Amsterdam as the World Book Capital: A Celebration of Literature and Culture
In 2008, Amsterdam proudly held the title of World Book Capital, with its program named ‘Open Book, Open Mind.’ The city’s ...
Rembrandt Van Rijn of Amsterdam
Who Was Rembrandt van Rijn? Rembrandt van Rijn was a Dutch painter and etcher who lived in the 17th century. He ...
Theo Thijssen & Kees de Jongen
Theodorus Johannes Thijssen was born on the 16th of June 1879 in the Eerste Leliedwarsstraat, and he died in Amsterdam on ...
The Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company was during the seventeenth century the most powerful company in the world. It was one of ...
The Olympic Games of Amsterdam in 1928
What is the big deal about a city hosting the Olympics? Doesn’t it cost bucket loads of money, having to build ...
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 ...
Amsterdam, Diamond Town
Diamond is really nothing more than a carbon compound, but that doesn’t make it any less beautiful or rare and therefore ...
The Blaeu Firm Mapmakers
An atlas was sold last year in Amsterdam. On the second of October 2010, an atlas made by Joan Blaeu was ...
Alteration in Amsterdam, when? In 1578
The word alteration means change, and in 1578, things changed in Amsterdam; the city finally sided with the protestants in the ...