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Variety is the spice of life. So I like to provide you this time with another picture of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (taken in the Fall of 2024).

Depicted is the Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge) spanning at the Amstel River, the latter showing an almost 'traffic jam' on water, 😁 . The Magere Brug is one of the 1,200 bridges that span the canals that crisscross Amsterdam. Some are simply a means to cross the water, others are picturesque or true feats of engineering. The Magere Brug is probably the most famous and certainly the most photographed bridge in Amsterdam. Although today's bridge is a replica of the seventeenth-century bridge, it's one of the oldest bridges in the city and was hand-operated until recently. However, the collective labor agreement for bridge keepers decided that pulling up the bridge was too heavy for one man. That's why the bridge is now electrically operated, controlled by means of a computer.