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The pumpkin bike🎃

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Former Lutheran church on Singel. The church was built in the 17th C. At the time only Calvinist churches could have a bell tower. But by adding the little lantern, the church had a mini tower. The Swan on top was the symbol for Lutheran churches. Do you know what the symbol for Calvinist churches was?

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Café life. On a rainy day like today, there’s no better place to shelter than in a bruin café (brown bar) such as Café Hoppe. There has been a café here since 1670. The first cafés originated in the 17th C as coffeehouses (hence the name; café is french for coffee) other beverages were served in so called tapperijen or beer houses. Brown bars date back to the 19th C when housewives used their front rooms to serve beverages to clients in order to supplement the household income. This explains the cozy interior of the brown bars and the subtle illumination.

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See Amsterdam from the water, a canal cruise gives you a different perspective🛥

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De Zaanse Schans. A short drive from Amsterdam you can find this windmill village.

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The Waag (weigh house) used to be an entrance gate in the 15th C city wall, called St. Anthony’s gate. When the city expanded beyond the wall at the end of the 16th C, the wall was demolished and the gate became the weigh house. The building housed several guilds, such as the painter’s guild, the mason’s guild and the surgeon’s guild in the 17th C. Anatomical lessons took place in the building, like the one depicted by Rembrandt: the Anatomical lesson of Dr. Tulp. For these lessons, that took place during the winter months due to lack of refrigeration, the bodies of convicted criminals were used. At the beginning of the 19th C the building stopped being used as a weigh house. It then had many different purposes and housed for a while the Jewish historical museum. Nowadays there are offices and there is a restaurant.

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Haarlem, Drugstore van der Pigge. This drugstore dates back to 1849. Over the entrance you see a so called gaper(yawner) which was the symbol for drugstores. The interior is original. Among the products that are sold here is the famous Haarlemmer olie (Haarlem oil) said to cure many ailments.

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Amsterdam canals.

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Mauritshuis, the Hague. Have you visited this museum? Among many other paintings you can find The girl with the pearl earring here and the Anatomical lesson by Rembrandt.

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Cloudy skies in the Netherlands.

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Sunny days☀️

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The best time to visit the Netherlands🌷

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Even on a rainy day the Keukenhof gardens are lovely🌷

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tulipexperience

You see a lot of pictures on Instagram of people strolling through the tulip fields or having lunch in the fields. However, this is not allowed. You are destroying somebody’s livelihood. You can go to designated areas such as @tulipexperienceamsterdam to take all the pictures you want!🌷

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Latin school in Leiden. Rembrandt was a pupil of this school in Leiden. Have you visited this city?

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Not a lot of sun in Amsterdam today, but these bikes add color to the city🚲

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Did you know that over 100.000 people visit the Bloesem park (Cherry blossom park) in the Amsterdam Forest during the time that the trees are in bloom? This has an impact on the soil, it becomes very compact and that causes lack of water and oxygen. In order to “loosen up” the soil, this year 20 kgs of earthworms and funghi were used….

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Spring in Amsterdam.

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Have you spotted the bikes created by@flowerbikeman? They add a lot of color to the city💐

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Blue skies today in Amsterdam🌤️

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haarlem

Visit Haarlem, the city where Frans Hals lived and worked. It is a very pretty city, just a short train ride from Amsterdam. You can visit the Frans Hals museum or wander through the quaint streets. In Amsterdam there is the Frans Hals exhibition at the Rijksmuseum, till June 9th. Make sure to book your tickets on time!

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