"guell's Amsterdam page" a Amsterdam Travel Page by guell

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Despite it's reputation as the infamous sin-city of Europe, where hashish is smoked openly and hookers put themselves on display in store windows, Amsterdam is a beautiful cosmopolitan city rich in history. Large numbers of beautiful tree-lined canals are bordered by streets with rows of narrow, gabled houses and 17th-century warehouses, making Amsterdam an architectural treasure-house. With just under 740,000 inhabitants, about the size of my home town of San Francisco, Amsterdam is much smaller than many European capitals, but as a result, it is much more manageable to explore on foot or, like the locals do, on bike.

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Cheese stand at the Albert Cuyp Markt

Whether you visit for the anything goes atmosphere or for the architecture, the museums, the canals or the bike friendly streets, you will soon find yourself falling in love with the city, and you'll find it very difficult to leave.