Amsterdam holiday snaps

[TobyV]

Mostly posting this here because I know some of you like my photos and also to thank my "local" Amsterdam tourism adviser and resident forum member, Jelle (aka "Archer" who runs the VC10 website).

Due to "Mixed content delivery" problems (my own website where these images are hosted does not have an SSL certificate) these images may not display in Chrome, or browsers using the Chrome engine (such as Edge). In which case, try Firefox.


Amsterdam Centraal


Koninklijk Paleis


Koninklijk Paleis




One step higher. Houses were taxed depending how many steps there were from the door to the pavement. The house on the right has one step more than the one on the left.


I went on a canal tour on a boat similar to this one


Find a true vertical amongst these buildings - apparently the Irish pub is the only thing that isn't p1ssed


Brug 39, Keizersgracht


Paviljoen Vondelpark


Egyptian geese in the Vondelpark


Wild(!) rose-ringed parakeets in the Vondelpark


Steenhouwerijbrug looking towards Leidsegracht


Prinsengracht looking towards Brug 87 and the Rijksmuseum


Banquet of the Amsterdam Civic Guard in Celebration of the Peace of Münster, by Bartholomeus van der Helst
(Rijksmuseum)


Rijksmuseum library


Model of the William Rex (Rijksmuseum)


Rijksmuseum


Vijzelstraat looking west towards Herengracht


Bloemenmarkt


Bloemenmarkt


Singel, next to De Krijberg church


Magere Brug (right), 5-stop HDR composite image


Zebra at Artis zoo


Vulture at Artis zoo


Seal at Artis zoo


Waterfall at Artis zoo


Wolf at Artis zoo


Leopard at Artis zoo


Artis zoo


Lioness at Artis zoo


Lauriergracht (3 shot HDR image)


Fiat Nuova 500 at Lauriergracht


Leidsegracht (3 shot HDR image)


Intersection of Keizersgracht and Leidsegracht (3 shot HDR image)


Keizersgracht (3 shot HDR image)


Jordaan district


Hilletjesbrug looking towards Westerkerk


Rosa Overbeekbrug, Bloemengracht


De Bazel / Stadsarchief Amsterdam


Panorama from the OBA Oosterdok

[Tomliner]

Nice pics Toby. Been there many times over the years, it’s a very photogenic city EricT

[TSR2]

Great photos Toby. I used to visit Amsterdam most months when I work at Heineken. Seems like a lifetime ago now. Theres something very European about the original Fiat 500. isn’t there.

[Airspeed]

Hi Toby
Great to see more of your excellent camera work , which you humbly describe as "snaps"
Never been there.
Fascinating facades on some of the buildings, with ties holding them back to the roofline.
In the picture of "Singel, next to De Krrijberg church," I first thought that the sign was banning playing chess, but by translating the sign, It's saying that you may not moor there unless you are a waste barge.
I believe that the horned animal at the zoo is a fairly young Ibex. Adult horns dwarf the animal, and how they manage to imitate flies on vertical surfaces is hard to believe.

[Paul K]

Lovely pictures of a lovely city. The National Maritime Museum is excellent.

[FlyTexas]

Beautiful pictures Toby. Thanks so much for sharing them!

Brian

[Vc Ten]

Great shots Toby
Takes me back to when I worked at Schiphol
Dale

[blanston12]

Really nice pics.

Interesting that when I open the page in Chrome the pictures don't show, but when I open in Safari they do. Not really a problem but strange none the less.

[TSR2]

Hi Joe,

Something funny there. They were working for me earlier, but now they aren't.

[Silversim]

Fabulous pictures Toby, I was there for two nights back in September 2019 for my 70th birthday, my first visit since 1974....not much had changed in the city centre, but the outskirts were unrecognisable

Gina