Whenever I tell people I used to live in Amsterdam, they will ask me about windmills, tulips and wooden shoes, or about drugs and sex. Amsterdam is famous for all these things, but there is more. If you ever go to Amsterdam, these are the places to visit and the things to do. Welcome to Amsterdam!

History

The first people settled in Amsterdam in the 12th century. Now it has a population of 750,000 and houses people of more than 100 nationalities. Most people can speak English. With its many canals and more than a thousand bridges Amsterdam is also called the “Venice of the North”.

Van Gogh Museum

Judged by the long queues of waiting people, one of the top attractions in Amsterdam is the Van Gogh museum. Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) was born in Holland, although he spent much of his life in Belgium and France. In a period of madness he cut off his own ear, and later committed suicide. On display are about 200 of his paintings, including his famous “Sunflowers” and “Potato Eaters” and many self-portraits (he was too poor to hire a model), hundreds of drawings, letters to his brother Theo and paintings from other artists of that time. Van Gogh Museum.

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