#Amsterdam The Netherlands

[allthingseurope]

Amsterdam

#amsterdam #netherlands #europe #travel #vertical #travel blog #europe travel

[reasonsforhope]

"Amsterdam’s roofs have just been converted into a giant sponge that will make the city more climate resilient.

The Dutch have always been famous for their ability to control water, born out of the necessity of their homeland, much of which is below sea level.

Now, their expert water management skills are transforming the city skyline in the capital city of Amsterdam from one of terracotta tile, concrete, and shingles into green grass and brown earth.

It’s part of a new climate-resiliency trend in architecture and civic planning known as the ‘sponge city concept,’ in which a garden of water-loving plants, mosses, and soil absorbs excess rainwater before feeding it into the building for use in flushing toilets or watering plants on the ground.

If heavy rains are predicted, a smart valve system empties the stored rainwater into the municipal storm drains and sewers in advance of the weather, allowing the roof to soak up water and reduce flooding in the city.

In this way, the rooftops of buildings can be wrung out and filled up just like a sponge.

In Amsterdam, 45,000 square meters, or 11 acres of flat metropolitan rooftops have already been fitted with these systems, and the contracting firms behind the technology say they make sense in dry climates like Spain just as much as in wet climates like Amsterdam...

A 4-year project of different firms and organizations called Resilio, the resilient network for smart climate adaptive rooftops, rolled out thousands of square meters of sponge city technology into new buildings. As with many climate technologies, the costs are high upfront but tend to result in savings from several expenditures like water utilities and water damage, over a long-enough time horizon...

All together, Amsterdam’s sponge capacity is over 120,000 gallons.

“We think the concept is applicable to many urban areas around the world,” Kasper Spaan from Waternet, Amsterdam’s public water management organization, told Wired Magazine. “In the south of Europe–Italy and Spain–where there are really drought-stressed areas, there’s new attention for rainwater catchment.”

Indeed the sponge city concept comes into a different shade when installed in drought-prone regions. Waters absorbed by rooftops during heavy rains can be used for municipal purposes to reduce pressure on underground aquifers or rivers, or be sweated out under the Sun’s rays which cools the interior of the building naturally.

Additionally, if solar panels were added on top of the rooftop garden, the evaporation would keep the panels cooler, which has been shown in other projects to improve their energy generation.

“Our philosophy in the end is not that on every roof, everything is possible,” says Spaan, “but that on every roof, something is possible.”

Matt Simon, reporting on the Resilio project for Wired, said succinctly that perhaps science fiction authors have missed the mark when it came to envisioning the city of the future, and that rather than being a glittering metropolis of glass, metal, and marble as smooth as a pannacotta, it will look an awful lot more like an enormous sculpture garden."

-via Good News Network, May 15, 2024

#amsterdam #netherlands #green roof #blue roof #city planning #urban #urban landscape #flood #climate change #climate action #climate emergency #climate hope #solarpunk #hope posting #go green #eco friendly #climate adaptation #sponge city #urban planning #good news #hope #rooftop garden

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

New Video: Altin Gün Shares Kaleidoscopic Visual for Expansive and Anthemic "Rakiya Su Katamam"

New Video: Altin Gün Shares Kaleidoscopic Visual for Expansive and Anthemic "Rakya Su Katamam" @altingunband @atorecords @therightcadence

Acclaimed Amsterdam-based Turkish psych pop outfit and JOVM mainstays Altin Gün — founder Jasper Verhulst (bass) with Ben Rider (guitar), Erdinç Ecevit Yildiz (keys, saz, vocals), Gino Groneveld (percussion), Merve Dasdemir (vocals, keys) and Nic Mauskovic (drums) — can trace their origins to Japser Verhulst’s repeated tour stops to Istanbul with a previous band, which led to a deep and abiding…

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#Altin Gün Aşk #Altin Gün Âlem #Altin Gün Badu Sabah Olmadan/Cips Kola Kilit #Altin Gün Badu Sabah Olmadon #Altin Gün Clips Kola Kilit #Altin Gün Rakiya Su Katamam #Altin Gün Yol #Altin Gun #Altin Gun Gece #Amsterdam The Netherlands #Asa Moto #Atin Gün Lelim Ley #ATO Records #Brooklyn Steel #Ghent Belgium #Grammy Award #music #music video #New Video #psych pop #Rakiya Su Katamam #video #Video Review #Video Review: Atlin Gün Rakiya Su Katamam #Video Review: Rakiya Su Katamam #women who kick ass #world music

[humanoidhistory]

Tabletop Pac-Man in Amsterdam, 1984. Photo by Han Singels.

