October 2009
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Modern stepped gable house
I showed you stepped gable houses in the past (one in Amsterdam and one in Diemen). Here is now two gables with steps on modern houses that must have been built during the 50’s. This is a good example of the Traditionalist School of architecture that developped at this time to balance the too modern Amsterdam School.
Je vous ai déjà montré des maison anciennes avec des pigons à crénaux...
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CMC Tasly Group BV
CMC Tasly Group BV is a Traditional Chinese medicine company. This is the largest European company providing Chinese herbs, herbal products, acupuncture needles and other oriental medical goods. Of course, the building is located in Amsterdam’s chinatown.
CMC Tasly Group BV est une entreprise de médecine traditionnelle chinoise. C’est la plus grosse entreprise de ce type en Europe,...
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Lutmastraat
I showed you cute little houses in Diamantstraat. Even if Diamantstraat is known for these houses, you can also find some in the nearby Lutmastraat. This one is for sale (te koop), if you are insterested, If you are interested, phone quickly.
Je vous ai montré de jolies petites maisons sur Diamantstraat. Même si c’est la rue Diamantstraat qui fait que ces maissons sont connues, il y en a...
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Women's rowing race
I like to stop over the Berlage bridge because the fence has the same colors as me. This is even more entertaining when there are rowing races on the river Amstel. Guess which group of girls is winning.
J’aime m’arrêter au dessus du pont Berlage, tout spécialement parce que le garde-corps de ce pont porte les mêmes couleurs que moi. C’est encore plus amusant quand on peut y...
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The forgotten mill
This windmill doesn’t have the shape of dutch historical windmills, it doesn’t drain polders nor grind grains. It’s just here, turning on in IJplein. This windmill is forgotten on all list of Amsterdam Windmills.
Ce moulin à vent n’a pas la stature des moulins hollandais typiques, il ne draine pas un poldaire et ne moud pas de grain. Il est juste là, à faire tourner ses...
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Silhouette on a tank
This silhouette appeared in Amsterdam during the last year and shows a hallow around a scared man in some improbable places. This one, on a rest tank must be now buried under the pavement.
Cette silhouette est apparue ces dernières années à Amsterdam et montre un halo autour d’un homme affolé dans des endrois improbables. Celui-ci est peint sur un container à ordures et doit se trouver...
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Le Jardin
French names give an idea of luxury. Le Jardin is a new residential group of houses in poched Amstelveen, just near the Amsterdamse Bos.
Les noms français sont parfois synonymes de luxe. Le Jardin est un nouvel ensemble de résidences dans un quartier huppé d’Amstelveen, juste à coté du bois Amsterdamse Bos.
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Europa colours
Walls around building sites are always decorated in a different way. This site on Europaplein, near the RAI exhibition center has walls covered with geometric coloured gophers and butterflies.
Les palissades de chantier sont toujours décorées de manière originale. Ce chantier sur Europaplein, près du parc des expositions RAI, est ceinturé par un mur coloré avec des insectes et des vers tout en...
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Badhoeverdorp houses
Badhoeverdorp is a big village at the south western edge of Amsterdam, build on the Haarlemmermeer polder. This big polder is from the 19th century and untill 1930 it was anly a couple of small houses. Badhoeverdorp started to develop in 1930 when the need for new residences was big. It has also developped after the second world war for the same reasons. Therefore, Badhoeverdorp is mainly a...
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Korte Ouderkerkerdijk dubble ophaalbrug
This is a typical double side lifting bridge. The one on the photo above stand near the Amstel on the small dike going to Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. This is why autochtones call it Korte Ouderkerkerdijk dubble ophaalbrug.
Un double pont levant est un pont hollandais classique. Celui ci-dessus est jeté près de la rivière Amstel sur une petite digue allant à Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. C’est...
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My house is unique
Scheepstimmermanstraat (Shipwright’s Street) is a well know street where all houses are unique and designed by famous architects. People living in this street can really say “My house is unique”.
Scheepstimmermanstraat (la rue des charpentiers de bateaux) est une rue très connue pour ses maisons d’architecte toutes différentes. Les gens qui habitent à cette adresse...
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Citroën DS
Dutch are great collectors of vintage cars. Their favorite is with no doubt the CITROEN DS. You often see them parked in the streets of Amsterdam. I think I found here the unique Yellow DS break still in use.
Les Hollandais aiment bien conserver les vieilles voitures. Leur préférée est sans nul doute la Citroën DS (ou ID). On on trouve souvent garées dans les rues d’Amsterdam. Par contre,...
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Girls on the wall
I remember this wall of the Gastenmolenweg. Two girls seam to plot something hiding from the view of everyone. This is just a poster, placed here by an unknown artist. The day after this photo was taken, the poster started to receive graffitis Je me souviens de ce mur sur Gastenmolenweg. Deux filles semblent comploter en tounant le dos aux gens dans la rue. C’est juste une affiche,...
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The 80's of Duivendrecht
In the early 80’s, the Amsterdam Region had a big housing problem, it was very difficult to find a place to live. They were then plans to build a lot of houses and villages around Amsterdam like Duivendrecht expanded very quickly. The architectural style of this time remain very present.
Au début des années 80, la région d’åmsterdam était en proie à un gros problème de logement. Il...
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Het Kasteel van Sciencepark
Sciencepark is a new campus project aiming to gather new buildings for science departments of UvA (University van Amsterdam), NIKHEF (Nationaal instituut voor subatomaire fysica) and othe Physics, and computer science organisations. The first remarquable building stands, with its multi-orientrd windows, at the west end of the park. This is Het Kasteel, from Vincent van der Klei and Jean-Marc...
