Amsterdam - Big-As Life Chess, Sandlot Soccer - City Block size

Life-size chess board, Amsterdam

On the big chess board, White was winning.

This approach to chess is not unusual in Europe. Find one in Salzburg, other places. 










For the soccer, there was an entire half-city block full of sand - no dogs allowed - and it was soccer each time we went by.

City block-size sandlot soccer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Update July 3, 2010 - The World Cup Soccer in South Africa is going on, and the Netherlands just beat Brazil, see ://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/

Other countries:  clear sandlots and watch the pickup games pick up. Is that so? soccer sandlots as feeders for champion teams.  Make it a part of everyday life.

How about the Bronx next?

Also see street soccer in Dubrovnik.