Some sort of weird mini rainforest on the Prinsengracht
where: Prinsengracht @ Looiersgracht
October 15, 2006
October 9, 2006
The Sinking of the SS Gezonken Bootje
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Sooner or later, it had to happen: the sinking of the SS Gezonken Bootje. And if ever a bit of schadenfreude crept into this blog, from now on: no more! Now I know how devilishly easy it is to let your bootje go under.
October 8, 2006
A few ducks are happily sunbathing on this almost swamped boat. Although it has a tarpaulin trying to keep out the rainwater, I wouldn’t be surprised if this one went under pretty soon.
October 7, 2006
This one is almost filled to the brim with rainwater. It’s been raining a lot lately in Amsterdam. A couple of showers more, and it’s bye-bye for this one.
where: Prinsengracht @ Leidsegracht
September 29, 2006
Surfboards are used for all kinds of purposes in the canals of Amsterdam: rest areas for ducks, signboards, etc. But would it really be possible that someone would be using a surfboard to actually windsurf in our murky waters? Who knows, this one seems functional anyway.
where: Herengracht @ Korsjesportsteeg
September 28, 2006
You see these kinds of banana-boats a lot in the canals of Amsterdam, but what are they exactly? Former militairy floating devices? I have no idea. Anyway, the big drawback to inflatable bootjes seems to me that inevitably they go pssssssss as has happened to this one.
where: prinsengracht @ brouwersgracht
September 27, 2006
Just a little iron sloop, looks in fairly good condition. Probably caught too much rain while the owner forgot about it. A lot of cars passing by here, on the Haarlemmerweg.
where: Haarlemmerweg @ Limburg Van Stirumstraat
September 21, 2006
Here’s good governance for ya: raise taxes by 400%
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Once student leader Maarten van Poelgeest was my hero, or at least the guy who led us to demonstrate against the evil Minister of Education Deetman (what exactly the issue was, I forgot, I must admit). Now Van Poelgeest is in power himself. He’s is an alderman in Amsterdam (wethouder Waterbeheer) and he’s trying to pull a stunt that makes one very, very cynical about former student leaders.
He wrote a letter this week, addressed to all bootje-owners of Amsterdam, saying that the city is going to raise taxes for bootje-owners by 250 to 400 percent. This will make it very difficult, if not impossible, for lower income people, arguably the constituency Van Poelgeests own Green Party, to have a bootje in Amsterdam. If Van Poelgeest gets his way, it’s the yuppies completely taking over our canals (and you will have no more great looking gezonken bootjes either, I can assure you).
The only party at this moment that is againt the measure is, I am forced to admit, the VVD.
People, please protest this ridiculous measure.
The addres for Binnenwaterbeheer: info@bba.amsterdam.nl
Maarten van Poelgeest is here.
update: more people are upset, tientje.com for instance.
September 12, 2006
They’ve got Gezonken Bootjes in Montenegro as well. It’s hard to see but the one in the middle is definitely going down.
where: Perast, Montenegro
August 11, 2006
Where do all the Gezonken Bootjes go? (part III)
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August 3, 2006
Where do all the Gezonken Bootjes go? (part II)
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Binnenwaterbeheer taking away a few Gezonken Bootjes. See also part I
where: Herengracht @ Reguliersgracht
July 28, 2006
Where do all the Gezonken Bootjes go?
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I am off for vacation, so to pass the coming weeks, a few great pictures I took this winter. Many people wonder: what happens to all those Gezonken Bootjes featured on this site. Well, once in a while, the agency responsible for the canals of Amsterdam, called Binnenwaterbeheer, lifts all wrecks, takes them to a secret location and destroys them. One day I caught Binnenwaterbeheer in the act of removing some fine gezonken bootjes. What a shame. This is Part I, more to follow in the coming weeks.
The orange ship is Binnenwaterbeheer, just behind it the barge the gezonken bootjes get dumped into
where: Herengracht @ Reguliersgracht
July 25, 2006
July 10, 2006
Don’t you just love the canals of Amsterdam
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Now is this: a) the remnants of a party, b) an abandoned coot’s nest or c) nothing of the above, this is how all Amsterdam canals look…
where: Lijnbaansgracht
July 7, 2006
