Pardon me while I fast-forward 10 years. I've been watching a video from a recent meeting entitled 2020 Vision Forum on creative ideas for how Amsterdam could look and feel in 2020. Which, not to disturb you too much, is not that far away if you ask me.

As always with such designs and vision there are some pretty lofty goals for futuristic parks, buildings, and what materials will be gone from the urban landscape. Among the things I did enjoy was the idea that there would be a zeppelin service going from Museumplein (center of Amsterdam) to Waterland (traditional marshlands that the Netherlands is famous for). In addition, taxi's would all be electric by then.

I guess if you consider 10 years to be a long time, and 2020 seems so far away, its easier to imagine huge advancements in technology and design that would introduce all these radical changes to the city. Me, I think 2020 is closer than you think.

(here's a video from the event)