Homomonument — Attraction in Amsterdam

A beautiful monument that is more than meets the eye. For the LGBT community remembering others who were prosecuted during World War II and beyond.

Many people see the sign and assume the entire monument is the small pink triangle with steps leading down towards the water in the canal but it's more than that.

If you turn around you will notice a second raised pink triangle made of marble and a third one made of Street bricks embedded in the ground... these three triangles are also joined by more Street tiles making one enormous pink triangle each one the same size but designed differently...

One of the triangles points to the COC, one of the world's first gay meeting points approved by any government. The second triangle points to the Anne Frank House reminding us of all of the victims in World War II and III triangle descends into the water which connects to the North Sea and out to the oceans: The Waters of the world that connect us all.

Simple, elegant...

As far as monuments go, the Homomonument is not about towering grandeur or elaborate artistry—it’s about quiet symbolism, etched into the very fabric of Amsterdam’s streets and canals. Three pink granite triangles form a connection you could almost walk past if you didn’t know what they meant. And yet, once you do, it hits harder than any marble statue ever could.

Dedicated to the memory of those persecuted for their sexuality—past, present, and future—it feels understated, almost hidden in plain sight, but maybe that’s the point. It’s a place of reflection rather than spectacle. Stand by the triangle pointing into the Keizersgracht canal, and the rippling water tells its own story.

Is it a “must-see”? Maybe not in the Instagrammable sense. But in the meaningful, pause-for-thought sense? Absolutely. Sometimes travel is about cathedrals and museums; sometimes it’s about a pink triangle on a cobblestone square that dares to say:...

Nice hidden gem in Amsterdam. The triangle on the canal, which has a set of steps leading to the water where floral wreaths are frequently laid, there is a triangle on land 60 cm high and a memorial triangle at street level. The three triangles—each measuring 10 meters (30 ft) on each side—together form a larger triangle connected on each side by a thin row of pink granite bricks. This larger triangle measures 36 meters on each side.

The alignments of the three points of the larger triangle are symbolic. One points towards the National War Memorial on Dam Square. One points towards the house of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who was deported to her death by the Nazis. The third points towards the headquarters of COC Nederland, the Dutch gay rights group founded in 1946, making it the oldest continuously operating gay and lesbian organisation...