where is the city hall music theatre? i've been trying to get a picture of the statue of the violinist coming up through the floor. i thought it was in waterlooplein but i didn't see it.

the whole complex at waterlooplien is both the city offices on one side, and the "Stopera"---the opera. the name comes from the protests against the old neighbourhood being torn down to make way for it. stop + opera=stopera.

the statue youre looking for is inside the stopera.

the little hand on the breast thing implanted in the sidewalk near the entrance to the oudekerk is by the same semi-anonymous artist. there are more statues by this person around town.

But the new Music Theater (Music building or Muziek gebouw) is in the harbor, from Central Station waterfrontside to the right, passed the rivercruiseships landingstages you see the modern Music Theater with the huge overlapping flat roof. It's adjacent to the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA) where you often see the huge cruiseships.

muzeikgebouw aan 't IJ, it's called. (music hall on the IJ)

i am there all the time;-)

riftst is receiving confusing advice...the "statue" is at stopera.

thanx for all the info. well that means another walk to the waterlooplein market which we might do this weekend. we were just there yesterday to go to the tuschinski. i think there are five statues total. i have found three and i know where the other two are now.