Saturday augustus 4, 2007

A perfect summer's day and about 375.000 visitors walk in the center of Amsterdam to see the 'Canal Parade' during the Gay Pride weekend. I am suprised about the relaxed atmosphere everywhere.

The Canal Parade starts at 2 pm near the beginning of the Prinsengracht. All boats will follow the Prinsengracht to the 'Amstel', go next to 'Stadshuis' / 'Muziektheater' and stop near 'Oosterdok'.

I was just in time to find a spot near the water close enough to make pictures. The next few hours I watched the parade and made pictures of most of the 75 boats that passed by.

Click here and view 92 images (787x492 pixels, new browser-window). There is a ZOOM-option to view a large picture of 1680x1050 pixels. All images are in chronological order.   All images (1680x1050 pixels) can be downloaded for free. Click here to download (53 mb)

Links:

• Canal Parade photos
• Images of Canal Parade
• Amsterdam Gay Pride website
• Highlights Gay Parade, photos and video (Simpsons)
• jouwfoto.nl : report 1, report 2, report 3
• Photo gallery by Daan Stringer
• Oypo.nl