Amsterdam is one of my favorite cities in the world. I’ve been there twice also, the first time was for Steemfest in 2016. We visited for the second time in September of 2019 and stayed ten days in an Airbnb right around the corner from the Anne Frank house. We went to the market almost every day, bought groceries and made meals in our home base, it really began to feel like home after a week. It’s a magical place and we plan to go back as soon as we can. The city is facing a lot of challenges right now varying from widespread crumbling infrastructure to a quite serious housing shortage. I hope the Dutch government can solve these challenges and preserve the essence of this gem. You took some amazing photos! We captured a lot of pictures last year, you can find the montages on my YouTube channel.
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Damn it. You are reminding me that I should remember to take video too - I never do....
Yeah, there are issues there with housing for sure, but I it is one of those challenges where if they do much, it can change the feel of the place - plus it is expensive. Has to be done at some point though.
The montages are great!
Thanks! This is actually a pretty cool feature of the iPhone. It takes "live pictures" which is about 2-3 seconds of video whenever you take a still photo. You can compile these together and make montages like this pretty easily.
The Amsterdam locals and city government are working to outlaw Airbnbs in the historic districts and have succeeded in doing so in the red light district. They considered this a pretty big win. Some of the residents want to push the prostitution and cannabis industry out away from the city center. It's the classic tourism paradox.
That is a cool feature. I wonder if my phone does it - I am pretty basic when it comes to using tech :)
Everyone wants the money, they just don't want to do the work.
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