The Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam is an organisation of public libraries in Amsterdam, Diemen and Ouder-Amstel in the Netherlands. The first library opened in 1919 at the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam.
The central library in 2007
The interior of the Central Library
Children's book section of the Central Library
OBA Roelof Hartplein in Het Nieuwe Huis
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
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Ouderkerk aan de Amstel is a town in the province of North Holland, Netherlands. It is largely a part of the municipality of Ouder-Amstel; it lies about 9 km south of Amsterdam. A small part of the to
Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam
…century, and books from the Dutch authors Gerard Reve, Hella Haasse, and Boudewijn Büch. The OBA has 26 branches in Amsterdam, Diemen, Duivendrecht, and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. The largest branch is the Central Library or OBA Oosterdok at the Oosterdokseiland, just east of Amsterdam Centraal station. The Central Library or…
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel seen from the Amstel
Jacob van Ruisdael, The Jewish Cemetery, 1653/54 (Dresden)
Drawing bridge: de Kerkbrug
De Zwaan ("The Swan") windmill