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 Highlight: Five Top Amsterdam Museums

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• Rijksmuseum
• Van Gogh Museum
• Amsterdam Historical Museum
• Our Lord in the Attic
• Hermitage Amsterdam Museum

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 Amsterdam News

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Beer-bikes are no longer allowed to roam the streets of Amsterdam, a judge has ruled.

The judge reached his decision in a case related to a May, 2009, accident with a beer-bike in Amsterdam-North. Three women were injured when the beer bike they had rented for a hen party proved too tall for a bike tunnel they tried to enter. »

Amsterdam’s historic grachtengordel (literally, belt of canals) around the city’s center has been added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites.

Many Amsterdammers view the listing as a mixed blessing. On the one hand they hope that strict Unesco rules will prevent the city council from further damaging the city. On the other hand they fear those same rules could turn Amsterdam in a ’sleepy village.’ »

Two men violently beat up a gay man in Amsterdam because of his sexual orientation. Two suspects have been arrested.

Under Dutch law, should it be proven that the men acted out of homophobia, any resulting punishment will be increased by 50 percent. »

Enjoying a round of drinks at an Amsterdam café terrace will cost you more money than anywhere else in the Netherlands, a survey shows.

The cheapest drinks can be found in Nijmegen, near the German border. »

Casual observers might be forgiven if they thought, based on today’s home-coming celebration for the Dutch National Football Team, that Holland had actually won the World Cup last Sunday.

Nearly 700.000 enthusiastic fans lined the route of a canal boat tour that took the players through the city to Museumplein, where the team was officially honored for its achievements during the World Cup games. [video] »

Even though the Dutch National Football Team did not win the World Cup last night, the City of Amsterdam will nevertheless honor the team with a tour through the city’s canals.

Initially the tour was planned only in the event that the Netherlands would have won the World Cup. »

Hours before the World Cup final match between Holland and Spain will take place Amsterdam’s Museumplein — the largest square in the city — has already colored orange.

At shortly before 5 pm more than 100.000 people are partying at the square, which is said to comfortably hold 30.000 people. »

Updated The population of Amsterdam is expected to more than double this coming Tuesday at police and City officials expect up to a million people to flood the Dutch capital in order to honor the Dutch National Football Team.

If the Netherlands team wins from Spain this Sunday the players will be treated to a tour through the canals of Amsterdam. »

Tourists tend to rate Amsterdammers as both tolerant and helpful, but many expats have a hard time adjusting — and want to leave the city barely one year after settling here.

Now a newly-formed business coalition intends to develop initiatives that will help foreigners feel more at home in Amsterdam. »

A Muslim foundation run entirely by volunteers and financed by donations has rented Amsterdam’s most expensive office location — the historic Montelbaanstoren.

The prestigious office location is now home to Secret Garden, a foundation for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Muslims. »

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 First Time Visitors

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• How to get from Schiphol Airport    to Amsterdam Central Station
• Why is Amsterdam so tolerant?
• Visit a Brown Café
• How to order a beer in Amsterdam
• Difference between Coffeeshops    and Coffeehouses
• What to do in Amsterdam
• What not to do in Amsterdam
• [Full Menu at bottom of the page]

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 About DutchAmsterdam.nl

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This travel and visitors guide to Amsterdam, Holland, is presented by a handful of Amsterdam locals - not by paid professionals, tourist office officials, or any other agency.

We love this city and enjoy sharing our knowledge and enthousiasm with others. Amsterdam is truly the world's most unique city; a thriving, world-class metropolis in pocket format.

Amsterdam is best experienced in person, and experience shows that the best way to enjoy this city is to simply wander around, browsing and sampling all that it has to offer. There is so much to see, do, taste and otherwise enjoy around every corner that you'll soon find yourself adopting Amsterdam's laid-back attitude.

That's the same way we approach this web site. We've only just started, but as the site grows you'll find that using DutchAmsterdam is much like wandering through Amsterdam itself: you'll enjoy the sights, discover unique shops, decide to sample the food and drink at a local cafe or two, and happen upon lots of other things to see and do.

At the same time our aim is to provide basic, no-nonsense information about Amsterdam. Quick facts you can use in planning your stay. Like so:

• Where to stay: hotels, youth hostels, bed and breakfast, campings...
• Places to see (tourist attractions, museums, unique sights)
• Where to shop (We'll guide you to Amsterdam's best-loved stores and boutiques)
• Things to do and Tourist traps to avoid
• Eating and Drinking (from 'brown cafes' and coffee shops to restaurants)
• Things to do, and lots of other stuff, including:
• Practical information about transportation, the weather, the money, safety, churches, and so on...

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 Amsterdam Tourist Information

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Once in every five years Amsterdam harbor — one of Europe’s busiest ports — become the backdrop for one of the largest maritime manifestations in the world: SAIL

For five days, from August 19th through August 23rd, the whole IJ (pronounced as: Ay) harbor behind Amsterdam’s Central Station will be filled with music, culture and some 600 boats, including many historic vessels and a huge number of impressive tall ships from all over the world. »

Situated in a series of monumental 17th century houses Restaurant Vermeer offers top-quality gourmet dining.

The restaurant in located within the NH Barbizon Palace Hotel, just across from Amsterdam Central Station. »

If you see an unusual amount of pink in Amsterdam these days you could be forgiven for thinking it’s in honor of one this city’s gay and lesbian events. But you’d be mistaken.

Amsterdam this year is the starting point for the Giro d’Italia — Italy’s equivalent of the Tour de France. »

In Amsterdam even good locks can’t prevent bicycles from being stolen. And few Dutch people report bike theft to the police because they think that the police won’t do anything about it.

We’ll show you how to deter thieves from stealing your bike — and how to recover it if it goes missing anyway. »

From April 2nd through June 27th 2010, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (City Archives Amsterdam) present a wide-ranging overview of Amsterdam’s rich photographic heritage from the third quarter of the 19th century. »

Outstanding works by Matisse, Picasso, Van Dongen, De Vlaminck, Derain and many other contemporaries of theirs will be seen in a magnificent display from 6 March 2010 to 17 September 2010 at the Hermitage Amsterdam.

The exhibition is titled, Pioneers of Modern Art Matisse to Malevich. »

Hermitage Amsterdam is a dependency of the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg, located in the largest 17th century building in town. »