#Rokin Amsterdam

[kropotkindersurprise]

lmao, police have been kettled in Amsterdam after they attacked pro-palestine protesters who were trying to scavenge barricade materials. [Livestream]

[obsessedbyneon]

Oudhof Effectenkantoor on the Rokin, Amsterdam, 1990. Designed by Mart van Schijndel (1944-1999). It became one of the first postmodern monuments in the old city center, where everything built after 1940 is seen as an abomination.

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[zoedargue]

Amsterdam, The Netherlands by @zoedargue ​ https://zoedargue.com/ 

[dutchjan]

July 08, 2024

[ukdamo]

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: Amsterdam. Oude Turfmarkt, from Rokin.

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Rokin

[random-brushstrokes]

Jan Sluijters - The Old Beurspoortje and Surrounding houses at Rokin, Amsterdam (1909)

[victusinveritas]

At the Amsterdam Rokin Metro Station, they have an exhibit of the things that were excavated as they built the station.

Click here to actually zoom in and look at all of the stuff with info on each item. It's...neat.

[instantcaramel]

A month ago I went to Amsterdam and visited all the filming locations for Ted Lasso‘s „Sunflowers“, so I figured I‘ll finally put something together here.

First of all, basically all the scenes involving the majority of the Richmond himbos were not shot on location - their epic discussion followed by pillow fight was filmed in an abandoned hotel in London. (Info per David Elsendoorn). The same would go for Ted & Beard‘s room. Scenes on the bus or outside it were also filmed in Richmond.

The only Greyhound who doesn‘t have his own larger plotline in the episode who was actually in Amsterdam was David Elsendoorn, because they did film the first scenes at Johan Cruijff (you know how to pronounce it now!) ArenA, the home of Ajax Amsterdam (which is also the one place I didn‘t have time to visit). They could have easily filmed that in London in a different stadium but I guess they didn‘t want to pass up the opportunity - and give David something to do on his home turf.

Edit: I visited 3 months later, so here‘s some pics from the ArenA, I couldn‘t find out which hallway they used/dressed up for the press interviews, but here‘s some shots from the stadium and the VIP lounge we see at the beginning.

So, first up is Roy & Jamie‘s adventure: Jamie takes him sightseeing against his will, and the first place they stop on is Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge). (They run up the street to that before.)

Edit thanks to @warriorhoneybee: Roy grabs Jamie’s wrist at Diamond Factory on Rokin and then tells him he can‘t ride a bike outside Lyppens Jeweler at Langebruugsteg.

They go around the corner to Oude Turfmarkt (which is what I took a picture of) for Jamie to teach him how. For Grandad!!!

The fucking windmill they see before they lovingly gaze into each other’s eyes is De Riekermolen at the Southern end of Amstelpark, where they also cycle. (It‘s actually realistic for them to do that, it would be about half an hour between those locations by bike).

Rebecca doesn‘t see the obvious bike lane (that doesn‘t actually exist there) and falls into the gracht at Raamgracht. Boaty McBoatface‘s houseboat is still there, they just had it dressed up a bit with plants and such when they filmed. (Unclear if anyone currently lives there). The interiors were shot in a studio.

Trent follows Colin to Prik night club (which was absolutely buzzing when I was there, I really want to go back).

And then they sit at the Homomonument, the Pink Triangle memorial at Westerkerk, having that tearjerker of a conversation, before returning to party. (It walked that distance at night, it‘s a beautiful stroll and less than 10 minutes). When I visited someone had left sunflowers. 🌻

Leslie & Will first go to Hotel Prins Hendrik in the Red Light district (and steps away from Amsterdam main station) where Chet Baker died. They then make their way to Jazz Café Alto, which is just down the road from where Boom Chicago used to be on Leidseplein. (It‘s about 30 mins on foot between those two locations so they could have walked or just taken the tram for a few stops. The interiors were done at a studio though).

Ted of course visits the studio-filmed fictional themed restaurant where he has a BBQ sauce induced, Corey Burton-narrated epiphany about triangles, but first he sees Vincent‘s „Sunflowers“ at Van Gogh Museum during Museumnacht (which btw would mean the episode is set first weekend of November). As you can tell they moved some things around, so at least currently the painting isn‘t hung on that beautiful blue wall anymore.

As a bonus, here is a picture of where Boom Chicago used to be when Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt and Joe Kelly performed there - Brendan also used to live above the McDonald‘s on Leidseplein just steps away for a while. And the other picture is the current Boom Chicago on Rozengracht, definitely go enjoy a show there if you can.

Anyway thus concludeth my trip around Ted Lasso‘s Amsterdam. I visited for the Boom Chicago Comedy Festival and fell in love with the city, it was … magical / gezellig. I will never forget it, but then again, some people get Alzheimer’s.

[dialectrician]

« Widely deployed before the match, the Dutch police were on alert after a Palestinian flag was torn down the day before from a facade on a large avenue in the city center. "The violence had already started on Wednesday evening between supporters. It was a night with incidents on both sides. Maccabi supporters removed a flag from a facade of the Rokin and destroyed a taxi. A Palestinian flag was set on fire on the roadblock," said Peter Holla, the chief of police in Amsterdam, on Friday. The videos that Le Monde was able to identify show a man tearing a Palestinian flag off a facade, while a group of people shout “Fuck you Palestine.” In another, we can hear chants from Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters: “Let Tsahal win to finish off the Arabs.” »

[alexdehaas]

Rokin, city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. by Alex de Haas

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A view from the Nes in Amsterdam. Just behind the Rokin

[obsessedbyneon]

I visited the Oudhof myself in the summer of 2020.

Oudhof office on the Rokin, Amsterdam. Designed by Mart van Schijndel.

[zoedargue]

Amsterdam, The Netherlands by @zoedargue ​ https://zoedargue.com/ 

[charlotte-of-wales]

The royal wedding of Willem-Alexander, the Prince of Orange and Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti ♡

The couple tied the knot on 2 February 2002 at the Nieuwe Kerk Cathedral in Amsterdam.

The bride wore a Valentino gown of ivory mikado silk, with a cowl neckline, three-quarter sleeves and a five-metre-long train. She wore an altered version of the Dutch Pearl Button Tiara and carried a cascading bouquet of white roses, gardenias, lilies of the valley and two kinds of foliage.

After the service, the bride and groom drove through the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, Spui, Singel, Muntplein and the Rokin in the Golden Coach; they then returned to the Royal Palace and appeared on the balcony above Dam Square.

The ceremony was attended by members of royal families from across the globe, dignitaries and politicians.

[dato-georgia-caucasus]

Jan Sluyters - Townview, Rokin, Amsterdam