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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    [ˈniu.ə ˈkɛr(ə)k], lit. '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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    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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    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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    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 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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    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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    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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    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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    The Amsterdam Marathon is a road race of 42.195 km (26 mi 385 yd) across the city of Amsterdam that has been contested by men and women annually since...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    View of the Dam and Damrak at Amsterdam is the name of three similar 17th-century oil on canvas paintings by the Dutch Golden Age painter Jacob van Ruisdael...
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  • The following is a timeline of the history of the municipality of Amsterdam, Netherlands. 2700~2750 BC - age of neolithic shards of Bell Beaker culture...
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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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  • 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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    named after Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The City of Amsterdam is surrounded on the northern, eastern and western sides by the town of Amsterdam. The city...
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  • coordinates) The following is a partial list of dams in South Africa. In South African English (as well as Afrikaans), a dam refers to both the wall as well as the...
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