Dutch architect Petrus Josephus Hurbertus took up the challenge of designing a new railway station on Amsterdam’s waterfront and it was completed in 1889. Amsterdam Centraal was the city’s biggest engineering project of the 19th century. The building sits on top of three artificial islands supported by 8,687 wooden poles. The station is now coming to to the end of a major renovation project. Daily passenger numbers are steadily increase are soon expected to reach 300,000. #amsterdam #train #station #centraal #Renaissance #neogothic #architecture #travel #holland #netherlands #ns

It’s not the coffee shops. It’s not the red light district. It’s not the tulips. It’s the canals and canal houses that make Amsterdam so special and set it apart from other world capitals. #canal #canalhouse #canalboat #houseboat #keizergracht #streetlamp #amsterdam #holland #netherlands #winter

De Groenlandse Pakhuizen (Greenland Warehouses) are a series of three monumental waterfront warehouses at Keizersgracht 44 in the western Canal District. The three buildings have step-gables which is rare in Amsterdam as most have spout gables. The red shutters look particularly vibrant when the sun strikes them in the morning!

The warehouses were built by some participants in the Nordic or Greenland Whaling Company and date back to 1620. They are now converted into luxury apartments.
#groenlandse #pakhuizen #warehouses #waterfront #keizergracht #canal #stepgables #red #shutters #amsterdam #holland #netherlands

The intersection of #raamgracht and #Kloveniersburgwal; a 15th century #canal in #Amsterdam flowing south from #Nieuwmarkt to the #Amstel River on the edge of the medieval city centre.