Amsterdam

Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, is one of the most fascinating cities in the world. Its name means Dam on the river Amstel. It 'the most populous city in the country with 739,295 inhabitants. Great financial center, is also a major industrial center. Traditional since 1660 is the processing of diamonds. Core activities are linked to the port, the second country after Rotterdam. The existing Noordzww Canal since 1600, makes it an important outlet for goods from the Ruhr. and Eastern France.

Along with Rome, London, Paris, Prague, Madrid and many other cities is a symbol of Europe, rich in history, culture and present. is one of the most fascinating cities in the world for its brilliant combination of old and new: original art installations are abusive cornices hung in the seventeenth century, the cars give way to bicycles, and in the grand café decorated with glass and steel drinking beer triple malt produced by the monks.

Live in Amsterdam the exuberance of big cities and the governance of smaller centers, just to tie the bike to a bridge to experience the sensation of having the city in hand.
Amsterdam is a cosmopolitan melting pot that has for decades attracted a large number of immigrants and nonconformist. It is a prosperous city and is, for a traveler, difficult to leave, is shown by the number of foreigners traveling by bicycle with the same ease of people. Amsterdam is also not difficult for tourists, unlike other cities, destination for travelers with limited budget, where the difficulties of travel obscure aspects of fun. The reason lies with the Dutch in the spirit that pervades the city: the architecture of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, thousands of bicycles, the channels to three lanes and parks scattered here and there, everything helps to make the typical city.

Amsterdam is one of the most popular and visited in the world. It has thousands of beautiful palaces built in its golden age (between 1580 and 1700 thanks to the trade of silk, spices and slaves of the town was very rich). Past and future come together in harmony. Its urban plan retains the planned extension of the 1612th

A'dam (the abbreviated term used by the Dutch) which is a relatively small city that you can see how big a weekend but on the other hand, if it manages to capture the fascinating stay only for a few months and discovering little by little the little secrets that jealously can still hide from the assault of mass tourism.

Amsterdam

It is young, bubbly, very cool. Take the "historic" Jordaan, for example, once a popular district worker, today is full of workshops, creative restaurants, bars. Or the island KNSM: lying abandoned in the port, has been transformed into a residential area being stormed by designers, architects, artists, intellectuals. O Westerpark and Westergasfabriek, a complex of former factories built in 1885 turned into a cultural center with a restaurant and club, Café West Pacific, which organizes concerts and artistic events.

Amsterdam is a city very tolerant (same-sex couples can marry, prostitution is regulated, soft drugs are legalized), cosmopolitan (in the first are at least 145 nationalities, in the 125) and both boast a large number of museums, galleries and cultural events. The standard of living is high, the breathing air, the traffic under control. CASOMAI, we need to be attentive to bicycle: only in the capital will move at least 600 thousand and there are over 400 km of cycle paths.