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What Would You Like To Know About Amsterdam?

A pictorial guide to all things Amsterdam -- a worldclass city in pocket format. Forget guide books and tourist information. Amsterdam is best discovered by sauntering down its streets, checking what's around the corners, and crossing its canals. When you do, you'll no doubt find scenes similar to those shown below. Serendipity for tourists and locals alike:

Click here... Beer + Bike = Fun?

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The concept: put a bunch of partying folks on a pedal-powered bar, which serves them beer while they bike their way through town.
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Click here... De Waag, Nieuwmarkt

The Nieuwmarkt in Amsterdam is dominated by De Waag, the former Sint Antoniespoort (St. Anthony’s Gate), which used to be part of the Medieval defense wall built in 1481.
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Click here... Amsterdam Bookmarket treasures

Amsterdam, Netherlands


Every friday there is a second-hand book market at Spui in Amsterdam.

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Click here... Tourboats at Rokin, Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rederij P. Kooij is one of several popular tour boat companies in Amsterdam, providing trips through the city’s canals.

Kooij is situated in the Rokin, or what’s left of it. This water used to run from the river Amstel to Dam Square. Remember, Amsterdam = Dam in the river Amstel. At the time, the water came up to the buildings at the back of the Kalverstraat (to the left, but not seen in this picture).
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Click here... Vondelpark Amsterdam Do’s and Don’ts

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam city brough ‘Old South’ has been told it overstepped its authority when it banned nude sunbathing in Amsterdam’s popular Vondelpark as part of a series of rules governing use of the park.

Since 1985 nude recreation is not automatically a criminal offense in the Netherlands.

But whether or not nude or topless sunbathing will actually be allowed at Vondelpark will eventually be up to a judge.

Click here... Bikes as Billboards

These sturdy bikes are not just used to transport people, but also to advertise a company.

Bikes can be parked just about anywhere — including in spots where it would be impossible (or, due to the cost, too expensive) to place a billboard or other form of advertisement.
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Click here... Bijenkorf warehouse in Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Bijenkorf (beehive) is the most exclusive department store in Amsterdam.

It started out as a small sewing notions shop at nearby Nieuwendijk, in the year 1870.
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Click here... Amsterdam’s Brown Cafes

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Among the many pleasures you can experience in Amsterdam are the ‘brown cafes’ — so-called because, well, they’re brown.

The original brown cafes are brown for two reasons: their interior design includes lots of wood, and just about everything in the place is stained by decades, sometimes centuries worth of nicotine.
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Click here... Central Station across the IJ

Amsterdam, Netherlands

While Amsterdam has a mild climate, the weather can be fickle. Some people have joked that the weather cycles through four seasons a day. That’s not quite true, of course, but when you consider that the weather is a prime factor cited by Dutch people who plan (or wish) to emigrate you realize it’s not all wrong either.

Some summers the sun hardly shows, while in other years Holland is subjected to heatwaves.
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Click here... Amsterdam introduces new traffic rules for its canals

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam is a wonderful city any time of the year, but even more so during the sunny months. When the weather is fine, many Amsterdammers take to the water.

The city has 165 canals with a total length of 100 kilometers. This accounts for the fact that Amsterdam is a city of 90 islands — and some 1500 bridges. No wonder Amsterdam is called “The Venice of the North.”
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  • Downtown Amsterdam coffeeshops may be moved instead of closed
    Twentysix coffeeshops that would have to close under recommendations of an urban renewal plan for downtown Amsterdam may possibly open elsewhere in the city instead. Normally the city's rules governing coffeeshops -- establishments where soft drugs can legally be bought and used -- do not allow for such moves.
  • Should beer bikes be banned from Amsterdam’s city center?
    The municipality of Amsterdam is researching whether it is legally possible to ban so-called 'beer bikes' from its city center, a spokesperson for aldereman Hans Gerson has announced. The pedal-powered bars, at which ten to seventeen people drink beer while biking their way through Amsterdam, have been involved in several recent accidents.
  • Nieuwmarkt / New Market
    The Nieuwmarkt is one of Amsterdam's most popular squares, dominated by a castle-like former city gate. The square is lined by two dozen cafés and coffeeshops, and has a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere.
  • Controversial Amsterdam metro project must continue, committee says
    Amsterdam's problem-plagued North-South metro project should go ahead as planned, a special committee recommends. The independent Veerman committee, headed by former agriculture minister Cees Veerman, was set up to advise the city on the future of the new metro line -- in light of constant budget overruns, revelations regarding deliberate lowball esti […]
  • Legal cannabis farms could save Amsterdam coffeeshops, lawyer says
    "When I hear about the high-level discussion regarding the legalization of the 'back door', I do not understand why the city wants to close 26 coffeeshops," says Maurice Veldman, lawyer for the 26 coffeeshops targeted by the city of Amsterdam for closure. Veldman is referring to a suggestion by PVDA, a social-democratic political party i […]