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Where is this

Posted: Thu 20th Mar 2008 03:48 pm
by jim and sonja
Can anyone tell me where this is in Amsterdam please, i have just bought this print for my house and would like to find it on my next trip in may. :D http://www.allposters.co.uk/gallery.asp ... &SearchID= hope this link works. :lol:

Posted: Thu 20th Mar 2008 03:54 pm
by smoker_moby
sorry dude cant help.All the canals look very simalar to me! :lol: :lol:

Posted: Thu 20th Mar 2008 04:19 pm
by geoffk
Nice print. I think the clue might be in the bridge in the background. Note how it has 3 "passages" for water. I've got a book at home that details the different types of bridges and where they could be found. I'll check it out when I'm at home. Also above that bridge see a tall house with a dark facade, could be familiar to some. Since we can see the facade of those houses in the background, this might be a bend in the gracht, another clue. We could turn this into a game. :)

Posted: Thu 20th Mar 2008 05:15 pm
by Valo
I have a feeling that is the Prinsengracht, not sure what bridge though.....I could be totally wrong of course!!

Posted: Thu 20th Mar 2008 07:09 pm
by geoffk
ImageI thought this type of bridge was mentioned to be only on certain canals, but I was wrong. Read the upper right corner. My vague guess is that it is on either the Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht or Herengracht looking westerly or northerly. Not much help there. Sorry.

Posted: Thu 20th Mar 2008 07:23 pm
by Boner
Valo wrote:I have a feeling that is the Prinsengracht, not sure what bridge though.....I could be totally wrong of course!!
Dont think its the Prinsengracht purely because it lacks houseboats.

Posted: Thu 20th Mar 2008 11:57 pm
by DC
By the looks of it, the picture is maybe reversed and has been takin from Vijzelstraat on the Herensgraght bridge lookin towards Thorbeckplein just off Rembrantplein. :?

Posted: Fri 21st Mar 2008 01:07 am
by Twitch
First thing I thought when I saw it was Herensgraght as the last two times I have stayed it has been on or near that canal

Posted: Fri 21st Mar 2008 01:10 am
by geoffk
DC wrote:By the looks of it, the picture is maybe reversed and has been takin from Vijzelstraat on the Herensgraght bridge lookin towards Thorbeckplein just off Rembrantplein. :?
That would cause you to face easterly. Would you still be able to see buildings on your left side (north side of canal) face you as you look left to right?
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Posted: Fri 21st Mar 2008 02:15 am
by DC
Not unless ya took a photograph and reversed the origional image. 3 tunnels, the size of the trees and car parking spaces say its on one of the main canals. It's quiet and not a lot of boats. The corner goes from left to right. Neiuwespiegelstraat is the only other bridge on a corner of the main canals. The bridge is on the angle of the corner with what looks like a canal off to the left and solid ground or a canal to the right, infront of the bridge. I don't think this setup exists on any of the main canals...cept as a mirror image. Hmmm..Unless it's in the middle of a long corner, in which case it's from Leidsestraat...probably from the Keizersgraght bridge looking at the junction of Leidsegraght. :roll: :D

Posted: Fri 21st Mar 2008 12:42 pm
by DrGonzo
DANG! That's just what I was gonna say. :mrgreen:

Posted: Fri 21st Mar 2008 02:35 pm
by Tall Guy
It's not reversed - look at the P sign (parking?)

Is that a cafe or similar on the right there? looks like "WAT" something...Dutch for "What" and Thai for "Temple".

Posted: Fri 21st Mar 2008 02:43 pm
by geoffk
Tall Guy wrote:It's not reversed - look at the P sign (parking?)

Is that a cafe or similar on the right there? looks like "WAT" something...Dutch for "What" and Thai for "Temple".
I can't see that, but I think the Thai restaurant on Utrechstraat is called Golden Temple.

Posted: Fri 21st Mar 2008 02:46 pm
by Tall Guy
Can't see what? the P sign? on the right, under the "WAT" sign.

Posted: Fri 21st Mar 2008 02:55 pm
by geoffk
No man, guess I didn't bother to scroll over. You're right, not a reversed image. This is a fun puzzler.