The Eastpark

Amsterdam has several parks named after the area where it is situated, so this is called the "Eastpark". It has been recently renovated with removing some trees and creating these circles I hadn't seen before.

The old bandstand is fortunately still there.

And the old wooden bridge from 1929.

With the funny Chinese masks. It is said the designer of the bridge "Kramer", was probably inspired by the nearby Tropical Museum.

A sculpture named the "Goat rider" made by Gerrit Bolhuis.

I was born not far from this park and I have played here very often as a child until I was six years old and moved to the south area of Amsterdam.
Linking to "Our World Tuesday"

Friday Fences

This fence belongs to a wooden foot bridge in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam. The red masks are made in a  Chinese style.

 

Here you have a view of the complete bridge with pillars in Japanese style. As a child I have passed this bridge many times and always liked to watch the masks which are at the same height as a little child.

This is my contribution to Friday Fences

Bench

As a child I lived close to the "Oosterpark"  in Amsterdam where I have spent much time in the playground and walking to my school at the other side.  At six years old I moved to another part of Amsterdam and forgot all about the parc. I came along here lately and childhood memories came back when I saw this old bench. It is made of marble by "Eduard Jacobs" in 1904 and you can sit on both sides. The sides have pictures in relief of persons from the books of the writer "Justus van Maurik" (1846-1904) owner of a sigars factory and a popular author of plays and novels with typical Amsterdam humor.

The bench has the name of the writer on it. I was surprised to see the bench is still there and looks very clean. I remember sitting on it was not pleasant, the marble always felt very cold to your bare legs and the bench was often a little green of moisture.