Tag: Herengracht

Amsterdam in the snow

Amsterdam was covered under a blanket of snow this morning, and we ventured out to bring you some photos.

OK, we also ate some apple pie at Café Papeneiland — something we highly recommend to anyone who visits Amsterdam.

Dutch National Football Team celebration turns Amsterdam canals orange

Amsterdam canal tour 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.