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A Time for Everything
This photo was taken a few years ago in front of the apartment I lived in in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
“A time for everything” is partly about the sign in the window. The sign not only challenging people to question the necessity of work but also – by putting this in the window – inviting people to look at the inhabitants of this home differently. How did this household value time, value work, value money?
The picture is of course also about the gentleman and his unconventional choice of vehicle. In the Netherlands this type of bicycle, known as a “bakfiets” comes in all sorts of sizes, often used to transport children to and from school, but also used to carry larger and heavier objects. Originally these freight bicycles were used by tradesmen navigating the narrow streets of the city to deliver mail, milk, meat and more.
Here my brother Botte is preparing to move most of his belongs on this rental bakfiets to a new home on the other side of the city. The test-drive is about to take place and one must know that it is hard work to pedal a fully loaded bakfiets up bridges and stay in control of the brakes on the way down too!
