I noticed that several bridges in Amsterdam are decorated this year with beautiful flowers, hadn't seen this before.This one is opposite the Rijksmuseum.
And here a view at the new renovated Rijksmuseum. In the middle you see a passage for pedestrians and cyclists to pass through to the Museum square at the other side. This passage was the sore point during the renovations of 10 years. Architects wanted to close the passage for traffic an use it only as an entrance to the museum. The League of Cyclists in Amsterdam has been fighting for years to keep the passage open for cyclists, which they won in the end in court.
This is the passage now, the entrances to the museum are in the passage as well are the cyclists. Fears for accidents, visitors run over by cyclists, hasn't happend so far.
Beauty at its best - the temp here this morning was just hovering at 37, so had to wear jacket on walk. Lovely colour in front of the Museum with all the people passing by and the passage dome is so, so nice with all the large columns and ceiling - just stunning.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAbsolutely gorgeous - all those flowers on the bridge.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDat zal wel een investering zijn voor de stad zo'n bloemenbrug.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenGroetjes,
Filip
With climate change becoming such a big issue in the world , we are all going to have to ride bicycles. Holland seems to be leading the way on this issue. Here things are starting to change.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWonderful. I really enjoy seeing a whole different culture and lifestyle that you have there.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenVery beautiful floral baskets over the bridges Marianne, love the bell flowers, I've had a few of them myself over the years..The museum looks fabulous after its restorations, lets hope the 'no accidents' with cyclists holds :)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThose baskets are gorgeous; I've noticed in our city and several others this summer that these gorgeous baskets seem to be popping up everywhere and replacing the standard sized ones. Enormous improvement even tho the smaller ones are beautiful, too.
BeantwoordenVerwijdereno wow!! so many!!! I DID NOTICE ALL THE BRIDGES HAVE flowers (oops capslock), but thats really a lot. so pretty!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenAnd Amsterdam is a pretty enough city before they start adding flowers to it :)
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