| Above the rooftops | |
| of the city, decks sail past -- | |
| decks full of people. | |
| Boven de daken | Über den Dächern |
| van de stad varen dekken -- | der Stadt segeln Decks vorbei -- |
| vol mensen voorbij. | Decks voller Menschen. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-19
My struggle 6. The End (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2011
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Sjette bok" (translated 2018), part 8, The name and the number - June 2nd, 2010, Malmö (about Venice, August 2007)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| The passengers on | |
| the giant ark take photos -- | |
| of the sinking city. | |
| De passagiers op | Die Passagiere |
| de ark nemen foto's van -- | filmen von der Arche aus -- |
| de zinkende stad. | die sinkende Stadt. |
Amsterdam, 2026-04-19
My struggle 6. The End (Karl Ove Knausgård) - 2011
Autobiographical novel "Min Kamp. Sjette bok" (translated 2018), part 8, The name and the number - June 2nd, 2010, Malmö (about Venice, August 2007)
Collection: Writing
Tribute to: Knausgård, Karl Ove
| Stand still where you are, | |
| don't pass by cursorily -- | |
| as if in a set. | |
| Stilstaan waar je bent, | Ruhig stillstehen, |
| niet vluchtig voorbijlopen -- | nicht flüchtig vorbeigehen -- |
| als in een decor. | wie in Kulissen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-07
With a photo of Dory (and Jeanette vdZ and Paul J) at the harbour of Iráklio (May 4th, 1989, Crete); the photos are taken by Ruud J
Collection: Local tardiness
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK, Dory dK
| Thanks to me, daddy | |
| discovers the world, so much -- | |
| he didn't see before. | |
| Dankzij mij ontdekt | Ich zeige Papa |
| papa de wereld, heel veel -- | die Welt, vieles, was er noch -- |
| zag hij niet eerder. | nicht gesehen hat. |
Amsterdam, 2025-06-01
With a photo of Pieter and Madelief in the replica of the Amsterdam (July 30th, 2005, Amsterdam)
Collection: The climbing house
Dedicated to: Pieter W, Madelief dK
| We do fitness on | |
| the canal: we pedal hard -- | |
| to see the quaysides. | |
| Fitness op de gracht: | Fitness am Kanal: |
| we moeten hard trappen om -- | wir müssen schwer treten um -- |
| de kades te zien. | die Kais zu sehen. |
Amsterdam, 2025-05-31
With a photo of a pedal boat under a bridge (September 18th, 2003, Keizersgracht, Amsterdam)
Collection: Local traffic
Dedicated to: Lotte W, Madelief dK
| In this faraway | |
| land tourists wear cowboy hats: | |
| it is their Wild West! | |
| Toeristen dragen | Touristen tragen |
| cowboyhoeden: het is hier -- | Cowboyhüte, denn hier ist -- |
| hun Wilde Westen! | ihr Wilder Westen! |
Amsterdam, 2024-08-10
Nobody here can predict the past (Garrie van Pinxteren) - 2024
Essay "Niemand hier kan het verleden voorspellen", in the NRC of August 10th, 2024
Collection: Truder
Tribute to: Van Pinxteren, Garrie
| Tourists are mining | |
| in museums everywhere -- | |
| for the tourist gold. | |
| Toeristen delven | Touristen schürfen |
| overal in musea -- | in Museen überall -- |
| het toeristengoud. | das Touristengold. |
Amsterdam, 2024-03-19
Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights (Salman Rushdie) - 2015
Novel "Two Years Eight Months & Twenty-Eight Nights" (which is 1001 nights), chapter 8 "In Which the Tide Begins to Turn"
Collection: Wind
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
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Archaeologists of our time |
Amsterdam, 2024-02-18
Collection: Metamorphic body
| You hear the echoes | |
| of guides everywhere, despite -- | |
