Amsterdam xxx

cooked lunch at a friend's place and picked up a new second hand lens at Amsterdam.

One of the first photos made with this lens. Magna Plaza, Amsterdam. More distortion when enlarged.
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If you've yet to make your first trip to Amsterdam you can certainly be excused for not being aware that the XXX symbol can be seen all over town and almost every one of those appearances has nothing to do with the city's infamous and large adult entertainment industry. It's really quite an unusual coincidence that the city's official symbol that was chosen over 500 years ago is also a recent shorthand for the sex industry. The XXX symbol is three St. Andrew's Crosses in white on a black stripe on a red background. On the flag they appear horizontally, but most other places they appear vertically.