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ChangeSpot a Dutch upright bicycle
Find a classic Dutch omafiets or opafiets (upright step-through bicycle, often black with a basket). Photograph one parked or in motion.
Spot a FEBO snack wall
Find a FEBO snack-bar wall of glass coin-operated doors with kroketten, frikandellen and burgers behind them. Photograph the lit-up wall.
Spot a gable hook
Find a wooden or iron hook sticking out at the top of a canal house facade, used for hoisting furniture up the narrow stairwells. Photograph it against the sky.
Spot a Heineken sign
Find a Heineken sign on a café awning, a window decal or a brewery flag. The red star is hard to miss in Amsterdam. Photograph it.
Spot a houseboat
Find a woonboot (houseboat) moored on one of the canals. Bonus if it has plants, a chimney or a cat on deck. Photograph it.
Spot a narrow Amsterdam staircase
Look up through a canal-house doorway and find an Amsterdam staircase: nearly vertical, narrow, often dark wood. Photograph the steepness.
Spot a stepped gable
Find a step-gable (trapgevel) or bell-gable (klokgevel) on a canal house facade. Photograph the staircase silhouette at the top.
Spot a stroopwafel
Spot a fresh stroopwafel: in a bakery window, at a market stall, or in someone's hand. The thinner the wafer and the more syrup oozing out, the better. Photograph one close-up.
Spot a Vondelpark cyclist
Walk into Vondelpark and find someone cycling through the park (more cyclists than pedestrians on a sunny day). Photograph a bike on the path.
Spot an Albert Cuyp market stall
Walk down the Albert Cuyp market and find a stall with stroopwafels, cheese, raw herring or fresh stroopwafel-iron in action. Photograph the stall.
Spot an Amsterdam tram
Find a GVB tram on its route (the white-and-blue carriages). Photograph one rounding a corner or stopped at a halte.
Spot bitterballen
Find a plate of bitterballen on a café table or in a snack-bar display, the crispy breaded meatballs that arrive with mustard. Photograph the lineup of golden balls.
Spot canal-house cornice letters
Find a canal house with letters or numbers carved or painted on the gable, year of build or owner's initials. Photograph the typography.
Spot Dutch fries with mayo
Spot a cone of Vlaamse frites with mayonnaise (Manneken Pis on Damrak or any frietkraam). Photograph the cone with the dollop on top.
Spot orange Dutch fan gear
Find someone wearing or selling orange Oranje fan gear (Koningsdag tat, an Oranje football shirt, a tour-group cap). Photograph the orange. King's Day on April 27 is peak orange.
Spot the Begijnhof courtyard
Find the entrance to the Begijnhof off Spui, step inside and photograph the quiet inner courtyard with the wooden house (Het Houten Huys).
Spot the Dutch tricolor
Find a Dutch flag (horizontal red-white-blue) flying on a houseboat, balcony or government building. Photograph it.
Spot the I-amsterdam letters
The big I-amsterdam letters at the Rijksmuseum were removed in 2018, but smaller replicas appear around the city (Schiphol, the EYE, on Rijksmuseum souvenirs). Find one and photograph it.
Spot the Magere Brug
Find the Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge), the white wooden drawbridge over the Amstel. Photograph it lit up at night for bonus points.
Spot the Royal Palace on Dam Square
Walk to Dam Square and find the Royal Palace (Koninklijk Paleis). Photograph the limestone facade with the team or Dam Square in front.
Spot the Westerkerk tower
Find the Westerkerk tower in the Jordaan, the church Anne Frank wrote about. Photograph the imperial-crowned spire against the sky.
Spot tulips for sale
Find tulips at a flower stall (the Bloemenmarkt has them year-round) or a bouquet in a shop window. Photograph the colours.
Spot wooden clogs (klompen)
Spot wooden clogs in a souvenir shop, a flower-shop display or as planters on a windowsill. Photograph a pair.
Stroopwafel challenge
Buy a real Amsterdam stroopwafel and place it on top of a cup of coffee or tea so the syrup melts. Take a photo of the perfect stroopwafel moment, with the whole team in shot.