#pac-man #arcade #video games #1980s #amsterdam #netherlands #1984

[kropotkindersurprise]

May 10, 2024 - A police dog decides to switch sides and joins the pro-Palestinian protesters in Amsterdam by biting a riot cop. [link]

#amsterdam #netherlands #nederland #comrades #dog #good boy #funny #fail #free palestine #palestine #acab #police dog #riot police #solidarity #video #2024

[andallshallbewell]

#dog #puppy #bicycle #netherlands #Europe #travel #amsterdam

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: danielapardor

#france #paris #amsterdam #netherlands #london #england #books #bookworm #bookaholic #bookblr #classic literature #literature #art #art aesthetic #charlotte bronte #jane eyre #donna tartt #the goldfinch #cozy #comfy aesthetic

[queeranarchism]

Today, May 6th, University of Amsterdam students, together with students and facultiy from nearby universities and allies have OCCUPIED ROETERSEILAND CAMPUS, demanding that University of Amsterdam divest from Israel: end cooperation with Israeli institutes and break all financial ties with companies that profit from the occupation of Palestinian territories.

They are calling on everybody who supports this cause to JOIN THE OCCUPATION OR ITS SOLIDARITY DEMO AT ROETERSEILAND NOW. Making it through the first night will be vital for the occupation, so if you can spend just a few hours there tonight: come and help create power in numbers!

#UvA #University of Amsterdam #Free Palestine #the Netherlands

[silverfox66]

Imagine being a Holocaust survivor and together with your great-grandchild, you participate in the opening of a Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam, and a hysterical group is shouting "Free Palestine" in the background, overshadowing the entrance. Zero respect.

#Antisemitism #Holocaust #The Netherlands #Amsterdam

[the-places-id-rather-be]

Amsterdam, Holland

#aesthetic #photography #travel #holland #the netherlands #amsterdam #vacation #wanderlust #inspiration #architecture #river #winter #snow

[aestum]

(by Liam McGarry)

#vertical #landscape #architecture #x #a #watsf #curators on tumblr #water #trees #Liam McGarry #buildings #fall #autumn #Amsterdam #Netherlands

[allthingseurope]

Amsterdam, Netherlands (by Nastya Dulhier)

#amsterdam #netherlands #europe #travel #travel blog #europe travel

[germanpostwarmodern]

House Schenkkan (1960-64) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, by Gerrit Rietveld

#1960s #house #architecture #netherlands #architektur #amsterdam #gerrit rietveld

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

New Audio: JOVM Mainstays Altin Gün Share Dazzling New Single

New Audio: JOVM Mainstays Altin Gün Share Dazzling New Single @altingunband @atorecords @therightcadence

Deriving their name from the Turkish phase for “Golden Day,” the acclaimed Amsterdam-based Turkish psych pop act Altin Gün — founding member Jasper Verhulst (bass) with Ben Rider (guitar), Erdinç Ecevit Yildiz (keys, saz, vocals), Gino Groneveld (percussion), Merve Dasdemir (vocals) and Nic Mauskovic (drums) — can trace their origins to Japser Verhulst’s repeated tour stops to Istanbul with a…

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#Altin Gün Âlem #Altin Gün Badu Olmadan/Cips Kola Kilit #Altin Gün Gece #Altin Gün Leylim Ley #Altin Gün Yol #Amsterdam The Netherlands #Asa Moto #Bandcamp #Ghent Belgium #Grammy Award #Istanbul Turkey #Leylim Ley #Music Hall of Williamsburg #New Audio #New Single #psych pop #Single Review #Single Review: Altin Gün Leylim Ley #women who kick ass

[humanoidhistory]

Bunker near Amsterdam, 1975. Photo by Camilo J. Vergara.

(Library of Congress)

#amsterdam #netherlands #bunker #architecture #history #1970s #1975

[kropotkindersurprise]

If you happen to be in the Netherlands: January 11 / 12, Den haag at the International Court of Justice January 13, Amsterdam

#free palestine #palestine #icj #genocide #international court of justice #netherlands #nederland #den haag #the hague #amsterdam #nederblr #solidarity #palestina