Merge Magazine

The city centre street The row of similar houses is very typical for the city center of Amsterdam. They all have characteristic lifting beams on the façade. The lifting beams where used for centuries to lift into the building to the upper floors. These days the lifting beams are only used to move big or heavy stuff into someone’s apartment.

The streets close to these buildings are more crowded and busy than the suburban neighborhood but there is a lot of urban atmosphere. The view of a busy street with someone lifting goods using a lifting beam is a typical Amsterdam sight.