Late night munchies

A wander through the streets of Amsterdam at night can lead to interesting scenes. This group of gentlemen had recently stumbled out of a coffeeshop and was indulging in some canal-side snacks from a night shop.

De Waag

De Waag used to be a gatehouse for the walled city of Amsterdam. Today, it's a café.

Waiting for the tram in the fog

The tram, bus, and train networks in the Netherlands are clean, reliable, and well laid out. There is rarely a situation where public transportation isn't adequate for getting around the country.

Riding to Den Haag

Amsterdam Centraal station, and its counterpart in Amsterdam Zoud, are perhaps the fastest way to get anywhere in the Netherlands. Fast commuter train service runs to all of the large cities in the country, and elsewhere in Europe. A trip to paris is 3.5 hours through the countryside.

Bikes, Everywhere

There are more than 800,000 bikes in Amsterdam. Many thousands of them are in the canals, but most live on the sidewalks, street corners, sign posts, and back gardens of the city's winding streets. There is no better way to get around this city than by bike, as the sheer number of them attests.

Sleepy Canals

People live in these boats along the canals of Amsterdam. Many of these homes were built with the intention never to be moved from their places. In some corners of the city, bridges have been built which are so low that these boats wouldn't move even if their owners wanted them to. These bridges do move, however, for dozens or hundreds of years.

Bicycle artwork on Brouwersgracht

Another light installation from the 2016-2017 Amsterdam lights festival. This one pays homage to the many bikes lost forever in the bottom of the canals.

Sailing on the Markermeer

Shot from the port-side ama of Tritone in summer.

Sunset after the rain

Amsterdam gets a lot of rain. In the summer time, when the light fades late in the evening, the clouds move out and leave behind the glow of the setting sun.