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Amsterdam |
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What to see?
What to eat?
How to Travel?
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What
to see?
Royal Palace
The most famous square of Amsterdam, The Dam, locates the Royal Palace of Queen Beatrix.
It wasn't always a palace. During the regime of Napoleon was the Palace build for the brother of Napoleon, to rule the lower countries. After that, the Palace was the community house of Amsterdam. Only one century it is the Palace of our Queen.
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Shopping
From the high-street fashions of the P.C. Hoofdstraat to the quaint boutiques of the Jordaan to the 100-year-old Albert Cuyp Market, shoppers of all tastes will find what they're looking for - and probably stumble across things never heard of before. |
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Vondelpark
All major cities in the world have their famous parks. London has Hidepark and New York has Central Park. The most famous park in Amsterdam is The Vondelpark, named at the famous Mr. Vondel, a dutch writer of poems. In the early days the Vondelpark was only for the Amsterdam elite. Today everybode comes in the Vondelpark. For skating, a picknick, a walk or just a relaxing afternoon! |
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Anne Frank house |
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Visit the hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her diary during the Second World War. For more than two years, Anne Frank lived secretively with the other people in hiding in the back part of her father's office building at # 263 Prinsengracht. The Secret Annex has been preserved in its authentic state.
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Museums |
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Amsterdam has over fifty museums which attract millions of visitors each year, from traditional to modern art to architecture to special museums for children, these museums clearly play an important role in the historical and cosmopolitan cultural atmosphere of the city.
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Traditional dutch cafe |
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If you want to discover real Amsterdam, add a visit to some of the city's 'Brown Cafés' (Bruine Café's). These characteristic pubs, with their picturesque dark interiors , are the place where one can find the true meaning of the Dutch word gezelligheid . |
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Coffeeshops |
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Amsterdam and pot, cannabis or weed are like a synonyme. There are not many countries where it's legal to use cannabis.
In Amsterdam there are many coffee shops and there is even a cannabismuseum! There are like a hundred coffeeshops. The biggest and famoused one is "The Bulldog". It was one of the first coffeeshops in Amstedam.
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Amsterdam Tour |
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You
can experience Amsterdam in many different ways.
You can go for a walk with one of the well-known
tourists bows in the hand. You can also get on a
bicycle to really learn the city or book a city walk
with one of the many themes, like the historical
walks, along cities gardens or a walk along
world-famous film locations! |
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Picnic |
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Early on a sunny morning, the
Vondelpark is filled with people who take their
blankets to lie in the sun and eat all day long. The
baskets filled with delicious bread, salads,
chocolate and rose wine for a relaxing day. Don't
have your picnic basket with you? No problem! Just
eat and drink all day long at one of the lovely
restaurants in the park. |
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Red Light District |
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Prostitution is legal in Holland, and
in Amsterdam most of it is concentrated in the Red
Light District. Lots of visitors come here out of
curiosity or just for fun.
From brothels to sex shops to
museums, the Red Light District leaves nothing to
the imagination.
The streets and alleys with the red shine on the
street wake the curiosity of every tourist. During
the whole year, touring cars filled with people from
all over the world look at this attraction! |
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What
to eat?
Amsterdam is one of the most diverse
multi-cultural cities on the planet, and gastronomy
ranges from corner falafel shacks to four-hour
French dinners that will require a second mortgage
just to pay the tip. It is hard to walk a block in
Amsterdam without passing a restaurant. |
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Chinese food |
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The Red Light District is arguably
one of the few places where you can get authentic
and really tasty Chinese food. These restaurants are
easy to spot as cooked duck is usually hung in the
front window (!). Of course, Chinatown in itself is
misleading as there are also dozens of Indonesian,
Malaysian and Thai restaurants scattered along the
beautiful canals. These Far East/Asian restaurants,
shops, salons, apothecaries, markets and martial art
schools has received rave reviews, and deservedly
so. East/Asian food was one of the first exotic
kitchens that people from all over The Netherlands
embraced. Nowadays, it is a very popular kitchen.
There are hundreds of East/Asian restaurants where
it’s very nice and affordable. |
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Hollandse Pot |
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Some people say that there is no traditional Dutch kitchen... but it really is! We have dutch meatballs, wich you can eat on a sandwich. A very traditional (most fall and wintermeal) is the stampot. A mix of potatoes and vegetables like carrots and onions with a saucage. Also we have pancakes and poffertjes (little pancakes).. |
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Fusion |
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Amsterdam has inhabitants from all
over the world. And they all have their own kitchen
by which they conquer the hearts of many citizens of
Amsterdam. |
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Beer |
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The Netherlands has a very rich beer
history. Everybody knows world largest brewery
Heineken, but also Amstel Beer (named after
Amsterdam) is a popular beer in the world. Beer used
to be made from water straight from the canal;
nowadays mineral water is the basis for quality
beer. Heineken and Amstel, two large breweries that
make Dutch people very proud! |
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How to
Travel? |
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Airport |
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Schipol Airport has regular trains to the city's beautiful centrally located train station – Centraal Station. The journey takes approximately 20 minutes. Find out more at www.schiphol.nl. |
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Train |
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Amsterdam Centraal Station is the main
station of Amsterdam from which thousands of people
travel daily. This trainstation brings you to all the big cities in the Netherlands, but also to other cities in Europe, like Paris (3, 5 hours) and Brussels (2 hours) |
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Tram |
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One of the easiest means of
transportation in the center is the tram. You can
compare the tram with the subway. However, the tram
is slower, has more stops but it does take you to
where ever you want to go. Every attraction, street,
museum, restaurant or bar. Just take the tram and
you will be there fast and cheap. If you are
planning on using the tram for the whole day, buy a
special day ticket! |
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Bus |
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Another cheap, fast and easy way to
get from one place to another. If you buy a special
day ticket you can travel all day long by tram,
subway and bus. |
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Subway |
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The subway is fast and cheap, but
does not bring you to the entire center of Amsterdam. |
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Ride a bicycle |
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Amsterdam has so many bikers you won't know where to walk. Be sure to keep an eye out if you decide to walk in the maroon bicycle lanes and listen for the warning bells!
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Taxi |
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To catch a taxi in Amsterdam, you need to go to one of the many taxi ranks located along the streets. You cannot hail a cab off the street. The fares aren't cheap and the drivers drive fast but it is a good way to get back to your hotel at night or if you are unfamiliar with the way.
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Bicycle taxi |
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A fun way to discover the city is the
bicycle taxi. You can get a bicycle taxi on most
places in the city. You pay the taxi by minute. |
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Water taxi |
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Like to experience the canal or visit
different kinds of museums? A water taxi is the
perfect way to do it. It will get you to the
different museums and you can get off the tour
whenever you want. A colourful experience and
something different! |
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Horse taxi |
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A lovely way to enjoy Amsterdam is to
get on a horse taxi. It ‘s a cute way to get to know
Amsterdam, but it’s also a quite expensive way. On
the Dam you will find more than enough horse taxis. |
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