Hot air balloon spotted over Amsterdam

A hot air balloon was spotted floating over Amsterdam on Monday night. Many an Amsterdam resident thought it a rare and nice enough sight to merit a picture and a post on social media. According to Christel Kruseman, owner of 4CB Ballonvaarten in Arnhem that organized the flight, it is a rare occasion that conditions are right for hot air balloon to fly over Amsterdam. "The weather conditions must be perfect and that does not happen often", she said to Het Parool. "If all weather conditions are good, Schiphol air traffic still has to agree." The ballooning company tries to organize three balloon flights over Amsterdam a year, but the last one was two years before Monday. "It shows how difficult it is to organize such a trip." The balloon that flew over the city on Monday carried 19 passengers and a pilot.

Uniek toch? #luchtballon boven #amsterdam Mag dit? #dtv pic.twitter.com/605aY6DRCE

— Peter van Sabben.eth (@sabben) August 29, 2016

Mooi plaatje vanaf #Diemen. #Luchtballon boven #Amsterdam #Duivendrecht . pic.twitter.com/zzT0T8KFl9

— John P (@jhjpronk) August 29, 2016

Luchtballon boven de stad pic.twitter.com/40RXaI2sQD

— Zeeger Ernsting (@zeeger) August 29, 2016

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Hé, leuk, een luchtballon boven oud-west! pic.twitter.com/5nYN63924S

— Henny Berkhout (@henny_berkhout) August 29, 2016