Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Tourism of Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the capital of Holland. Amsterdam is about 720 years old. In 1275 Floris the 5th called the city Amsterdam. Amsterdam is a very touristic city. The best way to go trough Amsterdam is by a bicycle or tram, because there is much traffic and not much parking zones and the parking zones are very expensive.
Amsterdam is divided in 15 parts called: Slotervaart, Zuidoost, Westerpark, Oudwest, Centrum, Oudzuid, Westpoort, Geuzenveld, De Baarsjes, Watergraafsmeer, Bos en Lommer, Osdorp, Zeeburg, ZuiderAmstel. Amsterdam has a area of 22.000 hectares. There are about 735.328 people are living in Amsterdam.
A place where a lot of tourists come is the Dam. There are beautiful buildings, and also a palace on the dam. There is also a statue in the middle on the Dam. The tourists like to see the funny street artists and feeding the pigeons on the Dam.
A picture of me on the Dam feeding the pigeons
The statue on the Dam remembers the victims of the WO2. Once a year on the 4th of May, a lot of people in Amsterdam come together on the Dam and put flowers by the statue in memory of the victims. And on 5 May we are celebraiting our freedom after the WO2( it is also my birthday)
Amsterdam has also a zoo called Artis, it was the first zoo in Holland. It was made in 1838.
It lies in the middle in Amsterdam and has a lot of animals. In the beginning they only had a few monky`s, deers and parrots. Now they have all kinds of animals. On the 2th of December in 1882 the aquarium was opened in Artis. The water for aquarium was brought by big steamships. Artis has for about 500 diffrent species of fish. In Artis you also can learn things about planets and stars in the planetarium. They have a area of African animals and a area with animals of europe. The other things that there are: Childrens farm, The gibbon island, The small mammal house, Elephants, Wolf wood, Penguin rock, Californian sea lions, Polar bears, Insects house, Gorillas, European bison and a Savanne.
Amsterdam has a nice shopping centre with much shops and outdoor cafe`s. In the city you also can find markets with new and secondhand goods.
We also have a street called the P.C. Hoofdstraat and the shops there are very chique and expensive , so you will see a lot of rich and famous people there.
Amsterdam has also many small canals that flow trough the city, together they have a lengt of 10 km. There are 240 bridges over all the canals so almost every time you see water you will probably see a few bridges. In the small canals there are also people living in houseboats. In Amsterdam you can make a little cruise by boat trough the canals. You can also rent waterbikes to go waterbiking through the canals.
A small canal in Amsterdam
You can visit nice museums in Amsterdam.
A famous museum is the van Gogh museum( a famous painter). In that museum you can see a lot of his artwork. Another famous museum in Amsterdam is Madame Tussauds, on the dam. In that museum there are many statues made of wax of famous people and they look very real.
The soccer stadion of Amsterdam is called: The Arena. The soccer club of Amsterdam is called Ajax. The Arena is not only used for soccer but also for american football ( Amsterdam Admirals) and music concerts. It has a roof that can be opened and closed depending on the weather.
A picture of the Arena
In Holland it`s aloud to smoke marihuana therefore you can see many coffeeshops in Amsterdam, where you can buy and smoke marihuana. In a small part of Amsterdam there is prostitution and that`s also legal in Holland.
I like Amsterdam because it is a beautiful and busy city.
Thom van Seijen
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Tourism of Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the capital of Holland. Amsterdam is about 720 years old. In 1275 Floris the 5th called the city Amsterdam. Amsterdam is a very touristic city. The best way to go trough Amsterdam is by a bicycle or tram, because there is much traffic and not much parking zones and the parking zones are very expensive.
Amsterdam is divided in 15 parts called: Slotervaart, Zuidoost, Westerpark, Oudwest, Centrum, Oudzuid, Westpoort, Geuzenveld, De Baarsjes, Watergraafsmeer, Bos en Lommer, Osdorp, Zeeburg, ZuiderAmstel. Amsterdam has a area of 22.000 hectares. There are about 735.328 people are living in Amsterdam.
A place where a lot of tourists come is the Dam. There are beautiful buildings, and also a palace on the dam. There is also a statue in the middle on the Dam. The tourists like to see the funny street artists and feeding the pigeons on the Dam.
A picture of me on the Dam feeding the pigeons
The statue on the Dam remembers the victims of the WO2. Once a year on the 4th of May, a lot of people in Amsterdam come together on the Dam and put flowers by the statue in memory of the victims. And on 5 May we are celebraiting our freedom after the WO2( it is also my birthday)
Amsterdam has also a zoo called Artis, it was the first zoo in Holland. It was made in 1838.
It lies in the middle in Amsterdam and has a lot of animals. In the beginning they only had a few monky`s, deers and parrots. Now they have all kinds of animals. On the 2th of December in 1882 the aquarium was opened in Artis. The water for aquarium was brought by big steamships. Artis has for about 500 diffrent species of fish. In Artis you also can learn things about planets and stars in the planetarium. They have a area of African animals and a area with animals of europe. The other things that there are: Childrens farm, The gibbon island, The small mammal house, Elephants, Wolf wood, Penguin rock, Californian sea lions, Polar bears, Insects house, Gorillas, European bison and a Savanne.
