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Callalily

(15,019 posts)
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 11:39 AM Jul 2024

A few photos from my recent trip to the Netherlands

Canal


Commemorative brass plaque

Scattered throughout Europe, planted in city streets and sidewalks, commemorative brass plaques eternalize the lives that were lost in the Holocaust. Called the Stolpersteine (in English: “stumbling stones”), the plaques commemorate the victims of the Nazi regime.

Caucasian Wingnut in the garden of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam


Wager Cup - circa 1625, Silver
The tiny archer (a Roman Soldier) can spin around, keeping his balance by means of the semicircular metal rid with a bird bird on both ends. The empty cup was probably placed on the table among the guests. The archer was spun and when he stopped, his arrow pointed to the person who had to give the first toast.

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A few photos from my recent trip to the Netherlands (Original Post) Callalily Jul 2024 OP
I love Amsterdam! Thank you for these. Solly Mack Jul 2024 #1
I too love Amsterdam. We had a fun time. Callalily Jul 2024 #12
Ah, yes! ChazInAz Jul 2024 #2
Great memorial. I've seen these in other European countries. Callalily Jul 2024 #13
They are lovely and i appreciate your captions. Diamond_Dog Jul 2024 #3
Not so much anymore, as it's warmer than times past, so the canals don't really freeze tight. Callalily Jul 2024 #14
Great pics! 👍 anciano Jul 2024 #4
You are welcome. Callalily Jul 2024 #15
Thanks for sharing! Nt Grumpy Old Guy Jul 2024 #5
You are most welcome! Callalily Jul 2024 #16
I have spent some time in the Netherlands. Jeebo Jul 2024 #6
Yes, the canal photo is in Amsterdam. It's one of many. Callalily Jul 2024 #17
Beautiful photos, my dear Callalily! CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #7
Thanks for your kind words. You would love Amsterdam. Callalily Jul 2024 #18
I have pics of stolpersteine from Oslo! LearnedHand Jul 2024 #8
Thanks for the link. Callalily Jul 2024 #19
Very nice. I love the canal. Thank you for sharing. LoisB Jul 2024 #9
You are welcome. Callalily Jul 2024 #20
That doesn't look like any of the Caucasian wingnuts I've encountered. eppur_se_muova Jul 2024 #10
Hehehehehehe! Callalily Jul 2024 #21
Thank You! Turbineguy Jul 2024 #11
You are welcome! Callalily Jul 2024 #22

ChazInAz

(2,793 posts)
2. Ah, yes!
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 11:57 AM
Jul 2024

Loved the Netherlands.
The Stolpersteiner stopped me dead in my tracks on one of my perambulations. I quite literally stumbled to a stop when I read some of the plaques in a Jewish neighborhood, and tears filled my eyes. Took me a while to get going again.
Budapest's shoe monumental had the same effect.

Jeebo

(2,306 posts)
6. I have spent some time in the Netherlands.
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:23 PM
Jul 2024

The last time I was there was April 2007. That whole country is literally picture-postcard pretty, and these pictures show it. I spent most of one day at the Rijksmuseum, and I spent many hours wandering around the canal streets in Amsterdam. In all of my trips there but one, I stayed in a canal house that I found on a bed-and-breakfast site on the internet that was built in 1602, as I recall. That house itself is a fascinating place. Was your canal picture in Amsterdam? It looks like it was. I would love to visit Amsterdam again, but I'm afraid I'm just too old and frail now to be doing that kind of traveling.

-- Ron

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,299 posts)
7. Beautiful photos, my dear Callalily!
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:37 PM
Jul 2024

I’ve never been there but I wish I could’ve.

These are all great. Thanks for sharing them.


LearnedHand

(4,203 posts)
8. I have pics of stolpersteine from Oslo!
Fri Jul 5, 2024, 12:39 PM
Jul 2024

In Norwegian they're called "snublesteiner." The specific commemoration is the snublestein marks the last spot the person stood freely before being carted off to the camps or murdered outright.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolperstein

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