Shack in the Park

by Joan Carroll

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Shack in the Park

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Joan Carroll

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We stayed in a fabulous B&B in Amsterdam that was quite near Vondelpark and many days we would just walk through the park to the sites and museums of Amsterdam rather than ride the trams. I'm sure the tourism board of Amsterdam would not want to use this image taken as representative of the lovely park but it caught my eye for the incongruity with much of the rest of the manicured landscape. The Vondelpark is a public urban park of 120 acres. In 1864 a group of citizens led by Christiaan Pieter van Eeghen established the Association for the Construction of a Park for Riding and Strolling but its expense eventually became too much for a private group. In 1953 the association donated the park to the city of Amsterdam. Now there are almost 10 million visitors annually. Interesting factoid from Wikipedia: "Starting in September 2008, adults were planned to be legally allowed to have sex in the park, as long as they "take their garbage with them afterwards and never have intercourse near the playground. The sex must be limited to the evening hours and night.", in the words of current Amsterdam Alderman Paul Van Grieken. However, Amsterdam Police announced that they would not in fact tolerate this as the law required them to prevent it."

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March 14th, 2014

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