There are quite a few things special about the capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Amsterdam is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom Netherlands. It is famous for its impressive colorful houses, cafes, canals and vibrant nightlife.
It is also one of the top cultural centers in the world, with more museums on average than any other city in the world.
Here are some interesting facts you may not have known about this special city.
Amsterdam has many bridges
In Amsterdam, there are 1281 bridges, of which only at the Canal Ring in the city center, there are 80 large and small bridges crossing the canal. If you stand at the corner of the Reguliersgracht and Herengracht bridges, you can see up to 15 bridges at once.
One of the most famous bridges in Amsterdam is the Magere Brug or Skinny Kerkstraar bridge that spans the Amstel river. This bridge, across from the Carré Theatre, is a prime example of old Dutch wooden bridge design. It even appeared in the movie James Bond Diamonds Are Forever in 1971.
Amsterdam is known as the “Venice of the North”.
Amsterdam is nicknamed the “Venice of the North” because of its 165 UNESCO-listed waterways, with canal belts dating back to the 17th century.
In Amsterdam, there are a total of more than 100km of interlaced canals. The famous canals most often mentioned are the Herengracht, Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht. If you do not know, in Venice, Italy, there are only about 177 canals with a total length of about 41km.
Amsterdam has the highest density of museums per square meter in the world
Amsterdam has the highest density of museums per square meter of any city in the world.
Amsterdam is known for its many unique and culturally valuable museums such as the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum or the Stedelijk museum – where world-class works of art are kept.
In addition, there are also some other special museums such as Anne Frank Museum, Torture Museum, Sex Museum or Funeral Museum, …
The place with the smallest house in Europe
You’ll find Europe’s smallest house at 22 Oude Hoogstraat, Amsterdam. The house is only 2.02m wide and 5m deep, built in 1738.
Amsterdam is famous for its very narrow houses, this is due to the rapid development and population growth of the city in the 17th century. Due to limited space, the city government decided to divide the land. into small pieces for the people.
Besides, the building tax in Amsterdam also depends on the width of the house. That means the bigger the house, the more tax you have to pay, so people often choose to build narrow and deep houses.
Amsterdam is home to the only floating flower market in the world
Amsterdam Flower Market (Bloemenmarkt) is a floating flower market that dates back to 1862 and is also the only floating flower market in the world. Over the centuries, this neighborhood has become one of the most famous flower markets in the Netherlands.
Located along the Singe Canal, the stalls are set up on permanent barges and have a greenhouse above them. The Netherlands is the largest flower grower and exporter in the world, so in the past people built floating flower markets along the canal to facilitate the transportation of flowers by water.
Today, this market is still extremely busy and attracts not only traders to buy flowers but also tourists from all over the world.
Bicyclists have the right of way
Not only is Amsterdam known as the “Venice of the North”, Amsterdam is also known for the title of “The most bicycle capital in the world”.
There are 4 times more bicycles in Amsterdam than there are cars and even more than 20% of the city’s population, which shows how “crazy” people here are for bicycles.
In this city, there are more than 400km of dedicated bicycle paths and when participating in traffic, bicycles have priority over cars and pedestrians.
Amsterdam is home to the world’s first stock exchange
The Dutch East India Company established the world’s first stock exchange in 1602 in Amsterdam by trading its own shares. It is a multinational corporation and it is said to be the largest recorded company that has ever existed in history.
The company used to be based in the Beurs van Berlage building – one of the most important 19th-century architectural monuments of the Netherlands.
According to Traffic
at Blogtuan.info – Source: 2sao.vn – Read the original article here
