Amsterdam is a water city. To appreciate the flavor of the water city, you must take a sightseeing cruise in Amsterdam. It is more suitable for cruise ships to cruise the canal for one hour during the day. From Amsterdam Central Railway Station, sightseeing boats of each route leave every 15-3 minutes. You can often find scenery that you didn't notice when walking in the street on the boat. When visiting the museum, it is quite convenient to use the museum cruise ship. This route tours the major museums in the city and can be boarded and disembarked at any time. Visitors who have confidence in their physical strength might as well try to visit the canal by boat. At night in Amsterdam, lights will be lit along the canal and on the bridge, which is full of romance.

Amsterdam is surrounded by canals. You might as well rent a boat or take a cruise first. If you like cosmopolitan flavor, you can also take Dam Avenue as the starting point from the center of Amsterdam, and visit the palace, new church, national monument and Madame Tussauds wax museum along Dam Avenue one by one. You can also choose the "Tower of Tears" located on the street of Prins Hendrikkade as the beginning of visiting the old city, and visit the Amsgreen Museum and the old church in turn along the river. The long and narrow strip extending from the old church to the north and south is the famous "red light district". When the lights are on, the red light district is full of endless crowds, and the crazier it gets.

Of course, you can't miss the opportunity of "talking with masters across time and space" and take an art trip with Van Gogh, Lyngbrant and hals across time and space. There are more than 6 art galleries and museums in Amsterdam. Most of them are concentrated in museum square. Including the National Museum, which houses the works of Rembrandt's "Night Watch" and Vermeer and other famous Dutch painters in the 17th century, the National Van Gogh Art Museum, which ranks first in the world in the collection of Van Gogh's works, and the municipal museum, which houses the works of Gauguin, Picasso and other famous impressionist painters. Besides, what museum square should not miss is the National Concert Hall, which is known as the Hall of Classical Music. It is also the base of the Amsterdam National Orchestra, which was completed in 1888. This white building with a golden harp on the roof. Its sound effect is excellent, ranking third in the world. The ticket price is very low, so anyone can easily go in and enjoy classical music. You can also enjoy the lunch concert for free every Wednesday at noon, so you may as well listen to it easily.

When you are tired, you can take a break in a nearby cafe and enjoy the Dutch leisure. The downtown with Dom Square as the center is the busiest place in the whole city, and the world-famous red light district is not far away. In 1994, Amsterdam and Beijing became sister cities.

Amsterdam looks ancient and full of flavor. All the small buildings with three and four floors are carefully decorated with blue, green and red, and they are as lovely as fake. The doors of these toy-like buildings are so narrow that only one person can walk in. In ancient times, there was a strange law here. The bigger the door, the more taxes it would pay. Helpless people had to make the door as small as possible, but made the window very big, and all the furniture was hoisted in and out from the window. At the top of all small buildings, there are several protruding iron hooks to fix the ropes used for lifting objects.

The dense waterways divide these lovely streets one by one. Flocks of seagulls are flying in the waterways and buildings, bullying ducks foraging in the water, just like Venice in the north.

The water level of the canal is almost the same as that of the street, and a small boat house is moored on the shore. This is a view of Amsterdam-house boat. The owners of these boathouses are mostly artists and writers and some romantic young people.

Take a cruise along the canal through the streets and lanes of Amsterdam, and you will see ancient and quiet streets, quaint buildings, colorful trams, bridges with different shapes, green seawater, beautiful boathouses, attractive water restaurants, water bars and water cafes.

Windmills, wooden shoes, canals, small bridges, boathouses, pirates, beautiful buildings, attractive tulips, idylls, all these make up a beautiful fairy tale world! However, the Netherlands also has many absolutely adult things.

In Amsterdam, there are not many cafes and teahouses, but more bars. A bar is generally small, not more than 2 square meters, with a bar,

several bar stools and several small tables. You can see the inside of the bar clearly through the huge glass windows. Some drinkers sit at the bar, some sit at small tables, some stand in twos and threes, talking loudly, laughing and slapping, and jazz is deafening and completely relaxed. These bars can be placed with tables and stools along the street, attracting many pedestrians to stop. Casuality, freedom and tolerance are the adjectives that people often think of when referring to Amsterdam. For no other reason, Amsterdam has been like a magnet for centuries, attracting persecuted people from European countries to seek asylum, especially Jews or pagans from France or other Catholic countries. Amsterdam people believe in Catholicism and Protestantism successively, and this place has always been a melting pot of different nationalities. Due to rich experience in dealing with foreign countries and frequent trade, Amsterdam people have long possessed cosmopolitan temperament. Over the past hundreds of years, time has given the Dutch a broader mind, and at the same time, it has formed a great tradition of tolerance for heresy. Therefore, Amsterdam is extremely attractive to many strangers, immigrants and intellectuals, and everyone is eager to join this charming and diverse world. Some people compare Amsterdam to Noah's Ark for asylum seekers.

