Amsterdam's Tuschinski Theater, 1

I happened onto the Tuschinski Theater last year, walking in the Rembrandtsplein. It is open for audio tours only from 9:30 to 11:00 in the mornings, and we never made it back that year. The facade is striking enough, but stepping into the lobby for a peek was a thrill. We vowed not to miss it in 2016.

The theater was opened in 1921, by Abraham Tuschinski, a self-educated entrepreneur who had already opened four cinemas in Rotterdam. The Tuschinski Theater is an amalgam of Art Deco, Jugendstil, and Amsterdam School...but mostly Tuschinki's own taste, his interest in the emerging art form of cinema, and his desire to build a theater that itself would be a work of art. He succeeded. It is one of the world's great theaters, and something not to be missed in Amsterdam.

Again, I took way too many photos and can't bear to edit them down.

Street facade

Tower domes

Giant dome of main lobby

Behind the counter

Tuschinski, below two of the architects

Entrances to the foyer and main hall

Stairs up to balconies

Dome above balcony foyer

Lighting

In balcony foyer

Big dome above balcony foyer

Changes colors...

More decor

Stained glass, door to smaller theater/cabaret

Still changing colors

Balcony side foyer

Ditto

View from balcony...plushest, roomiest seats I've ever seen
in a theater; but no drink holders!

Balcony view of stage

Seating

Stage wing

Tons of interior decor, thematically related

More decor

Still in the balcony areas

Ditto

Ditto again

Great stained glass, foyer seating

Ditto

Now in the special VIP room, above the stage; added later

Artwork behind the bar

Ditto

Amsterdamsters Again: More Out-Takes

After two nights we moved from Amsterdamse Bos to Gaasterplas campground, which affords much better access to the city. It was from there that we did the cruise. After the cruise, we walked a good bit of the old city, principally, the Jordaan. And had a great lunch at one of the city's many Argentinian restaurants. Walking, aimlessly, or, more likely, lost, is a great use of one's time, especially in a place like Amsterdam. Below are miscellaneous pix, out-takes, from two days' walks, not including the more organized activities covered in later posts. (Posted from In De Vrede, St. Sixtus Abbey, the Axis Mundi, the Heart of Beer-dom on Earth...).

Somewhere in the Jordaan....some say this is where Jesus was baptized; others
that it is a corruption of Jardin, since all the streets are named after plants

Amsterdamsters are into shoe trees/lines too

I love black pansies

Line to get into the Ann Frank house

Of  note

Of ultimate note: this is the rubber duckie store

Avant-gard shoe store

Ditto

Ditto again; do not try this at home

Great business name, I thought

Favorite house-boat, with hydroponic garden

As off-the-grid as they appear, all the house-boats are connected thus: electric,
fresh water, not-so-fresh water

We spent nearly half a day at the Hermitage, the Spanish
Masters exhibit, which had one or two Velasquez paintings;
and some others

Another day, lunch at Kantjil and the Tiger: design your own Indonesian: a great 
ten buck lunch

Vicki's

We sat under the tiger

Thus

Design your own menu

Flemish fries are very important here

Not the last time we'll see the Potato Eaters

Meanwhile, back at the campground, King's Day celebrants are
arriving...