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Green landscape green
Amsterdam might be the most populated city in the Netherlands, they are still farmers living here and there. Many of them font paître their cows on polders where nothing has been built yet. Grass is sometimes so high that one can hide a bike. Amsterdam est peut être la ville la plus peuplée des Pays-Bas, il y a quad même de nombreux fermiers qui y exercent encore. Beaucoup d’entre eux font...
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Real Estate FAIL
There are a few waste grounds in Amsterdam. Some are closed with walls and some, like this one are open to all and become a training field for graffiti studies. Here, there use to be a car park and buildings. What remains doesn’t give any clue about the future use of this ground.
Il y a pas mal de terrains vagues à Amsterdam. Certains sont clos d’une palissage et d’autres...
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Autoriteit Financiele Marketen
Amsterdam is one of the main stock exchange place in Europe (well, there is also Frankfurt, London, Paris, Milan…). Stock exchanges have strict rules and codes and people do not always respect it. This is why you have an agency like the Autoriteit Financiele Marketen, delivering autorisations and trying to investigate on cheating cases.
Amsterdam est l’une des principale place...
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Feeding swans
While bikes like Drooderfiets are resting along Baarsjesweg, a young boy is feeding swans on the Kostverlorenvaart.
Quand les vélos comme Drooderfiets se repose sur le bord de Baarsjesweg, un jeune garçon donne à manger aux cignes sur le Kostverlorenvaart.
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Apollo house
This big white building is the old Sociale Verzekeringsbank building. It was build in the 30’s as the headoffice of social security bank. It is now called the Apollo houseand hosts posh lawers and accountants.
Ce grand bâtiment blanc est l’ancien immeuble de la Sociale Verzekeringsban. Il a été construit dans les années 30 pour être le siège de la caisse de sécurité sociale....
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Speed Camera
Bikes don’t get caught on speed cameras. The main reason is that they are not allowed to go on motorways. they are enought cycle path in the Netherlands to go from one point to another avoiding all the motor-mess. Les vélos ne se font pas prendre par les radars automatiques. La raison principale c’est qu’ils ne peuvent pas emprunter les autoroutes. C’est très bien ainsi,...
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Houses of Jordaan
Here are two typical and flowery houses of the Jordaan district. Jordaan was a bran new district of the expanding Amsterdam of the 17th Century. At this period, the city welcomed immigrants from everywhere in Europe, French Hugenots were among them. Some say that the name of the Jordaan comes from the French jardin meaning garden. Voilà deux maisons typiques d’Amsterdam dans le quartier...
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Ska street
Oud zuid has very interesting for Interwar architerchture. Many buildings in this district has Art Deco, Jungen style, 30’s traditional architecture and of architecture from course Amsterdam school. This street has houses with chess boards tiles making it the ska street of Amsterdam.
Oud zuid est un quartier très interessant pour l’architecture de l’entre-deux-guerres....
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Chinese hut
I have never seen this hut, near Rotterdammerbrug, open. I don’t know what is it doing here and if there is anybody living or working in. It is remarkable with its chinese shape blue roof but still closed. Maybe I should leave a message in the letter box?
Je n’ai jamais vu cette barraque, preès de Rotterdammebrug, ouverte. Je ne sais pas ce qu’elle fait là sur le trottoir ni...
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Queen Towers
These 3 towers are not realy called Queen Towers but I call them like that because they all have the name of a Dutch queen. Wilhelmina, Juliana and Beatrix. The smaller one has the name of the younger queen whose currently on the trone.
Ces trois tours ne s’appellent pas vraiment les Queen Towers, on les appelle comme ça parce que ces tours ont toutes trois le nom d’une reine des...
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Theft attempt
Help Help, someone is trying to steal my bike…
Au voleur, au voleur, on est en train de voler mon vélo…
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Blokker and flats above
Blokker is an independent whaterver shop chain in the Netherlands. There are Blokker shops everywhere. This one is in Diemen, at the ground floor of a large flats building.
Blokker est une chaine indépendente de magasins de tout et n’importe quoi aux Pays-Bas. Il y a des magasin blokker partout. Celui-ci est au rez-de-chaussée s’un gros immeuble d’appartements.
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Le Penseur - Auguste Rodin
This new display of the The Thinker of Auguste Rodin in Amsterdam is part of the Artzuid openair exhibition. Behind drooderfiets, you can see Erector III, by Gust Romijn.
Cette présentation de la statue du penseur de Auguste Rodin à Amsterdam, fait partie de l’exposition en plein air Artzuid. Derrière drooderfiets, vous pouvez voir Erector III du sculpteur zélandais Gust Romijn.
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1200 Roe
The 1200 Roe is a windmill that is 1200 sticks distance from Haarlemmerpoort. This is where it takes its name. This windmill is private but today it is open to the public and has its sails on.
Le 1200 Roe est un moulin qui se situe à une distance de 1200 batons d’Haarlemmerpoort. C’est de là qu’il tire son nom. Ce moulin appartient à un particulier mais ce jour il était ouvert...
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Amstel Hotel
You are in one of the most luxurious InterContinental hotel in Amsterdam. The Amstel Hotel names itself from the river it stand aside. This is where all the popstars goes (From Madona to Robbie Williams) as well as king and queens of the world when they stay in Amsterdam.
Vous êtes dans le plus réputé et le plus luxurieux des hotels intercontinentaux d’Amsterdam. L’Amstel Hotel tire...
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CMA theatre
This old industrial building is surrounded by bran new buildings and building sites in a place called Polderweggebied. among the new buildings, you can find the new Oost-Watergraafsmeer city hall. The only old preserved buiding from this gaz factory site site is now a theatre.
Ce vieux bâtiment industriel est entouré de terrains vagues, de chantiers et de nouveaux bâtiments sur un lieu dit...
