Damrak
The second piece of my "Slices of Amsterdam" collection is also one of my favorite locations to photograph. Of course, I’m not alone and this location is literally the most photographed spot in Amsterdam. It’s a challenge to come up with something original, so I decided not to go for the straight line shot of the crooked houses, but instead choose an angle showing more of the surrounding area.
What you see in the image here is really the beginning point of Damrak and if you would continue walking alongside it, you would see that Damrak is an avenue and partially filled-in canal at the center of Amsterdam, running between AMS central station in the north and the Dam Square in the s...