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The right blend of new and old cultures, one of the integral historical city centers in the world and capital of the Netherlands, Amsterdam is built on ninety islands linked by four hundred stone bridges across sixty-two miles of canals. Each island is treasured with the distinctive Dutch architecture that has made famous by seventeenth and eighteenth-century gambrel houses that are characterized by narrow, quite tall facades, crowned by splendidly ornamented gable tops, laid by rows in these islands, once owned by wealthy merchants and prominent citizens.

The city Amsterdam is a city packed with diversity, blushing enjoyments and enthusiasm and has something to offer everyone. The distinctive Amsterdam cityscape, dominated by its world-famous nightlife and assortment of fabulous architecture and romantic canals, is known as the Venice of the North.

Combining the big city’s liveliness and benefits of history, cuisine, entertainment and excellent transport-links with small-town manageability, low traffic levels and virtual serenity, this uniquely diverse city is becoming more and more popular as one of Europe's most popular traveling destinations.

Amsterdam is a busy yet thriving city and one of the hardest for travelers to depart. Bingo, lectures, art tours, Trivial Pursuit team competitions, art-auctions, volleyball and sunbathing can engage you for unlimited hours. Amsterdam has a wide variety of museums, The Rembrandt house museum, Amsterdam’s historic museum, Poezenboot, Westerkerk and many more that attract the tourists because of their amazing heritage-displays.

You can visit the world famous museum, visitors centre and the home of the Netherlands’s most famous beer Heineken Brewery at 78 Stadhouderskade that offers the insight into fascinating brewing history. Enclosed with little houses grouped around a shipshape courtyard dating from the early 14th century, Begijnhof is a dreamlike oasis of peace, where you can spend your time peacefully.

You can indulge yourself in the depth of history by going to Museumplein, where you can drop into the Rijksmuseum to view unparalleled works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals and Steen, dollhouses, delftware, Asiatic art, and special exhibitions of a wealth of historical antiquities. In addition, the Stedelijk - a major collection of modern art - and the Van Gogh museum, which boasts the world's largest collection of the famous artist's work, are very close to Rijksmuseum.