Posts Tagged "amsterdam"

Mainly located below the sea level in North-West Europe, the Netherlands has gained its popularity for being the country of wonderful canals, picturesque windmills, colorful flower fields, traditional wooden shoes, great cheese, zillions of bicycles, rich art and culture and of course Amsterdam, one of the world’s most seductive cities. Amsterdam Undoubtedly the Netherlands’ most famous attraction, Amsterdam, the capital, the largest and the prettiest city in the country lies in the province of North Holland as a picturesque cluster of canals over the Amstel River. Vibrant, cosmopolitan and steeped in culture, Amsterdam is one of the best city destinations in Europe. Highlights include the Grachtengordel (the area in the heart of Amsterdam comprising the...

Old Town, Historic Center, Altstadt, Vanhakaupunki, Gammelstaden, Citta Vecchia, Centro Storico, Casco Antiguo or whatever you may call it, is the area of a city where its history, its values and its identity are kept alive and where are usually located the medieval remains of that city and some of the main tourist attractions. Imagine Prague without the Old Town Square or Florence deprived of its historic center and you’ll almost run out of reasons to visit these beautiful cities. It comes somehow natural for Europe- the old continent, to host most of those privileged cities but there are moreover some others around the world that proudly worth to be mentioned. When I am visiting a city I usually start with its oldest part, that way I manage to capture the...

One day, a fisherman built a dam on the river of Amstel, giving birth of one of the most charismatic cities of Europe, Amsterdam(“Amstel”+”dam”) and during the time of four centuries this beauty raised constantly till its Golden Age, developing one of the strongest network of canals in the world and all from a single wall. A place where the water draws streets instead of shores, a colorful floating city, capital of Netherlands and a living museum, Amsterdam is now all these and much more. Called also “Venice of the North”, the city was founded in 1250, with some parts below sea level and some others above. When you’ll see the sun falling down like a curtain covering the day, when you’ll hear broken laughs fallowing the moonlight turned into red and...