Bicycles of course!
Due to its large proportion of Art Nouveau architecture and resulting curvaceous forms, Amsterdam feels like a very feminine city. The level of detail on a regular street in the centre of the town is breathtaking and sustains interest. From the wrought iron balustrades and railings to the tiles set into the front of the houses, there is always something to entertain the eye. Each building manages to be different from its neighbour yet the variants are about detail, proportion and colour, so together the houses, shops and restaurants create a pleasing harmony.
Houses, canalside
A home in the museum district
Details from tiles commonly set around entrances to buildings
House on Roemer Visscher Straat
I found the different doorways particularly attractive and inviting.
Poetically curved entrance to the house above
Quite by chance (serendipitously perhaps), I came across an unusual street,
lined with buildings influenced by the building style of various countries such as France, England, Italy and Germany. Below are two of my favourites.
Spain
Spain entrance
Russia
Russia entrance
I found some more information about this street on Flickr (and with better pictures than I was able to take with my mobile phone!).
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