citylikeyou — The Oba — Amsterdam by Popel Coumou

Amsterdam / Library

Her I enjoy the quit and concentrated atmosphere. I go to the library if I need some new input or just want to work somewhere else than in my studio. You can also just go there to relax at one of the beautiful spots in the building. Or have some food at the top floor with a beautiful view over Amsterdam.

Address
The Oba, Oosterdokskade 143, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Photographer

Current city: Amsterdam

popelcoumou.nl

Popel Coumou lives and works in Amsterdam and studied photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy. Her work consists out of analog photographs of collaged spaces that hint at human presence. Through her use of lighting she transforms the collages into 3 dimensional spaces that seem both natural and unhinged.

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Amsterdam / Architecture

Site specific architecture piece Deltawerk located in Flevoland by RAAAF | Atelier de Lyon, 2018

Amsterdam / Transport

    Almost every underground station in Amsterdam has a fascinating story behind it. My favourite one is metro station ‘Weesperplein,’ because it has a hidden station underneath the actual station that was meant for the 'Singellijn.' However, that line was never build and the second station remained useless. Besides that the hidden station was also equipped to serve as a shelter during the cold war. The large doors that were meant to hermetically close the building are still visible at both ends of the platform. Other small details, like the panels in the ceiling than can be used as tables when turned around, are also silent references to the building’s former use.  

Amsterdam / Museum

Fotomomuseum housed in two monumental 17th century canal houses.

Amsterdam / Shop

Replacing a broken kitsch plate with a new kitsch plate in the ever so pretentious Negen Straatjes (Nine Streets).

Amsterdam / Restaurant

Best brunch I've had in Amsterdam :) Love their bloody mary, and negroni. Also great for dinner! It's owned and run by Australians so it's super laid back and beautifully designed.