Like the rest of the site, anything related to the City of Amsterdam. Produced by the makers of DutchAmsterdam.nl.
A row of ’17th century,’ gabled buildings along a square in the center of Amsterdam is not what it seems.
Here’s the story behind the façade — and why what happened here is important for the rest of Amsterdam.
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.
Here’s something you won’t see the tourist office do: we’ll show you a video of a walk through the center of Amsterdam on a grey and chilly November morning.
Notice how quiet it is in the city.
The new Amsterdam Starbucks store at Rembrandtplein gave us reason for another taste test.
The good news: the store has a nice ambiance. The bad news… well, I wasn’t served what I wanted.
After news that most of the people who drown in Amsterdam’s canals are drunk men trying to relieve themselves, a Dutch satirical website has produced an informercial demonstrating ways to safely pee into the canals.
We include the video here…
Amsterdammers were treated to an ice-cold concert yesterday: the first ‘annual’ edition of the Prinsengracht Concert On Ice.
It’s the winter version of a popular mid-summer concert performed in the center of the Prinsengracht canal.
Every few years the weather in Amsterdam gets cold enough to allow people to ice skate the canals.
Here’s video to prove it.