Drugs are absolutely forbidden in all countries in the world, but only the Netherlands allows a small amount of marijuana and other drugs to be smoked in specific places. If you see a coffee shop with a leaf sign on the street, don't think it's a restaurant or a coffee shop. It's a legal coffee shop where you can smoke drugs, but the number of cigarettes you can smoke is limited. At the same time, don't smoke cigarettes sold to you by strangers! Canals of amsterdam

canals of amsterdam and Amsterdam are water cities with criss-crossing river networks and criss-crossing rivers. There are 165 manually dug or trimmed canals.

There are more than 2, "boathouses" on the river. Although they are boathouses, they are fully equipped. Only by visiting Amsterdam on a glass boat can you truly appreciate the unique charm of the water city. The cruise ship passes through the famous rivers, on both sides of which are typical Dutch traditional residential buildings. The feature is that the front and windows of the house are slender, because the property tax was levied according to the area of the facade at that time, and the savvy Dutch tried to reduce the front area in order to save taxes. Because the facade is narrow, the decoration idea is placed on the gable of the roof. Careful observation will reveal that the gables of each family are different. Because the door is narrow, large furniture items need to enter through the window, so there are prominent hooks on the room. The famous canals in Amsterdam include the Emperor Canal, the Prince Canal and the Gentleman Canal. Walking slowly along the canal, you can have a comprehensive understanding of various historical buildings in this city. The canal zone here was built in the 17th century, and there are 16 canals, 75 kilometers long, and it is the anchorage of 2,5 housing boats. Street view of canals of amsterdam: Houses near canals of amsterdam, the Netherlands, were built in the mid-17th century. Most of them are red brick buildings, and the terraced spires are exquisite and elegant in appearance. There are many bars, restaurants and gift shops along the canal. The handicraft shop is full of clogs and windmills. Some shop fronts are also decorated with windmills. This reclaimed "underwater city" used windmills to drain the accumulated water in the dam. Windmills created land for the Netherlands, so the Netherlands is also called "the country of windmills".

Dam Square

Dam Square (also called Dom Square), the central square of Amsterdam. It was named after the first dam on the Amster River was built here in 127. The white national monument in the middle of the square was built in 1956 to commemorate the victims of World War II. Opposite is the Royal Palace of the Netherlands. Next to it is the cathedral, where the Dutch kings were crowned and enthroned. The area around the square is the bustling business district of Amsterdam.

Koninklijk Paleis, the quintessential architecture of the golden age of the Netherlands in the 17th century. Originally built as a city hall, construction started in 1648, with 13,659 piles in the foundation. It was used as the palace of Napoleon's brother when Napoleon occupied France. It was returned to the city government in 1813. It was owned by the royal family in 1935. Now it is a royal guest house.

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum is on the left side of the palace. It's a branch of the British Wax Museum. Madame Toussaint first built a wax museum in London, England. Now there are branches in new york, Las Vegas and Hongkong. It mainly displays wax figures of celebrities.

National Museum

Rijksmuseum has a collection of paintings from the Golden Age in the Netherlands. Almost all Rembrandt's peak works are collected here. In addition, there are precious sculptures, pottery, furniture, gold and silver and glass treasures from all over the world. Many treasures are cultural relics from China.

Van Gogh Museum

The Van Gogh Museum has more than 2 oil paintings and more than 6 paintings by the famous Dutch painter Van Gogh 1853-189). In addition, there are works by impressionist masters Monet and Gauguin.

Van Gogh Museum is near Kauste Diamond Factory. Tickets to Van Gogh Museum are expensive, and there are many masterpieces of Van Gogh, such as "Sunflowers" and "Poppies", self-portraits with and without ears, and four oil paintings made in the last year of his life. But not all the works, that incomparable "starry night" is not here. There are many other people's paintings on display in the museum, all of which are masterpieces of the "Dutch painting school" in history.

Anne Frank House

Anne Frank House, during World War II, in 1942, the German Jewish girl Anne hid in this secret room for two years to escape the Nazi massacre. Wrote the famous Het Achterhuis, which is the best-selling diary in the world. It tells the story of the little author's family and relatives and friends hiding in the attic to avoid the Nazis during World War II. This diary has been translated into 55 languages, with a total sales volume of over 25 million copies.

