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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Population almost 735,500

Dialing Code Country: 31 Area Code: 20

Electricity 220/240 volts, electrical sockets have two round holes

Ethnic Mix Over 95% are Dutch, and most of the rest are Indonesian, Surinamese, and Moroccan

Did You Know? Although the Netherlands is the country's official name, people often call it Holland.

Major Industries Service Industries, banking, electronics, digital media, horticulture, agriculture, shipping

Local Expert: Marianne

Marianne backpacked in Europe long before backpacking had been invented. It was difficult to buy a backpack in those so she used an old one found in the attic. She thumbed her way through the British...

 
May 17, 2008
Local News

World Book Market

On Sunday 18 May a fifteen-kilometre book trail zigzags through Amsterdam from Geldersekade to the Amstel river. The streets are lined with bookstalls and thousands of books: old books, new books and almost new books, books to buy and books to leaf through, books to hate and books to...

May 16, 2008
Food

Soep en Zo, a Place for Soup Lovers

Soup en Zo is very popular and with good reason. Fifteen different home-made soups tempt Amsterdamers back on a regular basis. My favourite is deep orange pumpkin soup flavoured with cumin and coriander. Velvety peanut soup is my second choice. Chunky slices of whole-grain bread make it into a

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May 15, 2008
Local News

Weather Outlook

http://www.buienradar.nl is one of my favourite websites. (Buien is the Dutch word for rain showers.) It shows where in the Netherlands it is raining or will rain in the next two hours. The site shows radar images of KNMI, the Dutch Meteorological

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May 14, 2008
Food

Old Bell and Rembrandtplein

Address:
Rembrandtplein
Rembrandtplein, Amsterdam, NH, The Netherlands

The Old Bell is a typical eetcafé and English-style pub located at Rembrandtplein. The square is lined with restaurants and pubs, all with outside seating in summer. The square is overlooked by the painter Rembrandt himself, and the twenty-two characters in bronze of his most famous

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May 13, 2008
Local News

Red Dress Day

Grab your skates don tomato red clothes and join Friday Night Skate. Anyone can join as long as they are experienced skaters who can brake in expected and unexpected circumstances. Besides, they will have to keep up with the group's speed. If not, the advice is practise and join the tour

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