Every photograph below was taken by us, on a trip we took ourselves. Nothing here is stock, and nothing shows a place we have not stood in.
The Westerkerk tower above the canal houses
A domed church interior, mosaics and marble
The Concertgebouw across Museumplein
A brick corner building with stepped gables
Cyclists on the street, the Westerkerk beyond
The line outside the museum entrance
The Westerkerk tower through a window
The Westerkerk from below
Parked cars down a canal street
A bed of mixed tulips in full color
The river of grape hyacinth winding through the wood
The water and the clipped lawns
Yellow tulips massed along the path
Crown imperials above the daffodils
The blue river edged in yellow
Ribbons of tulips down to the lake
White narcissi and someone sketching
A white sculpture in a bed of red and yellow
Pink and red tulips against blue muscari
Calla lilies in one of the pavilions
Purple hyacinths in close rows
The blue river branching across the grass
Pink hyacinth beds and the bare trees
A magenta tulip bed on the slope Show the other 7 photographs Show fewer
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