Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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History

Amsterdam was founded by two fishermen who got their independence from Count Floris the fifth. Later on, Amsterdam thrived as a trading centre. At the heart of the city is a 13th-century dam from which the town derives its name. The dam was built on river Amstel.In the 13th century, Amsterdam was a small fishing village located behind a dyke/dam which protected them from the water from the Amstel river. At that time, it was located at the lade of the Amstel. Amsterdam was named Amstelredam, which referred to the dam in the Amstel ..................... (forest, river, sea)

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Something about Amsterdam

Amsterdam has around 821.000 inhabitants and more than 170 nationalities. 216 trams, 2500 ............ houses, 75 museums, 207 paintings of Van Gogh, 14 five-star hotels, 15 cinemas and 16 clubs (bars etc. not counted). (boat, tree, clay)

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Venice of the North

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One of the most unusual facts about Amsterdam is that it has one of the highest number of bridges of anywhere in the world! Indeed, while Amsterdam is often referred to as the 'Venice of the North', the Dutch capital boasts well over ..................... bridges, which is triple that of Venice's 400 or so river crossings.(500, 700, 1200)

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Amsterdam has 165 canals, which is in total more than 100 kilometres.25.000 bikes are thrown or disappearing in the Amsterdam canals every year. Only 8.000 – 10.000 get picked out by a special boat from the municipality.

Small and long houses

Most canal houses are very small at the entrance, the reason for this is that they only had to .............. taxes for the size of the facade of the house. That’s why everyone built high and long houses. You can find the smallest facade in the world at Het Singel 7. It is only 1 meter wide and barely wider than the front door. As the house goes back it rapidly increases in width.The smallest house of Europe can be found at Oude Hoogstraat 22 and is only 2, 02 meters wide, but six meters long.(send, earn, pay)

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Amsterdam has more canals than Venice and more bridges than Paris. The city of Amsterdam is located on 90 small islands.You can find more than 400 kilometres of cycle paths in Amsterdam alone.

Coffee shops

There are more than 300 coffee shops in Amsterdam. In coffee shops, you can buy up to 5 grams of soft drugs. Soft drugs are not legal in The Netherlands but tolerated. If you buy weed from a street dealer it’s .................... as you are only allowed to buy soft drugs at coffee shops. All hard drugs are illegal.(legal, illegal)

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The shopping street

The main shopping street of Amsterdam, the .............................., exists for more than 600 years. Until 1629 there was a market to sell cows, calves and oxes which refers to the name. Kalveren means calves, so it’s literally the calves street.(Oxford street, Kalverstraat, Wenzel square)

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The Nickname

The nickname of Amsterdam is Mokum. It comes from the Hebrew word of makan, which means city.

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Do you like Amsterdam? :)