Video: Winter in Amsterdam 3

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Video: Winter in Amsterdam 2

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Two birds in the snow, looking for company...

Merry Xmas!

Winter landscape @ 22 degrees Celsius

Amsterdam, Cafe de Jaren
Enjoying a view of winter while I am sitting warm inside, enjoying a coffee.

Powdered sugar

Hilversum, Mediapark, 12:00 pm
It looks like the stones are powdered with sugar...

Creative with cups

Hilversum, 12:00 pm
I think one of my colleagues got bored waiting for the coffee-machine to be finished. Although I am not sure that coffee is the right term for the stuff this machine produces.

Dali stairs

I went to an early morning screening of the film Catfish at Cinecenter. The carpet in that theatre looks like these, hundreds of little Dali-eyes staring at your feet.

Video: Winter in Amsterdam

Saturday morning I went for a walk in downtown Amsterdam. The day before it snowed a lot.

Video: NY Taxi Ride

Since I am not going on a holiday in a while, I decided to dive into my video archive and edit some footage of former trips. Here's a little impression of my trip to New York last year. Note talkative cab driver Raoul, who's story makes head nor tale.

Cold early morning sunrise

Somewhere between Hilversum and Amersfoort, 8:00 am
Last Friday I woke up early to get the train to Zwolle to give a lecture on Spiderman at an art school. When I stepped into the train, another famous passenger stepped in as well: it was Wubbo Ockels, the Dutch Astronaut that went to space in 1985. He was wearing a great black Trilby hat.

By the way, it was great to talk to art students about Spiderman. Hope to do one of these lectures soon.

I love the smell of pee in the morning, NOT!

Leidseplein, 12:00 pm
After a coffee with Liselotte, we passed by these urinals. They're standing cosy next to these little Xmas houses where they sell food and drinks. Hardly hygienic, don't you think?

Blow up Santa

Leidseplein, 2:00 pm
I took this picture about two weeks ago. When I passed the place this morning, Santa was gone. Maybe someone pinched him with a needle...

Video: Free spirited balloon

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When I walked at the Leidseplein with my girlfriend, a balloon crossed our path. I decided to follow it. I have no idea who that kid is that jumps into the frame, but he plays his part well in our little story, don't you think?

Abstract nature

Westerpark, 1:05

Computer creature in the wild

Westergasfabriek, 1:04
A strange picture @Westergasfabriek. Is this some kind of computer alien meeting place? Read more about it on this site.

Park in the snow

Westerpark, 1:01 pm

The gates are open

The gates to the Westerpark, 1:00 pm

Westergasfabriek

Westergasfabriek, 1:00 pm
A shot of the Westergasfabriek in state of winter. I took this picture an hour before I interviewed Matthijs van Nieuwkerk. A Dutch television presenter, let us say the Dutch Jonathan Ross.

Video: Winter

The first in a series of video's about the winter I am planning.

TV-studio

Hilversum, 8:00 pm
Last week I shot a making of the tv-programme 'Uitgesproken VARA', a current affairs programme. I took this shot about half an hour before the broadcasted live.

Xmas balls

Amsterdam Central Station, 9:00 am

Black Peter posing

This week Sinterklaas (St Nicholas) and Zwarte Piet (Black Peter) came by at work. Here Peter (in real life the guy from the mailroom) is posing with my colleague Glenda. Quite the pair!

Red light

Stadhouderskade, 1015: am
Most of the time walking through Amsterdam is like a suicide mission. A lot of taxidrivers seem to be psycho's trying to hit innocent pedestrians. When I walked to an appointment last Friday morning, traffic seemed mild, but that was definitely an exception.

Sign of past times

Sloterkade, 10:30 am
I simply adore these old buildings from former centuries. I am glad some are still around in Amsterdam.

Winter leaves 2

Vondelpark 3:00 pm
Winter is coming...

Winter leaves

Vondelpark 3:00 pm