http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl The no-nonsense travel guide to Amsterdam, Holland Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/794-amsterdam-christmas-canal-parade http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/794-amsterdam-christmas-canal-parade#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:33:28 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=794 Amsterdam's first Christmas boat parade is just around the corner: this Christmas Eve join locals and tourists alike to view a parade of decorated boats against the backdrop of Amsterdam's beautiful canals.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/794-amsterdam-christmas-canal-parade/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/771-what-to-do-in-amsterdam-november-2009 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/771-what-to-do-in-amsterdam-november-2009#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:05:51 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=771 Buy art at affordable prices, pay a midnight visit to a museum, or celebrate the fact that Amsterdam is the world's largest cocoa harbor by indulging in the Chocolate Festival.

Then there is the largest documentary film festival in the world, as well as the annual arrival of the orginal St. Nicholas.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/771-what-to-do-in-amsterdam-november-2009/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/727-amsterdam-grachtenfestival-canals-festival http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/727-amsterdam-grachtenfestival-canals-festival#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:31:35 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=727 Amsterdam's classical music season for 2009 will kick off with the Grachtenfestival [Canals Festival] that this year takes place from August 15th through August 23rd.

As always the Prinsengracht concert -- performed on a pontoon surrounded by hundreds of pleasure craft and with thousands of people lining the canal and its bridges -- is the highlight of the festival]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/727-amsterdam-grachtenfestival-canals-festival/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/335-amsterdam-gay-pride-2008-2 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/335-amsterdam-gay-pride-2008-2#comments Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:11:33 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=335 In Amsterdam, 500,000 people turned out for the city's 13th annual Gay Pride canal parade.

A record eighty boats carried thousands of gays and lesbians clad in scanty or extravagant clothing through the city's historic centre.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/335-amsterdam-gay-pride-2008-2/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/325-gay-pride-canal-parade http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/325-gay-pride-canal-parade#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:29:28 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=325 Nowadays many cities throughout the world have a gay pride parade, but keen observers agree: there's nothing quite like Amsterdam's Gay Pride Canal Parade.

Last year half a million people lined the canals and bridges to view the lengthy parade of, er, gayly decorated party boats. ]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/325-gay-pride-canal-parade/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/320-ijazz-a-new-international-jazz-festival-on-the-river-ij http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/320-ijazz-a-new-international-jazz-festival-on-the-river-ij#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:14:35 +0000 Amsterdam Guide http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=320 Amsterdam, City of Jazz. The IJazz -- jazz at the northern shores of the IJ river -- Festival is intended to put Amsterdam back on the international jazz map. Great idea! 5 unique locations at the former NDSM ship wharf. Concerts at free of charge.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/320-ijazz-a-new-international-jazz-festival-on-the-river-ij/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/311-11th-edition-of-the-amsterdam-roots-festival http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/311-11th-edition-of-the-amsterdam-roots-festival#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:45:43 +0000 Amsterdam Guide http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=311 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/311-11th-edition-of-the-amsterdam-roots-festival/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/305-amsterdam-gay-pride-2008 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/305-amsterdam-gay-pride-2008#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:54:07 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=305 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/305-amsterdam-gay-pride-2008/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/164-queensdaytips http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/164-queensdaytips#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:55:25 +0000 Amsterdam Guide http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/164-queensdaytips http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/164-queensdaytips/feed 0 http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/223-canal-festival-2007-music-on-and-around-the-canals-of-amsterdam http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/223-canal-festival-2007-music-on-and-around-the-canals-of-amsterdam#comments Sat, 11 Aug 2007 07:36:40 +0000 Amsterdam Guide http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/223-canal-festival-2007-music-on-and-around-the-canals-of-amsterdam http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/223-canal-festival-2007-music-on-and-around-the-canals-of-amsterdam/feed 0