Amsterdam’s Markets
Amsterdam has, like many other cities in the world, quite a few markets. And more importantly, we also have a flea ...
The Old Amsterdam Town Hall
Pomp and circumstance, that’s what the administrators of Amsterdam wanted to portray when the old town hall no longer sufficed. The ...
1900 De Pijp
De Pijp (the pipe) was a monotonous neighbourhood that hastily built houses of rather poor quality. But the area was full ...
The Amsterdam House of Correction
Amsterdam’s city started to develop all sorts of social services; in 1596, it opened up a “house of correction” in one ...
Shopping in Amsterdam
Amsterdam has over 10.000 shops, 300 galleries as well as a lot of antique stores and 27 markets, Amsterdam is a ...
City Beaches
I think Paris was the first city that came up with creating a few idyllic beaches along the river Seine. Of ...
Cemeteries
There’s a time to come and a time to go; if someone dies or has died, he may be buried at ...
Touring The Old City Centre of Amsterdam
We’ve made quite a few pages about the city’s history already, but this one is about sightseeing; I don’t think we ...
The Jordaan insurrection of 1934
In 1987 a statue was placed at the entrance of the Noorderkerk (northern church) called ‘Unity is the strongest chain’ by ...
The Wester Church
Being Dutch reformed was the right thing to be in 17th century Amsterdam. Faith played an important role in society, and ...