Amsterdam has a nice shopping centre with much shops and outdoor cafe`s. In the city you also can find markets with new and secondhand goods.
We also have a street called the P.C. Hoofdstraat and the shops there are very chique and expensive , so you will see a lot of rich and famous people there.
Amsterdam has also many small canals that flow trough the city, together they have a lengt of 10 km. There are 240 bridges over all the canals so almost every time you see water you will probably see a few bridges. In the small canals there are also people living in houseboats. In Amsterdam you can make a little cruise by boat trough the canals. You can also rent waterbikes to go waterbiking through the canals.
A small canal in Amsterdam
You can visit nice museums in Amsterdam.
A famous museum is the van Gogh museum( a famous painter). In that museum you can see a lot of his artwork. Another famous museum in Amsterdam is Madame Tussauds, on the dam. In that museum there are many statues made of wax of famous people and they look very real.
The soccer stadion of Amsterdam is called: The Arena. The soccer club of Amsterdam is called Ajax. The Arena is not only used for soccer but also for american football ( Amsterdam Admirals) and music concerts. It has a roof that can be opened and closed depending on the weather.
A picture of the Arena
In Holland it`s aloud to smoke marihuana therefore you can see many coffeeshops in Amsterdam, where you can buy and smoke marihuana. In a small part of Amsterdam there is prostitution and that`s also legal in Holland.
I like Amsterdam because it is a beautiful and busy city.
Thom van Seijen
Giethoorn
What you
can do in Giethoorn you can go on a trip around the village Giethoorn also called the Venice of the Dutch. The guides wil tell you everything you need to now. And it could be done in many languages, English, German, French or Spanish you get to see an incredible view of the houses that are up to 750 years old.Things you can do are : have a walk around the beautiful nature of Giethoorn. You can cycle through the village and surrounding area. But the most beautiful is to take boat trip trough it.
Giethoorn is also known as the Venice of the Netherlands and is known for its tourism. It's filled with little farms and beautiful gardens. The boat tours are very popular in Giethoorn. Because of all the little canals were dug there almost any place in Giethoorn can be reached by boat. Most of the trips are made in "Punters", which were used as transport for goods and other in old times. All the canals are there because of peat cutting which caused big lakes and canals to appear in and around the place.
But the boat tours aren't the only tourism activities in Giethoorn but there also are lots of musea and other things. De Oude Aarde (Meaning The Old Earth) is a Gem and Mineral museum. This museum was opened in 1969 by the adventurer René Boissevain. He collected many minerals for an unique collection for the museum, they got million year old crystals, the biggest egg in the world and a huge amethyst geode. De Witte Hoeve is a place where people used to make candles and now do workshops and make lots of special candles. There also is an Art-Shop called Duine Rhee which trades in Abstract art to Jewelry and statues.
Tourism In Rotterdam.This is about Rotterdam and it is build in 1310 and is a city since 1340. In 1900 it started on building a harbour. It was bombarded by the germans in 1940 and since then it is growing rapidly and became the biggest city of Zuid-Holand and it became good place for tourism. Here are some places you can go to.
Rotterdam Plaza. (Right) Shopping.
If you want to go shopping in Holland Rotterdam is the place to be. There are many malls. Like the Rotterdam Plaza. It's a huge building with all kinds of colors. It is also a hang-spot for the youth.
The Erasmus Bridge. Erasmus Bridge. (Down)
A well known building in Rotterdam is the Erasmus Bridge. Some major events are held at that bridge like the Red Bull Air Race last year and this year the kick of of the Snowboard world championship.
Ahoy Rotterdam.
The biggest hall of Rotterdam. It is the place where main event are held. Like the Go Apres Ski, the Pasar Malam Asia, 100% Tuning and Hair Style 2006.Snicker WSR '05.
Rotterdam Skatebord Capital? Wel at least for a short period of time. During the Snicker WSR '05 Rotterdam was the skatebord capital of Holland. This event was also held in Ahoy Rotterdam. There were participants like: Arto Saari, Ali Bouilala, Tom Penny, Wieger van Wageningen and Rob Maatman.
De Kuip. De K uip.(Down)
De Kuip is the soccer stadium of Rotterdam it's the place where feyenoord plays. It is also the best stadium of Holland. It has a museum thats about Feyenoord. Players like Johan Cruijff, Bonaventure Kalou, Coen Moulijn and Jaap Barendregt. Rotterdam has 3 Soccer Clubs: Feyenoord, Sparta and Excelsior.
Diergaarde Blijdorp.
This is about Diergaarde Blijdorp. It is one of the biggest zoo's of holland. There are many rare animals like the: Sumatraanse Tiger, Weverbird, Nile Crocodile, Golden Snub nose ape, Armor Rhino, Gangesgaviaal, Armor Crocidile, Galápagos Giant Turtle, Bat Hounds, Chorda Animal and the Serval. Many people come to this zoo.
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