Amsterdam, the 'Venice of the North', and indeed, the inner city is a miracle of architecture of the 17th century and listed on the Unesco list of World Heritage. And it is not a museum, but still alive, well and changing all the time. And there is so much more: museums, worldclass performances and a multi cultural and liberate atmosphere. Amsterdam is used to receive tourists from all over the world and welcomes them.
Amsterdam is also the capital of The Netherlands, a small country...
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Amsterdam is famous for its old inner city with its half-moon canal structure along the canals slim high "grachtenpanden" are build as houses. Radials cut through the half-moon structure ending on a square where the old city ports used to be. ´The Venice of the North´ consists of approximately 90 islands divided by ± 100 km canals which are connected by ± 200 bridges. The 800 hectare old city has ± 20.000 buildings of which one third was build before 1850. The old inner city ensemble is a...
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The city centre of Amsterdam is a vivid combination of a residential area with an active shopping and business life mixed with many tourists visiting the place.
A typical weekday in Amsterdam 07:00 - The city gets to life, when the first commuters get in from the railway stations and the inhabitants leave for their work.
09:00 - Employees are at their work and the city and public transport get a bit more quiet.
10:00 - Shops and museums open up.
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