Dutch Maritime Museum

The Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum, built near the canal harbor, used to be the arsenal of the Dutch navy. The museum displays historical materials of navigation and colonization in the golden age of the Netherlands. Outside is an original replica of the Dutch East India Company sailing boat "Amsterdam". The scene arranged on the ship enables visitors to understand the scene of sailing life at that time.

diamond processing factory

diamond processing factory was introduced to Holland in the 16th century, and gradually developed into a world-famous diamond processing center. The famous diamond processing factories in Amsterdam are all open to visitors, and professionals introduce the diamond processing process and identification methods. And you can buy pure diamond jewelry in the attached store. The main diamond processing plants in the city are Gassan Diamonds, Van Moppes Diamonds and Coster Diamonds.

Heineken brewery

Heineken brewery, founded in 1864, is an internationally renowned beer brand. Visiting the brewery can help you understand the development history and production process of Heineken beer, and it is possible to taste fresh and pure Heineken beer.

Zandan windmill village

De Zaanse Schans, a famous folk park in the Netherlands. More than ten kilometers from Amsterdam. There are three wooden windmills in the village, and more than a dozen traditional Dutch wooden buildings are scattered to show the traditional Dutch folk culture. There are live performances of the production process of Dutch wooden shoes, blue and white porcelain and cheese, and souvenirs with Dutch characteristics are also sold.

Marken

marken, a village with the most Dutch flavor. It used to be an island, but the dam built in 1957 turned the island into a peninsula. The town is full of narrow alleys and green wooden houses. Nowadays, women in the town often wear traditional Dutch costumes.

Volendam

Volendam, located 12 kilometers north of Amsterdam, is a typical fishing village in the Netherlands.

Folk Village

Folk Village: The tourism industry in the Netherlands is very developed, and Amsterdam alone receives millions of tourists from all over the world every year. The world-famous Dutch windmills, wooden shoes, tulips, cheese, etc. are several folk customs that attract tourists. In order to meet the needs of tourists from all over the world, the Dutch built a folk village integrating folk customs near Amsterdam, which was welcomed by tourists. The poorer the family, the narrower the house

Historically, the rich in Amsterdam first built spacious and luxurious houses by the canal in the city center. So the middle class had to build a house with a slightly smaller width on the other side of the canal. After the house was built, they opened the gentleman's canal along the house. People with less money have to live across the canal from the middle class and build narrower houses on the other side of the gentleman's canal. As a result, poorer people had to build their houses on the other side of the third canal, the Emperor Canal. Therefore, it is very interesting to take Amsterdam's three main canals as the boundary, and the width of the house shows corresponding changes due to the gap between the rich and the poor.

Every house has a "hook"

The narrowest house in Amsterdam is only a little wider than the door on the first floor. People are amazed and wonder what it is like to live in it. However, it is not the original intention of the locals to build such a narrow house. In Shuicheng, where land is precious, the amount of house tax directly depends on the width of the house, and people have formed the habit of narrowing the house invisibly. However, Amsterdam people have also come up with their own clever tricks. Their houses are often well-built, and living in them will not feel particularly "wronged".

Inclined houses become a world heritage

Visitors often feel incredible about the rickety houses in Amsterdam: those houses are only three or four stories high, but the inclination is nearly 2 degrees. Is it intentional or is there another reason? Locals say that houses here usually lean forward facing the canal, which reflects the good intentions of ancestors when building houses, so as to protect the foundation of houses from rain, and secondly, it provides a broad space for lifting furniture, avoiding hitting the wall and breaking the glass, which is more convenient to operate. Gourmet

In Amsterdam, you can eat any kind of food in the world. Compared with many places in Europe, the price is not very high, and the quantity is usually sufficient. Most locals have dinner as their main meal. Italian, Spanish, Mexican, Thai, Chinese, Indian and Turkish dishes are all available. There is a Chinatown in Amsterdam, and there are all kinds of Chinese signs: restaurants, dim sum shops, roast duck restaurants, etc., which are quite authentic. Amsterdam has a long and rich coffee tradition. In the past 1 to 15 years, the most popular one is Fuli Cafe. This kind of coffee shop is very different from the traditional brown coffee shop in terms of scale and interior decoration. Generally speaking, their designs are spacious and fashionable, and they are filled with obvious international atmosphere. In addition to cafes, there is PROEFLOKALEN- a wine tasting room where you can taste fine wine.

Dutch people have a casual lunch, which is usually solved with a sandwich and salad. It's very simple. But there are also stores that provide a complete set.