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Newspaper Carpark

Friday, 28th April 2006 by James

Now this is truly “Large Type” - Perscombinatie printing works in Amsterdam print a lot of newspapers, so when they were decorating the car park they opted for a neat newspaper-like 6 column layout. Brilliant! Submitter “Koos van den Hout” helpfully provided us with a translation for the headlines:

  • “Entree” = “Entrance”
  • “Afhalen kranten” = “Pick-up newspapers”
  • “Parkeren vrachtwagens tot 5m” = “Parking trucks up to 5 metres”
  • “Papier” = “Paper”
  • “Aanvoer goederen” = “Supply Goods”
  • “Uitgang” = “Exit”

Thanks: Koos van den Hout

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7 Responses to 'Newspaper Carpark'

  1. 1. cookie monster says: April 28th, 2006 at 6:15 pm

    All i can say is “Doze Crazee Dutch”.
    God love ‘em!

  2. Google Sightseeing Admin
    2. Alex says: April 28th, 2006 at 9:03 pm

    lol, that’s totally awesome.

  3. 3. Peter says: April 28th, 2006 at 9:09 pm

    It’s surprising that the parking lot is so empty, given that a newspaper operates on a more or less 24/7 basis.

  4. 4. Tim says: April 28th, 2006 at 9:21 pm

    What about “Papier” and “Aanover goederen”?

  5. Google Sightseeing Admin
    5. Alex says: April 28th, 2006 at 9:53 pm

    And ‘ultgang’ too! (Although I’m guessing ‘exit’…)

  6. 6. James says: April 28th, 2006 at 10:43 pm

    Babelfish power! I’ve updated this post with the translations.

  7. 7. Jeroen Hoppenbrouwers says: May 4th, 2006 at 3:17 pm

    Perscombinatie does not /edit/ newspapers, they /print/ them. And therefore their parking lot will be mostly empty during daylight times. It likely is full between midnight and 06:00…

    Jeroen

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