Amsterdam

Barrel Organs

These instruments are quite popular in The Netherlands; you’ll see them on the cities streets and hear them coming from a ...

Poptemples

Music Platforms POP. Herman Brood (Dutch dead musician, jumped off the roof of the Amsterdam Hilton) tattooed it on its arm, ...

The River

De Amstel The city is the city; you’ve got to love it for what it is, but what if the noise ...

Hospitals

Once in a while, we all get sick or injured. That’s not much fun, certainly not when you’re on holiday or ...

The Out Market

Each year the Amsterdam politburo (out bureau) organizes an event called the uitmarkt (out market.) The word uit, or out, refers ...

Jordaan Festival

Het Jordaan festival is a three-day-long musical street party held every year in the Amsterdam Jordaan district. Before you read any ...

Expansion

The General Urban Expansion (AUP) was an urban development plan for expanding the city of Amsterdam. It was dreamed up in ...

Muider Castle

Out of over 2.000 castles that The Netherlands once had, we have only about 300 left. The most famous one being ...

Synagogues

The high German and Portuguese Synagogues Following the literal tekst on the Canon of Amsterdam Amsterdam has always been receivable tolerant ...

Wester Tower

The 85 meters tall Wester tower in Amsterdam is the tower of 1631 completed Wester church, near the, how else could ...