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pacnorthwester

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I’m a resident of 📍Kirkland, WA ↖️ Upper left, USA I collect stories, not souvenirs 🧳 I keep a travel sketchbook 🎨 My other car is a kayak 🛶 “Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints." —Chief Seattle

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The restored column, known as the Mirakelkolom.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mirakelkolom

A pillar is all that remains of a church built to honor a peculiar miracle.

Stadsbank van Lening (City Bank of Lending)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Stadsbank van Lening (City Bank of Lending)

The facade of this bank has changed little over the centuries, including its unique welcome sign.

The urinal.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

City Hall Urinal

A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.

Amsterdam Oersoep.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Oersoep

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

Trompettersteeg in 2024.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Trompettersteeg

Widely advertised as Amsterdam’s narrowest street, this passage was once a highlight of the Red Light District before its windows closed.

(Flickr/fidelramos)

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oudekerksplein

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

In ‘t Aepjen

Amsterdam, Netherlands

In’t Aepjen

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

Singel 7

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Singel 7

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

Houseboat Museum Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Houseboat Museum Amsterdam

Discover what life is like on Amsterdam’s famous canals.

The last remaining in situ Huddesteen in the Eenhoorn lock.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Huddesteen

The last of Amsterdam's original sea level markers remaining in place.

Café Papeneiland

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Café Papeneiland

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

Amsterdam Cheese Museum

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Cheese Museum

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

Amsterdam Tulip Museum.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Tulip Museum

Tucked in the back of a flower shop, its collection details the fascinating history of the Netherlands's iconic symbol.

The Keith Haring Mural

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Keith Haring Mural

This massive mural by famed pop-artist Keith Haring was hidden for almost 30 years until its 2018 rediscovery.

The Little Woodcutter at work

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Little Woodcutter

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

Aletta Henrïette Jacobs

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Aletta Henrïette Jacobs

This plaque marks the former home of one of the first women physicians in the Netherlands.

Italy and Spain.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Zevenlandenhuizen (Seven Country Houses)

A set of seven houses, each built in a style that represents a European country.

These days, performers rock the space where the pulpit once stood.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Paradiso

Rejoice at Amsterdam's ‘pop temple,’ a former church reborn as a raucous music venue.

Cuypers Library

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Cuypers Library

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

Speciality shop in scientific and pharmaceutical objects.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nieuwe Spiegelstraat

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Oudemanhuispoort

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oudemanhuispoort

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

The courtyard.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oost-Indisch Huis

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

Row of old houses with the narrow Kleine Trippenhuis or "Little Trip House" on Kloveniersburgwal canal.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Kleine Trippenhuis

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

De Waag at the Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

De Waag

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

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