Some bookmarks for the book about quiet places in and around Amsterdam

Some exceptionally quiet places

Stream by Amsterdamse Bos

Amsterdam Bookshop

Bookmark White House

Quiet places to sit

Bench in Frankendael Park

Bridge Over the Prinsengracht

People reading in the Botanic Garden

Yesterday afternoon there were three people reading in the Botanic Garden in Amsterdam

One woman was sitting near to the pond

This man was by the glasshouses

This man was sitting reading on a bench opposite the Hortus Botanicus

...and this is the new sign at the entrance to the Hortus.
It is now a mobile free zone!

Beautiful places to sit in the cemetery Huis te Vraag

Forthcoming exhibition

Shashin Art Bookshop

© Siobhan Wall 2008

Yesterday I met with Yannick Bouillis, the owner of Shashin Art Bookshop, to discuss the launch of the book Quiet Amsterdam, which will take place in late September. I was invited to show black and white photographs from the book in the small gallery at Shashin.

Another shot of Plantage Westermanlaan

This park is by a main road but it's still quite peaceful. The lawn is surrounded by lime trees and there are a few straggly rose bushes next to some green painted benches.

Lime Trees near the Zoo

Plantage Westermanlaan

Last week the streets nearby smelt wonderful as the lime trees were in bloom. I then went away to Northumberland for five days to take photographs and when I returned the blossom had gone. Despite the absence of spring flowers on the linden trees, there were at least six people sitting on benches in this small park near to the Zoo this afternoon.