donderdag 29 mei 2014

Amsterdam from above

A bird view of Amsterdam, the church and tower in the background is the "Wester Kerk". I noticed various roof terraces people have built on top of their house in the absence of a garden in the inner city.

I stood at the fifth floor of an old building "Felix Meritis" , which temporary is an annex of the Photography Museum Foam in Amsterdam,  and had a look around over the city.
Unfortunately is was not a sunny day, in fact it was raining badly.

I had climbed all these old wooden stairs from 1788 to get the view.

In the attic was a scale model of the building, I stood in the back part with the sloped walls looking through the little windows.


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  1. It's surprising what one can see from above.

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  2. I rarely see staircases like this anymore here in the States.

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  3. Great staircase shot. I think that is the same church in the distance, and a view similar to the one little Anne. frank had?

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    1. Yes, the Wester Church is the one she always heard the bells ringing.

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  4. Climbing all those stairs was definitely worth it! It is a beautiful view, even in the rain.

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  5. Love the bird's eye view of the roof tops and the gardens.

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  6. What a wonderful view! Thank you for your heroic climb to bring it to us!

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  7. It looks like there were a number of interesting additions to the building. It's a rather attractive city view

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  8. Not sure if I would enjoy my outdoor world on a roof top.

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  9. Oh well done on the climb Marianne :) it was so well worth it for these shots. Love to see people adapt to life in the city by creating their very own green space.

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  10. Niet zo hoog maar de trappen zijn ongelooflijk.

    Groetjes,
    Filip

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  11. Wat is het toch een prachtig uitzicht. Heb ik meerde malen gezien vanuit het zolderraampje bij mijn schoonouders op de Lijnbaansgracht. Leuk om het weer te zien.

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  12. Wat een mooie beelden! En de trap is erg fotogeniek.

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  13. That staircase is amazing!

    My parents have mentioned the Wester Kerk. So that's it!

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  14. That is a wonderful view! I'll be in Amsterdam in September and this place is high on my must see list (no pun intended!)

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  15. This is indeed a wonderful view Marianne - very pretty too. I love the olde staircase. I can remember always seeing those in movies, but never actually saw one in real life. Very nice.

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  16. It must be fantastic to have terraces with such views !

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