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Groninger Museum...

I say Hi, HFF and Happy Holydays from up the St-Jan in Gouda, the Netherlands....

Station Zaandam, the Netherlands... History: The first station was opened in Zaandam on 1 November 1869. This was a station of the type SS Hoogezand. This building had a large middle section, with a ticket office, with the passageways to the platforms. At this middle piece were the 2 lower portions of the building. The facade had a big clock, there was also a freestanding building next to the station. In 1983 the Hemtunnel opened, this closing the Hembrug. The station was completely rebuilt, with the distinctive red roof. The station has 2 island platforms at ground level. In 1996 a south entrance was also opened. There were also a few small shops and a tunnel to a shopping centre in the town centre. In 2008 the station received a ticket hall for national and international tickets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaandam_railway_station HFF - Enjoy your Weekend...

Mobile foon photo... Last night were in Amsterdam the Christmas lights, for the tenth time in a row, festive inflamed ...

The Amsterdam Light Festival illuminates her visitors with colorful works of art in the darkest period of the year. From the 30th of November 2017 to the 21st of January 2018 the sixth edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival will take place. The historic center of Amsterdam will be the atmospheric decor of the International Lighting Festival for 53 days. The festival brings with it some special surprises. Over 40 artworks and installations by national and international artists, designers and architects will lighten the city of Amsterdam. Among these works is a light object of the world-famous Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The Amsterdam Light Festival’s artworks can be admired both on the water and on the land.

Amsterdam Light Festival... 2 --------------------------------------- The Amsterdam Light Festival illuminates her visitors with colorful works of art in the darkest period of the year. From the 30th of November 2017 to the 21st of January 2018 the sixth edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival will take place. The historic center of Amsterdam will be the atmospheric decor of the International Lighting Festival for 53 days. The festival brings with it some special surprises. Over 40 artworks and installations by national and international artists, designers and architects will lighten the city of Amsterdam. Among these works is a light object of the world-famous Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The Amsterdam Light Festival’s artworks can be admired both on the water and on the land.

The Amsterdam Light Festival illuminates her visitors with colorful works of art in the darkest period of the year. From the 30th of November 2017 to the 21st of January 2018 the sixth edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival will take place. The historic center of Amsterdam will be the atmospheric decor of the International Lighting Festival for 53 days. The festival brings with it some special surprises. Over 40 artworks and installations by national and international artists, designers and architects will lighten the city of Amsterdam. Among these works is a light object of the world-famous Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The Amsterdam Light Festival’s artworks can be admired both on the water and on the land.

I took this picture through glass from above the Euromast. The Euromast is an observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by Hugh Maaskant constructed between 1958 and 1960. It was specially built for the 1960 Floriade, and is a listed monument since 2010. The tower is a concrete structure with an internal diameter of 9 m (30 ft) and a wall thickness of 30 cm (12 in). For stability it is built on a concrete block of 1,900,000 kg (4,200,000 lb) so that the centre of gravity is below ground. It has a "crow's nest" observation platform 96 m (315 ft) which was completed in 1968, but regained it when the Space Tower was added to the top of the building in 1970, giving an additional 85 m (279 ft). Euromast is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers. ------------------------------------------------------ The Erasmus Bridge (Dutch: Erasmusbrug) is a combined cable-stayed and bascule bridge in the centre of Rotterdam, connecting the north and south parts of this city, second largest in the Netherlands. The bridge was named after Desiderius Erasmus a.k.a. Erasmus of Rotterdam, a prominent Christian renaissance humanist. The 802-metre-long (2,631 ft) bridge across the New Meuse was designed by Ben van Berkel and completed in 1996. The cable-stayed bridge section has a single 139-metre-high (456 ft) asymmetrical pale blue pylon with a prominent horizontal base, earning the bridge its nickname "The Swan". The southernmost span of the bridge has an 89-metre-long (292 ft) bascule bridge for ships that cannot pass under the bridge. The bascule bridge is the largest and heaviest in Western Europe and has the largest panel of its type in the world.

I took this picture through glass from above the Euromast. The Euromast is an observation tower in Rotterdam, Netherlands, designed by Hugh Maaskant constructed between 1958 and 1960. It was specially built for the 1960 Floriade, and is a listed monument since 2010. The tower is a concrete structure with an internal diameter of 9 m (30 ft) and a wall thickness of 30 cm (12 in). For stability it is built on a concrete block of 1,900,000 kg (4,200,000 lb) so that the centre of gravity is below ground. It has a "crow's nest" observation platform 96 m (315 ft) which was completed in 1968, but regained it when the Space Tower was added to the top of the building in 1970, giving an additional 85 m (279 ft). Euromast is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers.

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The third PiP was made by my photo friend Erik vd H. (not on Ipernity)... HFF - Enjoy your Weekend...

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Cameo ~ Glimprol...