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Amsterdam Art and Culture

The city of Amsterdam is an old city that has embraced the new cosmopolitan flair of Europe. The seat of government is in The Hague, but Amsterdam is also thought of as the capital and it is the home of The Netherlands’ royal family. The Dutch are also a cultured people who enjoy the finer things in life when it comes to the arts.

Amsterdam is a city of less than one million residents but has over 50 theatres and movie houses, two ballet troupes, a symphony orchestra, and numerous museums.

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Holland Tourism

Holland is a small monarchy in the Northwest of Europe situated between the North Sea, Belgium and Germany. Holland has a warm attitude towards visitors and is well-known for a great deal besides cheese, typical landscapes with windmills and blooming tulips. Holland is formally known as the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Though Dutch is the national language, English is widely spoken by the natives. The best time of the year to visit Holland is during spring and summer.

Holland has something to offer everyone and visiting Holland can be fun for the entire family. Tourists are guaranteed abundant entertainment and will be amazed at the numerous theme parks, zoos and nature parks which promise a terrific day out. For many, however, the reason to travel to Holland is the presence of world-class museums and galleries. Among the 1,000 odd museums, the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum are the most famed ones. The Keukenhof flower exhibition venue is a fantastic place to stopover during spring.

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Amsterdam Travel Guide

It probably doesn’t matter if it was Amsterdam that was first called the Venice of the North or somewhere else entirely! It definitely doesn’t matter to the people who live in a City that in the main has canals for streets.

In fact the people who live in Amsterdam, the capital of Holland are a pretty easy going lot, some might say that they are too easy going, but then that depends probably more on your own views and prejudices. Though one thing is pretty certain and that is that the Amsterdammers won’t mind what you think of them and their City, they love it.

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