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Water in Amsterdam’s canals quite salty
Full article: Water in Amsterdam’s canals quite salty It's not recommended, but if you were daring enough to take a few sips of water you'll notice a marked difference: the water in the IJ -- the river...
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Amsterdam canals: 51 drownings over the past three years
Full article: Amsterdam canals: 51 drownings over the past three years Over the past three years 51 people have drowned in the canals of Amsterdam. Only one of those casualties occurred as the result...
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Ice skating on the canals of Amsterdam
Full article: Ice skating on the canals of Amsterdam Every few years the weather in Amsterdam gets cold enough to allow people to ice skate the canals. Here's video to prove it.Amsterdam Tourist...
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Video: Ice Skating on the Canals
Full article: Video: Ice Skating on the Canals Technically it's still winter, of course, but today the sun is shining and the deep freeze that had all the Netherlands in its grip for a week or so is...
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Safe ways to pee into the canals of Amsterdam
Full article: Safe ways to pee into the canals of Amsterdam After news that most of the people who drown in Amsterdam's canals are drunk men trying to relieve themselves, a Dutch satirical website has...
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Amsterdam cracks down on noisy party boats and illegal canal tours
Full article: Amsterdam cracks down on noisy party boats and illegal canal tours Noisy party boats and illegal tour operators cruising the canals of Amsterdam will soon be a thing of past when the city...
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How many bicycles and cars end up in the canals?
You'd be surprised how many bicycles a years fall -- or are tossed -- into Amsterdam's canals. But don't believe the tourist guides that say on average one car a week ends up in the water.
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Yes, you can drink water from the canals of Amsterdam
The Netherlands has the best drinking water in the world. And it simply comes from the faucet. How good are Dutch water agencies at purifying water? Watch this demonstration.
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Tour Boats Speed Through Amsterdam Canals
Amsterdam News Briefs: Canal tour boats caught speeding. Also: the large-scale conversion of empty office building into hotels results in a surplus of hotel rooms. Owners of pleasure craft will have to...
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Amsterdam on a morning in November
Full article: Amsterdam on a morning in November Here's something you won't see the tourist office do: we'll show you a video of a walk through the center of Amsterdam on a grey and chilly November...
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Amsterdam prepares canals for ice skating fun
The city of Amsterdam has banned boats from using a number of canals in the hope that they will freeze over, turning the historic waterways into a giant ice skating rink .We'll show you which canals...
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Many Amsterdam houseboats connected to sewer system; many not yet
Full article: Many Amsterdam houseboats connected to sewer system; many not yet A boat tour of Amsterdam's canals is a sightseeing must -- one that frequently tops the list of Holland's most popular...
View ArticleAmsterdam version of Smart car tipping: into the canals
The crime of car tipping has an added dimension in Amsterdam, where small cars are sometimes pushed or tossed into the canals. We haven't heard of this craze in a while, but that doesn't mean it is no...
View ArticleHow many people drown in Amsterdam’s canals?
Over the past three years 51 people have drowned in the canals of Amsterdam. Only one of those casualties occurred as the result of a crime. But what about the rumor that most drowning victims were...
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Anne Frank House
Anne Frank House - A Must-See Museum Seventy-one years ago, during World War II, Amsterdam was occupied territory, forcing Jews like Anne Frank and her family to go into hiding. The Anne Frank House,...
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Westertoren
In the diary of her life during the Second World War, Anne Frank wrote that she could hear the bells of the Westerkerk. Indeed, the Anne Frank House is just a stone's throw away from Amsterdam's --...
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Tour the Canals of Amsterdam
The City's Most Popular Tourist Attraction Whether you are here on a layover, a few days in between other places, or for an extended vacation, no visit to Amsterdam is complete without a canal tour....
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Amsterdam Weather in July
July generally is the warmest month of the year in Amsterdam, with temperatures ranging between nighttime lows of 13° C (54° F) and midday highs around 22° C (72° F). [caption id="attachment_3822"...
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A’DAM Lookout — Amsterdam Observation Deck
Observation Deck: 360° Panoramic views of Amsterdam Summary: A'DAM Lookout, Amsterdam's first and only publicly accessible observation deck, will open on May 14, 2016. At nearly 100 meters above...
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Al Ponte, best Italian coffee in Amsterdam — with a view
As coffee connoisseurs we don't have to leave our home to get good coffee. But when we do, more often than not you'll find us enjoying a doppio cappuccino or an espresso macchiato at Al Ponte -- a...
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