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Over the edge

24 Tuesday Jan 2017

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Netherlands, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Rotterdam, Travel, urban

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Over the edge

This was an unexpected find in downtown Rotterdam, seen back in September 2015.

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Rotterdam Centraal

30 Saturday Jan 2016

Posted by Ricky Leong in Netherlands, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Rotterdam, trains, Trains & Transit, Travel, urban

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Centraal Station

This building doesn’t look like much from this angle but to borrow from a popular science-fiction TV series … Rotterdam’s central train station is way bigger from the inside. Its modest facades definitely belie the structure’s cavernous interior.

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Strolling amid showers

28 Monday Dec 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Netherlands, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Rotterdam, Travel

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iPhoneography, Netherlands, photography, photowalk, random, Rotterdam, Travel, urban

Strolling amid showers

Here’s a neat little below-grade shopping district in the heart of Rotterdam. This image was shot back on a very short visit there in September.

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Unconventional perspective

26 Thursday Nov 2015

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, art, photography, random, Travel

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Lichtgitter in Raum

This is what you get when you place your cellphone under suspended art — Lichtglitter in Raum by Heinz Mack, as presented at Amsterdam’s Stadelijk Museum back in September — and snap a photo.

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Arches and squares

15 Friday Aug 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Arches and squares

Easily overlooked, tucked in behind the Centraal Station in Amsterdam, is this transit bus terminal with its fine curved glass roof modelled after the train shed next door.

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Sunday morning

10 Sunday Aug 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, iPhone, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Zondagmorgen

A quiet street in the De Pijp neighbourhood of Amsterdam on a cloudy Sunday morning.

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City view (Part 4)

11 Wednesday Jun 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Amsterdam, Netherlands, photography, photowalk, random, skyline, Travel, urban

Bathing in fading sunlight

Another instalment in this week’s series of urban skyline images. This one is a throwback to my trip to Amsterdam in September 2012.

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Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum

24 Tuesday Sep 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, architecture, art, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Smile, the museum is open

One year and one day ago, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam re-opened to the public after extensive renovations. It was also the last full day of my visit to that city … so what better time to join with thousands of Amsterdammers and tourists to have a look.
If you’re into modern and contemporary art, and you happen to be in Amsterdam, this is the place for you.
The Stedelijk is located on the south end of the Museumplein. The museum is easy to find because it’s near to pretty much every other major museum in the city … and also because of the distinctive exterior of the museum expansion.
Admission is covered by the Amsterdam museum card (Museumkaart) if you have one. Otherwise, check out their website for current admission rates.

Futuristic

Melding of two eras

Please laugh

Taking art to a new level

Museum and park

Ticket stub from Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

Ticket stub from Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.

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Amsterdam: Cycle city

19 Thursday Sep 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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Cycle city

Not all stereotypes are true … but I’d argue this one is: The Dutch are a bike-loving people.

Cycle city II

Cybernetic swans

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Three ways to get around Amsterdam — without driving

08 Sunday Sep 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Amsterdam, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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It’s good to have choices. 🙂
EDIT: Looking at this post again, it’s really FOUR methods of transportation: Cyclists are so ubiquitous in Amsterdam, I literally didn’t notice them in the top photo!

Line No. 7

Mobile home of sorts

Horse and buggy

Captured these images almost a year ago now.

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