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Amsterdam Restaurants

March 19, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Amsterdam has many good restaurants. During our 5 night stay, we checked out many of them thanks to the recommendations of our concierge at the W Hotel. But as restaurants may come and go, we suggest that you check with your hotel concierge for the places that best suit your tastes. Restaurant Daalder Restaurant Daalder […]

Filed Under: Amsterdam, Destinations, Dining, Europe, Featured-City, Netherlands, Travel Tagged With: 212, Check Dennis Huwae, Dignita, Haesje Claes, Momo, Plantage, Recsa, Restaruant Daalder, Rijks, The Seafood Bar

Amsterdam Museums

March 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

Amsterdam Rijks Museum

Amsterdam has literally hundreds of museums. We had time to visit only five. You can find another perspective of Amsterdam museums on some previous blogs written by a guest contributor who spent a month in Amsterdam. Rijks Museum The Rijks Museum is Amsterdam and The Netherlands’s most important museum. It has a huge collection that […]

Filed Under: Amsterdam, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, Museums, Netherlands, Travel Tagged With: Anne Frank House, Maritime Museum, Rembrandt, Rijks Museum, Van Gohn Museum, Velasquez. Dutch Resistance Museum

Exploring Amsterdam

March 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Amsterdam has a lot f of interesting areas to explore. Here are some of them. Amsterdam’s Old Town Amsterdam’s old town is the city’s most historic and one of the most interesting sections. It contains the city’s oldest existing building (Old Church), one of the city’s “hidden churches” and a number of less gentile sites, […]

Filed Under: Amsterdam, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, Netherlands, Travel Tagged With: Amsterdam Tulip Museum, Canals, Jewish Historical Museum, Multatuli statue, Nieuwe Spiegelstraat, Prostitute Information Center, Rembrandt

Amsterdam’s Red Light District

February 26, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Prostitution is alive throughout the world. In the past, women had few opportunities to earn money. Port cities, where ships docked after being at sea for two or three years, drew women who were willing to trade their bodies for money. Today, many large port cities still have large prostitution populations. Although the world’s oldest […]

Filed Under: Amsterdam, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, Travel Tagged With: Condomerie, Red Light District

Amsterdam Dam Square Area

February 26, 2020 Leave a Comment

Amsterdam National Monument

Amsterdam is the capital of The Netherlands. It restored much of its city’s historic district after the war and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site. One can explore the city in many ways including cars/taxis, public transportation, bikes, or the old fashion way….walking. There is so much to see in the city. This blog talks […]

Filed Under: Amsterdam, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, Netherlands, Sightseeing, Travel Tagged With: Beginhob, Cannabis Museum, City Orphanage, Dam Square, New Church, prostititue Information Center, Red Light District, Royal Palace, Warmoesstraat

Amsterdam’s History

February 11, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Amsterdam is Netherlands’ capital. It is also a favorite tourist destination with its iconic canals. While there are many beautiful sights and things to do, it is helpful to understand Amsterdam’s history. If you don’t like history, skip directly to our other Amsterdam blogs. Amsterdam’s Start Amsterdam began as a small fishing village in the […]

Filed Under: Amsterdam, Destinations, Europe, Featured-City, Netherlands, Travel Tagged With: Amsterdam bikes, UNESCO, United Dutch East India Company, United Dutch West Indian Company

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