This ad in the Amsterdam Vondelpark reads: ‘The park used to be so pretty’. It asks us ‘Amsterdammers’ to clean up our junk when we use the park. Good point. It is amazing to see how many people don’t clean up their picnic spot. We were surprised though by the polluting character of this humongous ad. Indeed, the Vondelpark used to be so pretty…
This is how the city of Amsterdam shows its inhabitants how abandoned bicycles form an obstacle in the city. Apparently there are tens of thousands of these bicycles in Amsterdam. By building this maze of 200 bicycles, the Amsterdammers are asked to get rid of their bikes when not used anymore. Of course this won’t help a bit, since abandoned bicycles are…um…abandoned. But it does make a nice photo opportunity for the passers by.
LIke Alanis Morisette used to say: “Isn’t it ironic?”