April 2010
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My Miffy Bell
This is my fourth red bell, this one is illustrated with Miffy, the rabbit of Dick Bruna. Here we call him Nijntje.
Voici ma quatrième sonnette rouge. Cette dernière est illustré avec Miffy, le petit lapin blanc de Dick Bruna. Ici on l’appelle Nijntje.
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Kermis
Do you remember last year’s Ferris wheel. The fun fair was on Dam just after easter. The fun fair is back. Here they call it kermis.
Vous souvenez-vous de la grande roue de l’année dernière. La fête forraine est de retour sur Dam, juste avant la fête de la reine. Ici on appelle ça kermis.
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Flashy tram stop
This tram stop has just been repainted. All tram stops on the road are supposed to be visible with yellow and black squares. Usualy the squaring is made with tilles and is not visible. This one on Ferdinand Bol, has just been painted. Flashy.
Cet arrêt de tram vien d’être repend. Tous les arrêts de tram sur la route sont senssés être visibles avec des carraux jaune et noir. La plupart du...
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Tulips
May is arriving, this is the moment where tulips are blooming. This field has long rows of yellow and red tulips. Ideal for the traditional Dutch photo.
Mai arrive et c’est le moment pour les tulipes de fleurir. Ce champ de offre de longues rangées de tulipes jaune et rouge. Idéal pour la traditionnelle photo des Pays-Bas.
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City of Tokyo
This Boeing 747 from KLM is waiting on a Schiphol Airport taxiway. It is beeing cleaned. It as all the time because planes can’t fly from Schiphol nowadays.
Ce Boeing 747 de la KLM est stationné sur le tarmac de l’aéroport de Schiphol. Il est en train d’être nettoyé. Il a tout le temps aprce que de nos jours les avions ne vollent pas à Schiphol.
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Passing by the Queen towers
I already showed you the queen towers. I showed them from where they are best known, next to big express roads. But we are in Amsterdam, bikes have also their roads. It is possible to go all around these towers along a dedicated cycle path.
Je vous ai déjà montré les tours des reines. Je vous les montrais telle qu’on les voit le plus souvent, au bort de grands axes routiers. Mais nous...
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De Ratelaar
De ratelaar is a mysterious name given to this statue that appeared here, in the western district in 2008. This statue is a tribute to workers collecting waste in the city. In 2007, the city of Amsterdam started a big campain to celebrate the 130 years of their waste collection service. They offered poster to every inhabitant saying thanks to waste collectors, and people displayed it at their...
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Bridge in Weesp
This bridge in Weesp is quite impressive, the big weight on top of it helps it to lift up when a boat needs to go through th canal underneath. In that case, cars are asked to cut the contact and stop their engine.
Ce pont à Weesp est assez surprenant, le gros contrepoid en haut l’aide à basculer pour laisser passer les bateaux qui veullent passer sur le canal en dessous. Dans ce cas, on...
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Statue of a building Businessman
This is one of the bridge pile that has been sculpted in the 30’s maybe by Hildo Krop. Instead of allegories, this one represents a businessman surrounded by lorries and figures. Maybe a reflect of what was happening in the neighbourhood that was being built at the time. The sculptor added a very moderne item in the hands of the businessman, a telephone. Calling from the building site, an...
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Hotel Ibis Amsterdam City West
The Hotel Ibis Amsterdam City West in Sloterdijk is funny. As a typical Dutch square architecture but it looks like a game of Tetris. Built in 2004, it is exactly 20 years younger than the electronic game. Maybe this is a tribute.
L’hotel Ibis Amsterdam City West à Sloterdijk est rigolo. Il a une forme cubique typique de l’architecture Néerlandaise d’aujourd’hui et...
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Calling a boat
On Dutch polders, you can call a boat as you call a taxi in the city. When you want to cross the Holysloter die from Waterland, you must ring the bell. From 9 to 17, it will call a barge that will take you to Holyslot.
Sur les polders hollandais, on peut appeller un bateau comme on appelle un taxi en vville. Quand vous voulez traverser la Holysloter die depuis Waterland, wous devez sonner la...
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VAN MOOF
VAN MOOF is a new Dutch brand of bike from Amsterdam. It makes single bike, simple efficient and confortable with a cool design. Its designer Sjoerd Smit even added some little inovation: two solar panel on the aluminium frame give power to led lamps in the front and the back. I am jealous, I need to change the batteries of my back light.
VAN MOOF est une nouvelle marque de vélos hollandais...
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Along the Gein
Along the river Gein, there are not only windmills and big farms, there are also dutch rural houses like this one.
Le lon du Gein, il n’y a pas que des grosses fermes, il y a aussi des maisons hollandaises rurales comme celle ci.
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Michaël from Sint Barbara
Michaël is one of the three archangels, he is the one with the sword because his is the avenger. This rusty statue is one of a set of three (the three archangels) standing near the Sint Barbara institution at the north of Westerpark since november 2009.
Michaël est l’un des trois archanges, celui avec l’épé parce que c’est un ange vengeur. La statue rouillée fait partie...
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Over Jacob van Lennep canal
When you want to go from Oud West to the Overtoom district, you shouldn’t use the car, there are only two bridges to cross Jacob van Lennep canal. The third one, just behind me is only for bikes and pedestrians. Not very easy for bikes though, very steep.
Quand on veut aller de Oud West vers le quartier d’Overtoom, on ne devrait pas choisir la voiture, il n’y a que deux ponts...
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Crocus announcing spring
Signs announcing spring are always a joy when winter has been long and frosty. The first crocus on public places are one of these joys.
Les signes annonciateurs du printemps sont toujours une joie quand l’hiver a été rude. Les premiers crocus sur les parterres publics sont une de ces joies.
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Twiskemolen
The Twiskemolen is, as its name suggests, a windmill in the Twiske, a park with lakes woods and polders near the town of Landsmeer.
Le Twiskemolen est, comme son nom l’indique le moulin à vent du Twiske, un parc avec des lacs des bois et des polders près du boug de Landsmeer.
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Eenheid de sterkste keten
This statue, Eenheid de sterkste keten meening that unity strengthen the brk is a comemoration of Jordaanoproer, a riot in 1934 that started in the Jordaan against the reduction of unemployment allocation and spreaded all around the town leaving 5 dead and 56 injured. This statue fron Sophie Hupkens has been erected on Noordermarkt in 1992.
Cette statue Eenheid de sterkste keten qui signifie...
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NMB bank
The headoffice of the NMB bank that soon became ING has been inaugurated in 1987. It became worldwide famous for Its organic architecture from Alberts and van Huut.
Le siège social de la banque NMB qui devint rapidement ING a été inaugurée en 1987. Il eu rapidement une renommé mondiale grace à son architecture organique signé Alberts and van Huut.
