EU: Vooraanzicht gevel Kruithuis 1778 (1998) through time

Nieuw Amsterdam 1947–1998 12 photos of this spot

12 photographs taken at the same spot in Nieuw Amsterdam, spanning 1947–1998 — 3 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Nieuw-Amsterdam, a settlement in Suriname's Commewijne district, is pictured in this 1947 photograph documenting the riverside town during the late Dutch colonial period.

EU: Gezicht op Nieuw-Amsterdam in het Commewijnegbeid in Suriname (1947) 1947 Nieuw-Amsterdam, a settlement in Suriname's Commewijne district, is pictured in this 1947 photograph documenting the riverside town during the late Dutch colonial period.

EU: De woning van de districtscommissaris van Nieuw-Amsterdam in Suriname (1947) 1947 The residence of the district commissioner of Nieuw-Amsterdam, Suriname, is shown in this 1947 photograph of the colonial administrative post on the Commewijne River.

EU: De Commewijne- of de Surinamerivier bij Nieuw-Amsterdam in Suriname (1947) 1947 The Commewijne River, seen here near its confluence with the Suriname River at Nieuw-Amsterdam, was photographed in 1947 during the final years of Dutch colonial rule in Suriname.

EU: Zijaanzicht sluis te Nieuw-Amsterdam (1998) 1998 A side view of the sluice, or lock, at Nieuw Amsterdam in Suriname, photographed in 1998 near the historic fort settlement on the Commewijne River.

EU: Overzicht Sluis te Nieuw-Amsterdam met omgeving (1998) 1998 An overview of the sluice at Nieuw Amsterdam and its surroundings, photographed in 1998; the settlement grew up around a Dutch colonial fort at the confluence of the Commewijne and Suriname rivers.

EU: Zicht op steigers met links de sluis van Nieuw-Amsterdam (1998) 1998 A view of jetties near the sluice of Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname, photographed in 1998, part of the waterworks associated with the town's historic fort.

EU: Monument ter herrinnering van de onafhankelijkheid van Suriname (1998) 1998 A monument at Nieuw Amsterdam commemorating Suriname's independence on 25 November 1975, photographed in 1998.

EU: Vooraanzicht gevel Kruithuis 1778 (1998) 1998 The facade of the Kruithuis, a powder magazine dating to 1778, at the historic fort site of Nieuw Amsterdam in Suriname, photographed in 1998.

EU: Overzicht voorgevel van de ambtswoning (1998) 1998 The front facade of the official residence at Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname, photographed in 1998.

EU: Overzicht kruispunt met ambtswoning distictscommissaris (1998) 1998 An overview of the intersection near the district commissioner's residence at Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname, in 1998.

EU: Overzicht van de kerk met omgeving (1998) 1998 A view of the church and its surroundings at Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname, photographed in 1998.

EU: Overzicht van de toren van de kerk (1998) 1998 The church tower at Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname, photographed in 1998, rising above the low-lying settlement near the confluence of the Commewijne and Suriname rivers.