| Page Views: 2,208 Last Visit to Amsterdam: 2007 | Dutch Arts and History. by breughel - last update: Jul 8, 2007 |
Three different types of tourism. | Rembrandtplein - Statues of the Night Watch. |
There are three different types of tourism in Amsterdam:
1° A general type tourism with the classical tour of the town, canals, monuments and main museums.
2° A cultural tourism mainly interested in Dutch arts and history.
3° A "weed" tourism.
I am incompetent for this third type of tourism; my visits to Amsterdam were limited to the two first ones.
Maybe I will change?.
Hereafter some comments about the museums I liked.
Il y a trois sortes de tourismes officiellement recensés à Amsterdam:
1° Un tourisme de type général qui fera le tour classique de la ville, les monuments, canaux, maisons aux bords des quais, les principaux musées.
2° Un tourisme culturel qui s'intéressera particulièrement à l'art et à l'histoire.
3° Un tourisme drogues, en principe douces.
Etant incompétent pour ce dernier type de tourisme, mes visites à Amsterdam se sont limitées aux deux premiers types. (Peut être que mes goûts changeront?).
Ci-après quelques commentaires à propos des musées que j'ai aimés. |
| Dancing Tango at the Leidseplein. |
|  | Dutch Cultural Identity. Something that stuck me in Amsterdam was that less and less people speak Dutch! The many foreign workers don't speak Dutch or do it very badly. Most often they speak English to understand each other.
I also find that in Amsterdam the Dutch cultural identity is getting lost. The so typical Dutch cleanliness disappeared in Amsterdam; litter and graffiti over the place!
A great moment for me in Amsterdam: a genuine Amsterdammer on a bicycle asked me the way!
We had a good laugh when I told him in Dutch (with a little Flemish accent) that I would be pleased to show him the way in Brussels but not really in Amsterdam.
I was pleased to visit Haarlem, at 20 minutes by train, were I found again Holland like it was on my first visits a quarter century ago.
Identité Culturelle Hollandaise.
Mes amis néerlandais, la lecture régulière de la presse néerlandaise, m'avaient fait constater des éléments de crise d'identité culturelle auprès de la population "autochtone".
C'est le plus visible à Amsterdam, pas pour le touriste étranger qui se trouve soudain plongé dans le bouillonnement de cette ville multiculturelle, mais bien pour celui qui pratique les Pays-Bas depuis un quart de siècle ou plus.
L'identité culturelle si typique des Pays-Bas disparaît, même la langue Néerlandaise est en difficulté. La typique propreté Hollandaise n'est plus de mise à Amsterdam.
La politique du laisser faire a aussi des côtés négatifs!
En prenant le train (20 minutes) pour Haarlem j'ai retrouvé avec plaisir la Hollande telle que je l'ai connue il y a un quart de siècle. |
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septem Tue Jun 2, 2009 20:25 UTC
Great pages, great tips and great photos. Juliana | LoriPori Tue Apr 14, 2009 18:03 UTC
Hans and I love Amsterdam and you did a marvelous page on this wonderful city. I bet you were in museum heaven here esp. the Rijksmuseum. Enjoyed your updates. | TheWanderingCamel Sun Feb 22, 2009 06:36 UTC
I knew I'd enjoy this page! Thanks. leyle | CALSF Wed Dec 3, 2008 13:46 UTC
Thanks for the Historisch Museum tips. They're very helpful. |
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