UnClogged in Amsterdam

“Believe me my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” – Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows For many Amsterdam visitors, a canal cruise is high on the list of things to experi…

For tourists, Amsterdam is a global village laced with shimmering canals and gabled mansions – legacies of the city’s 17th-century Golden Age.

Were there a soundtrack for the Dutch capital covering the Golden Age to the 21st century, it might feature the percussion of horses hooves, the rumble of carriages on cobblestones, a chorus of clanging trams humming along overhead electricity lines, and…

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An “island getaway” is hardly the way most people would describe a visit to Amsterdam.

The 2021 Addition to Amsterdam’s Jewish Cultural Quarter Gives Nazi Victims Their Names Back Stroll along Amsterdam’s Weesperstraat and you’ll find yourself on a wide, two-lane thoroughfare lined with modern buildings, a four-star hotel, and a sprinkling…

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