donderdag 8 december 2016

Old shop

Famous in Amsterdam in the Vijzelstreet is this Aurora shop which is here for ages as long as I can remember. Everything about lightning, electricity, communications and small appliances is here available. When I was young my father bought his electricity needs already here.

The oldest part of the shop is in this little house dating from the 18th centrury with a unique 
"neck gable". Although the selling of light bulbs is forbidden by the European Commission since 2012 they still advertise to buy them here I see. The shop expanded in different buildings that are connected inside with each other.


16 opmerkingen:

  1. It is good to see a shop that hasn't changed so much over the years. Glad they are still selling the old light bulbs. Lots of people here stocked up on them when that EU ruling was made.

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    1. Um belo olhar por estas lojas antigas e com história de Amesterdam.
      Um abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.
      Andarilhar

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  3. This is very beautiful indeed - especially this small building so old. Its nice to see a business last over so many years and still have so much to offer. Lovely photos.

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  4. Always so good to see an enduring business these days Marianne. So is it only LED lights now?

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  5. Wonderful to see a business that is still going after such a long time.

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  6. The old buildings are lovely, especially the smaller one.

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  7. What a lovely old building, and so alive with technology!

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  8. So much merchandise seen through the windows! It's interesting to see how they incorporated several old stores to accommodate it all.

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  9. Ah, the dreaded "R" word, as in Regulations. Trump doesn't believe in them. ;-)

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  10. I can't think of any shops that are still around from my childhood. Although not from my childhood...there is a. Mexican restaurant a block from here that has been open for ninety years.

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  11. You caught lots of light and color in this photo.

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  12. I like the fact That there are some things which has not changed, and in these cases has always served as a same place. But there are them less and less.

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