 2025 in Amsterdam on the Keizersgracht. Yes climate change.

Three guesses

 

What kind of dogs our neighbors have.  ( Header Amsterdam downtown in the evening)

Bike to impress

 Definitely blown over from Texas.

This museum

 Is a must for every mural lover.  One for Sami's Colourful World here.

Saturday walk

It is definitely time for it at the beginning of spring but today 5 degrees colder and rain.

 

Still a little cold?

 One for James Weekend Street/Reflections here.           

Dutch Mountains

 

One for Skywatch Friday here

Just walk around and look.

 This window always provides a colorful view of the world from the inside.

Paris through the lens of the Seeberger Brothers (1900-1906)

 

Wonderful exhibition at Huis Marseille of the Seeberger brothers who first started photographing Paris as a hobby around 1900. They did this on large glass plates and they also printed the photos large . Later they became famous fashion photographers but these pictures of Parisian life eventually disappeared from view and spent 50 years in an attic where they would have been thrown away if someone had not taken a look. Highly recommended.                                 

Colors

  For Monday Mural.

Nice weather despite cold.

Do surprise me how many people actually walk the streets. (Header houseboats in the Y)

Boat cat

 Found this critter on a houseboat which could use a little maintenance. One for Saturday Critters here.

A few more pictures from the walk last Saturday.

 

Everyone was in good spirits due to the beautiful weather, making it especially pleasant to walk around and photograph.

Couldn't resist the temptation

 Bieb walking along a row of trench coats on the flea market with perfectly balanced colors. (Placed with her permission.)

It is to go crazy

 One moment so

The next moment 10° C down with a chill wind directly from the north pole.

Monday mural

 Someone is still hard at work adding murals to the entrances and surroundings of the Nieuwmarkt subway station. From me, some color could have been added.

The new university library

 After a complete renovation of several years, the downtown complex of the University of Amsterdam on the former Binnengasthuis site is finally nearing completion. Here the new facade of the library (design Roberto Meyer of buro MVSA in collaboration with buro J.van Stigt). The sentence “just read , it does not say what it says ”from poem Awater by Martinus Nijhoff is used here in the 24 languages taught at the Uva. (Header face on the terrace of cafe De Jaren by the water but it was so crowded that we had sat down next door in the coffee bar of hotel de Doelen. Also an excellent view).

Yes and then of course I had to go too.

 

It was really beautiful weather today for a little street photography. One for Jame's Weekend Street/Reflections here.

And the flying goes on

 One for Skywatch Friday here.

Put it there

 Those decorated bikes are really put up everywhere like here on the lock near the Stromarkt.