| the signs 'Silence Please'. | |
| Overal echo's | Überall hört man |
| van de reisleiders, ondanks -- | die Echos der Führer, trotz -- |
| de bordjes Stilte. | der Stille-Schilder. |
Amsterdam, 2023-11-25
Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie) - 1981
Mausoleum Taj Mahal
Novel, chapter 1-4 "Under the carpet"
Collection: Shadows
Tribute to: Rushdie, Salman
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No fast traffic here |
Amsterdam, 2023-09-04
Marken (nowadays a peninsula)
Tan: yellow- or red-brown dye, made from ground oak bark (which contains a lot of tannin)
Tanhouse: tannery (the name of a café-restaurant at the harbour: de Taanderij)
Collection: Plasma
Dedicated to: Rob Z
| A sunny morning, | |
| the terraces are crowded: | |
| holiday breakfasts. | |
| Zonnige ochtend, | Sonniger Morgen, |
| de terrassen zitten vol: | die Terrassen sind belegt: |
| vakantieontbijt. | Feiertagsfrühstück. |
Amsterdam, 2023-06-11
Collection: Summer birds
| Tourists are a plague, | |
| going further and further -- | |
| they keep crossing lines. | |
| Al die toeristen | Touristenplage: |
| zijn een plaag, steeds verder gaan -- | immer noch weiter über- |
| ze over de schreef. | schreiten sie Grenzen. |
Amsterdam, 2023-01-23
Boundary crossing #4, Tourism
Collection: Migration
| Now I'm there myself. | |
| I like the pictures better -- | |
| Without the tourists. | |
| Nu ben ik er zelf. | Jetzt bin ich selbst da. |
| De foto's waren mooier -- | Die Bilder waren schöner -- |
| Zonder toeristen. | Ohne Touristen. |
Amsterdam, 2022-12-23
Collection: On living on [2]
| I am a tourist | |
| where you still live, where I used -- | |
| to be family. | |
| Ik ben een toerist | Ich bin ein Tourist, |
| waar jij woont, waar ik vroeger -- | wo du lebst, wo ich früher -- |
| nog familie was. | noch Familie war. |
Amsterdam, 2022-07-14
Back in the place where you grew up
Collection: Local traffic
| Tourists are sniffing | |
| the holiness of the church -- | |
| they make it thinner. | |
| Toeristen snuiven | Touristen schnupfen |
| de heiligheid van de kerk -- | die Heiligkeit der Kirche -- |
| en verdunnen haar. | und verdünnen sie. |
Amsterdam, 2019-07-13
Collection: The King
| The almond blossoms: | |
| everyone comes here to watch! | |
| Cars! And radios! | |
| Amandelbloesem: | Die Mandelblüte: |
| iedereen komt hier kijken! | alle kommen und schauen! |
| Auto's! Radio's! | Autos! Radios! |
Amsterdam, 2017-11-08
Diary 1964-1965 (Frida Vogels) - 2008
"Dagboek 1964-1965" - March 1st, 1964, Bologna
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
| So beautiful, this | |
| village, it must be painted! | |
| A big art contest! | |
| Ja, het dorp is mooi, | Das Dorf ist wunder- |
| het moet geschilderd worden! | schön, es muss gemalt werden! |
| Elk jaar een wedstrijd! | Jährlich ein Wettstreit! |
Amsterdam, 2017-10-30
Diary 1962-1963 (Frida Vogels) - 2007
"Dagboek 1962-1963" - December 8th, 1962, Bologna (about Dozza)
Promotion of tourism
Collection: Beyond the Cape
Tribute to: Vogels, Frida
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In the evening, the river is a theatre |
Amsterdam, 2017-08-17
Collection: Take a picture, now
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In Gilroy they sell garlic |
Amsterdam, 2016-12-25
Gilroy: in California
Tabasco: tabasco sauce
Sardinië: sardine
Nîmes: denim
Genoa: jeans
Badminton: badminton
Bikini: bikini
Cyprus: copper
Fez: fez
Gran Canaria: canary
Damascus: damask
Zweden: suede
Collection: Take a picture, now
Gliding flight
Boppard, 1959-08-15
Riet O and Kees J
Collection: Photo's 1959
