summerinthecity

Amsterdam guide service

city of bikes

With more bicycles than inhabitants in the city it sometimes can be a problem to find your bicycle. The flowerbikeman has the perfect solution!

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amsterdam beauty

Facade gardens make the city look pretty.

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leaning houses

Many houses in the city centre are leaning, like this group of houses on the Amstel. The city lies beneath the sea level, and the ground is very soft. Before we can build houses, we need to lay a foundation of piles. There are around 60 piles beneath a house, with a lenght between 12-20 meters. At a depht of 12 meters and again 20 meters there are sand layers. The piles are driven into the soil till they rest on the sand. In the past wooden piles were used, the city rests on 11 million piles. As long as those piles remained under water, they were like stone, but if the groundwater level changed, the piles started to rot. Hence the leaning.

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amsterdam stories

The Montelbaanstoren is an old defense tower on the East side of the old town dating back to the 16th century. The white upper part was added in the 17th century. In the 16th century watchmen used the tower to check for fires in the city, especially on the shipyards. If the alarm was sounded the people from the neighborhood had to form a human chain and pass the bucket to help extinguish the fire. In the 17th century Jan van der Heijden invented the first firehose.

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amsterdam port

The Amsterdam is a copy of an 18th century trade ship. It was built for a regatta called Sail Amsterdam that has taken place in August every 5 years since 1975. This ship was built for Sail 1990. It is now part of the Maritime museum.

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amsterdam architecture

The Amsterdam opera house stands on an artificial island called Vlooienburg that was created in the bend of the Amstel around 1608. The quays of the island were used for wood storage and the island housed from the middle of the 17th century several orphanages. It was part of the Jewish quarter. After WW II the buildings in the area were in a bad shape, and were demolished to create space for a new city hall designed by the Austrian architect Wilhelm Holzbauer. After many years of protests it was decided to combine the city hall with a new music hall( opera & ballet) designed by the Dutch architect Cees Dam.

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colorful bikes

Any time⏰is a good time to visit Amsterdam!

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amsterdam houseboats

Ever wondered what it’s like to live on a houseboat? The houseboat museum on the Prinsengracht is the place to go! A former cargo ship built at the beginning of the 20th century called Hendrika Maria is now a cosy living space open to the public on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

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pretty amsterdam

Amsterdammers love their flowers. They create little gardens on their doorstep or along the canals. Join me on a walk to discover the beauty of the city!

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iloveamsterdam

Another colorful creation by @flowerbikeman.

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Amsterdam street art. Have you spotted this art work?

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Summer is here☀️ What are your plans for this year?

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Keeping it cool @rijksmuseum .

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Amsterdam summer….

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Summer time in Amsterdam☀️

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