Amsterdam: Interesting facts about the city:

» Canels and houseboats in Amsterdam

2400 Families are living on the water in houseboats in Amsterdam.

There are 1281 bridges and 165 canals in Amsterdam.

» Exclusive shopping area

The PC Hooftstraat is the main exclusive shoppingstreet.

» Anne Frank

The Anne Frank house, former hiding place, where Anne Frank wrote her diary, is now a well-known museum.

» Amsterdam Museums

There are over 40 major well known museums like the Vincent van Gogh museum.

you can see 22 paintings by Rembrandt and 206 by Van Gogh in Amsterdam

» Amsterdam Red light district

Everything you have heard about red light district in Amsterdam, it is probably true!

» Coffeshops

In Amsterdam a coffeeshop is a place witch can legally sell up to 5 grams of hashish and marijuana

» Sports

Amsterdam has one of the most successful football club in Europe namely Ajax

» Flowermarket

This is the only floating flower market in the world, and one of the most fragrant places of interest of Amsterdam. You will find there all sorts of tulips, narcissus and other bulbs and flowers

» Airport Schiphol

when your plane arrives at Schiphol, it lands 4.5 metres below sea level

» The Netherlands

The Netherlands is often called Holland.The Netherlands is a geographically low-lying and densely populated country. It is popularly known for its windmills, cheese, clogs (wooden shoes), delftware and gouda pottery, dikes, tulips, bicycles, and social tolerance. A liberal democracy, the country is also well-known for its liberal policies toward drugs, prostitution, gay rights, abortion, and euthanasia.

- Dutch is also spoken in Belgium, northern France, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba

- The Dutch are the tallest people in Europe

- One quarter of the Netherlands is below sea level

Find more information about Amsterdam in the travel guide