# Kissing Couple XXXL

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Kissing Couple XXXL is a public artwork in Amsterdam, beside the Noordzeekanaal near the Hempont ferry crossing. It rises ten metres above a cycling route linking Amsterdam and Zaandam. Two Dutch figures in traditional clothing lean together, their surfaces painted Delft blue like Dutch pottery.

Saske van der Eerden created the sculpture in 2017 from the idea of a small Dutch souvenir figurine. Its visual source reaches back to the photograph Grietje en Jan in Volendam. The roughly 6,700-kilogram work took six months to build in Hoofddorp before cranes and special lorries moved it. The wider project took almost two years from first idea to installation.

The ferry waiting area gained picnic benches, seating and electric-bike charging points after installation. At night, lighting keeps the landmark visible to cyclists and boats on the canal. Its ten-metre scale turns a familiar blue-and-white souvenir into a canal-side landmark.

- City: [Amsterdam](https://mytuur.com/en/city/amsterdam/)

## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_KissingCoupleXXXL_6832df07f44f54dc8690652c_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Kussend_paar_\(2\).jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_KissingCoupleXXXL_6832df07f44f54dc8690652c_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Kissing_Couple_XXXL.jpg)

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