10 .. arbitrary aimless facts about AmsterdamGARY SUTHERLAND
2. Amsterdam is a city which is built on poles. A lot of poles. One of the most interesting facts about Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is that it is built on eleven million poles. The city is a placed a meter or so below sea-level. The train station of Amsterdam Centraal alone needs 9...
Amsterdam is the most populous city with a population of 1.2 million people. Other big cities in the Netherlands are: Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Eindhoven. About half the country is located only about 1m above sea level, all other areas are lower and one quarter of the land is belo...
However, naming this iconic city required several drafts, starting with New Amsterdam, so-named after the arrival of the Dutch West India Company in 1624, the first settlers to stake claim and name the town after their own capital. In 1653, New Amsterdam was incorporated as a city, one tha...
10. A stellar line-up in Amsterdam Pianist Lang Lang, baritone Thomas Hampson and violist Janine Jansen joined Jansons at a concert marking the 125th anniversary of the Royal Concert Hall Orchestra in Amsterdam, April 2013.Mariss Jansons News See more Mariss Jansons News ‘Women conductors are ...
In 1626 New Amsterdam, which today is Manhattan, and other settlements along the Hudson River were established by Dutch settlers in a region they referred to as New Netherland. By the 17th and 18th century, Britain had established thirteen colonies along the East Coast of the continent. ...
As police and Dutch soldiers ringed the train, another group of terrorists stuck in Amsterdam, forcing their way into the Indonesian consulate and taking 41 more hostages, including 16 children. By week’s end the terrorists had murdered three people aboard the train, and four more had been ...
The first overseas branch of Madame Tussauds opened in Amsterdam in 1970. Since then, 25 more have opened across the globe including seven in the USA and museums in Beijing, Tokyo, Dubai and Sydney. Where is it? Madame Tussauds, Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5LR ...
“have”, “get”, “try” or “contribute” to some weed. This means that you are not actually allowed to possess marijuana or even smoke it in public, but become a member and visit one of these clubs. It is a different system than that of Colorado in the US or Amsterdam in the ...
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