Kattengat, Amsterdam
The two houses with the red shutters were built in 1614 by soap maker Laurens Jansz Spiegel. The houses are topped with sculptured mirrors in reference to the family name. Spiegel is Dutch for mirror.
Old Amsterdam in colorized photos
Photochroms of Amsterdam taken between 1890 and about 1900. Collected by the Library of Congress. No known copyright.
According to Wikipedia, “Photochrom … prints are colorized images produced from black and white photographic negatives via the direct photographic transfer of a negative onto lithographic printing plates. The process is properly considered a photographic variant of chromolithography, a broader term referring to color lithography in general.”
Amsterdam: Oudezijds Voorburgwal in the snow
A view of Oudezijds Voorburgwal, in Amsterdam’s Red Light District, in the snow with the Old Church.
Amsterdam marketing video
This video is slightly dated — but interesting nevertheless.