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    The Spui (Dutch pronunciation: [spœy] . In Old Dutch written as Spuy) is a square in the centre of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The Spui was...
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  • Look up spui in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spui or SPUI may refer to: Spui (Amsterdam), a square in the centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands Spui (river)...
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    to the Amsterdam Eucharistic Miracle of 1345. Originally the Begijnhof was entirely encircled by water (the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, the Spui and the...
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    Nieuwmarkt, Leidseplein, Spui and Waterlooplein. Also, near to Amsterdam is the Nekkeveld estate conservation project. Amsterdam is the financial and business...
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    Libraries, bookshops, the weekly book fair and hotel/catering venues around the Spui were filled with literary performances. Multiple authors and poets recited...
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    painter Rembrandt van Rijn who owned a house nearby from 1639 to 1656. The Spui was originally a body of water that formed the southern limit of the city...
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    Solder, Spui, Muntplein, Beurs van Berlage, Damrak, Oude Kerk, Magna Plaza and Royal Palace of Amsterdam. Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam Amsterdam Centraal...
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    The Spui is a small tidal river in South Holland in the Netherlands, connecting the river Oude Maas and the Haringvliet estuary, separating the islands...
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    Rokin (category Streets in Amsterdam)
    to run from Muntplein square to Dam Square, but in 1936, the part between Spui square and Dam Square was filled in. Canal boats are now moored on the remaining...
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    Bart Huges (category University of Amsterdam alumni)
    White Bicycle plan, the Happenings at the Spui, all the way up to the Telegraaf riots and the cementing of Amsterdam as the counter culture centre of Europe...
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    ISBN 978-1-852-85511-6. Madame Tussauds Amsterdam BV. Bedrijfnederland.nl. Retrieved 1 June 2017 Madame Tussaud Amsterdam Kalverstraat bij het Spui Dagelijks, ook 's Zondags...
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    Spuistraat (category Streets in Amsterdam)
    The Spuistraat in downtown Amsterdam connects the Hekelveld to the Spui. It runs roughly north to south, parallel to the Singel and the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal...
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    between the Spui river, the St. Anthonisburgwal or Rotterdam Veerkade (the old trekschuit route to Rotterdam), the Stille Veerkade or Amsterdam Veerkade...
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    The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal (Dutch: Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal) is a canal in the Netherlands that was built to connect the port and capital city of Amsterdam to...
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    Singel (redirect from Singel (Amsterdam))
    during the early part of the 17th century. Part of the canal, stretching from Spui square to Lijnbaanssteeg / Blauwburgwal, was also known at one time as Londense...
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    of the Nieuwendijk Bindwijkerpoort on the southern edge of the city, by Spui. In 1425 the city expanded and a new moat was dug, which still exists as...
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    Vorst, the company opened its doors in 1993 with a branch on the Spui in Amsterdam. The chain started delivering in 1996 and now has more than 200 delivery...
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    peaceful demonstration at a UvA building at the Spui. Protesters spoke out against, among other things, Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema and the American support...
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  • Van der Valk (category Television shows set in Amsterdam)
    Ketelmakerstraat cycle bridge – [illogical route] – Petermayersbrug, Zandhoek 9-1, Spui, Oudemanhuispoort book market, Radhuisstraat S05 E01 "The Ties that Bind":...
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    Jacobus Stellingwerff (category Artists from Amsterdam)
    Jacobus Stellingwerff (1667, Amsterdam – 1727, Amsterdam), was an 18th-century artist from the Northern Netherlands. According to the RKD he was a pen...
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    Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal (category Streets in Amsterdam)
    Nieuwezijds Achterburgwal were filled in, the latter was renamed Spuistraat, after Spui which both streets connect to. Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal kept its name. Where...
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    The Diamond Exchange on Weesperplein square (1911) The Helios building on Spui square (1895/1896) The Astoria office building of the Eerste Hollandsche...
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    Karel Appel (category Painters from Amsterdam)
    started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-garde movement CoBrA...
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  • Dutch magazines including Sp!ts, Folia, Spui, Plug, Avant Garde and Viva. She currently lives and works in Amsterdam, working part-time for the magazine AvantGarde...
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    Rembrandtplein (category Squares in Amsterdam)
    Rembrandtplein (English: Rembrandt Square) is a major square in central Amsterdam, Netherlands, named after Rembrandt van Rijn who owned a house nearby...
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  • Omgang revived. 1882 - Spui square created. 1883 May: International Colonial and Export Exhibition opens. Parkschouwburg (Amsterdam) [nl] (theatre) built...
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    "Spinning Devil", or more loosely as "Devil's Whirlpool" or "Devil's Spate." Spui is a Dutch word involving outlets for water. Historian Reginald Pelham Bolton...
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    Kalverstraat (category Streets in Amsterdam)
    the street between Munttoren (originally a gate in the city walls) and Spui square came to be known as Byndewyck. The street later became known as Kalverstraat...
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    mouths of the Nieuwe Merwede, Nieuwe Waterway (Nieuwe Maas), Dordtse Kil, Spui and IJssel. The Rhine–Meuse Delta is a tidal delta, shaped not only by the...
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    short distance past Wijk bij Duurstede, the river intersects with the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, which continues south towards the Waal. A branch of this...
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