Dam Square or the Dam (Dutch pronunciation: [dɑm]) is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings...
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Amsterdam (/ˈæmstərdæm/ AM-stər-dam, UK also /ˌæmstərˈdæm/ AM-stər-DAM, Dutch: [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ; literally, "Dam in the Amstel") is the capital and most...
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The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in Amsterdam (Dutch: Koninklijk Paleis van Amsterdam or Paleis op de Dam) is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which...
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The National Monument on Dam Square (Dutch: Nationaal Monument op de Dam) is a 1956 cenotaph in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A national Remembrance of the Dead...
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The 1945 shooting on Dam square took place during the liberation of Amsterdam on 7 May 1945, in the last days of World War II in Europe. German soldiers...
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the All Saints' Flood (1170), a dam was built in the Amstel to protect the lower lands from floods. In 1275, Amsterdam was granted a toll privilege by...
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nobility von and English House of, while Dam derives its name from the dam in Amsterdam, Netherlands' capital and most populated city. In some cases, especially...
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The word dam can be traced back to Middle English, and before that, from Middle Dutch, as seen in the names of many old cities, such as Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
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Hotel Krasnapolsky Amsterdam, colloquially known as Kras, is a five-star luxury hotel located on Dam Square in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded...
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Tussauds Amsterdam is a wax museum situated in Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. It is located in the centre of the city on Dam Square, near...
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Tiësto (redirect from Live at Innercity: Amsterdam RAI)
On 6 January 2005, Tiësto performed in an outdoor fundraiser in De Dam, Amsterdam. The free event involved Dutch artists such as Tiësto, Dinand Woesthoff...
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Johannes van Dam (Amsterdam 9 October 1946 - Amsterdam 18 September 2013) was a Dutch journalist and the country's best-known writer on food.[citation...
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is a 10-mile race from Amsterdam to Zaandam. The race was an IAAF Road Race Silver Label Event from 2013 until 2019. The Dam tot Damloop was first held...
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Prostitution in the Netherlands (redirect from Prostitution in Amsterdam)
Dutch prostitution 1998–1999) Nghiệp đoàn mại dâm Amsterdam chống giảm giờ làm ăn, in Vietnamese (Amsterdam sex workers union against reduced business hours)...
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Euronext Amsterdam is a stock exchange based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Formerly known as the Amsterdam Stock Exchange (Dutch: Amsterdamse effectenbeurs)...
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(Dutch: [ˈniu.ə ˈkɛr(ə)k], New Church) is a 15th-century church in Amsterdam located on Dam Square, next to the Royal Palace. Formerly a Dutch Reformed Church...
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New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam, pronounced [ˌniu.ɑmstərˈdɑm]) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan...
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com/English/Amsterdam/Keizersgracht Archived 4 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine "Noordermarkt – Best Saturday Market – That Dam Guide". That Dam Guide....
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current city flag of Amsterdam depicts three Saint Andrew's Crosses and is based on the escutcheon in the coat of arms of Amsterdam. The flag is very similar...
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Damrak (category Buildings and structures in Amsterdam)
partially filled in canal at the centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, running between Amsterdam Centraal in the north and Dam Square in the south. It is the main...
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Van der Valk (category Television shows set in Amsterdam)
created by Nicolas Freeling, based on his novels about a detective in Amsterdam. It starred Barry Foster in the role of titular character Simon "Piet"...
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filling of Nile dam". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 22 July 2022. "Caught on tape, Egyptian lawmakers plot Nile dam sabotage". New York Amsterdam News. 6 June 2013...
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(suffixed with plein) in Amsterdam. Here is a partial list of some of the better-known ones: The Dam, the central square of Amsterdam, where stands the Royal...
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the Amsterdam Centraal station, Nieuwe Kerk, Basilica of St. Nicholas, Portuguese Synagogue, Waterlooplein, Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, Dam Square...
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De Wallen (redirect from Red Light District, Amsterdam)
pronunciation: [də ˈʋɑlə(n)]) is the largest and best known red-light district in Amsterdam. It consists of a network of alleys containing approximately 300 one-room...
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George Hendrik Breitner (category Painters from Amsterdam)
June 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes...
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exhibition at Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam (1901). When the streets of Amsterdam are grey and rainy, people of Amsterdam whisper grimly "Echt Breitnerweer"...
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klassieke ideaal in de Gouden Eeuw. Amsterdam, 1995. Mak, G. Het stadspaleis. De geschiedenis van het paleis op de Dam. Amsterdam, 1997. Wikimedia Commons has...
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Walewijn van der Veen (1617-1669), merchant, attorney and New Amsterdam notary Nieuwendijk at the Dam Square end Nieuwendijk 113, a rijksmonument dating to 1635...
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eighty squares or pleins in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This is a list of the most notable ones. Dam Square, also known as the Dam it is the main town square...
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