Berlage's Stock Market in Amsterdam

You're standing on the Damrak, at the Beurs van Berlage, the old Amsterdam stock exchange. A long building of red brick, with a clock tower about forty metres high. Look up at that tower. It carries two short mottos by the poet Albert Verwey: Beidt uw tyd, bide your time, and Duur uw uur, your hour is precious. On the façade you'll also spot statues of Gijsbrecht van Aemstel, Jan Pieterszoon Coen and Hugo de Groot.