3 Facts: Amsterdam
Today as promised The Colors Magazine continues One City - 3 Facts column by taking a closer look at Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The city which is mostly well known due to Red Light District as well as to its liberal policies toward soft drugs. Thank God, the city has much more to offer than just that.
Why Amsterdam? Maybe because this city is the only one which impressed me more than I had expected.
I mean you know what to expect from London or Paris or Rome, but you can’t be prepared to the feeling of freedom and beauty and even majesty of Amsterdam. You either fall in love with the city immediately or… a bit later. After getting to know it. After wandering among the mesmerizing network of canals (165 canals, 90 islands connected by 1,281 bridges) and feeling the actual magic of this city.
To know more about Amsterdam in dates and figures, you can just do a google search. But on The Colors Magazine I want to tell you 3 Facts which might not be that well known.
3 Facts about Amsterdam
1. Shiphol Airport, Amsterdam
When you land there you are actually 4 meters below sea level. But that’s not the only fun fact about the airport.
First, you can actually get married there. You have choices of how you want the ceremony to be: like saying those sacred words in a hangar or atop the Skyport building for a view of landing aircraft. You might also have a reception on board of 1930s Dakota airplane. For more information you can always check Schiphol Weddings site.
If you don’t plan to get married yet, you can go to museum there. Yes, you heard it right, you can actually go to Museum without leaving the airport’s terminal. The Rijksmuseum is the first museum in the world to have an annexe in an airport and Schiphol is the first airport to have a museum in its terminal. The museum was officially opened on 9 December 2002.
2. More than 1 million visitors are being welcomed at Anne Frank house yearly
If you read the famous Diary of a young girl you might want to visit this place too. This is the actual house where Anne Frank, her family, and four other people spent two years in hiding before being betrayed and turned in to the Nazis. This summer UNESCO announced that the manuscripts of Anne Frank have been included in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register, the World Heritage List for documents. This diary is one of the most touching and heartrending stories you might come across, you will find yourself crying after finishing it and you will always keep wondering how a young girl could be so thoughtful, contemplating, philosophical and show that much hope and love and courage even when it seemed there was no place for any of this.
“Despite everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart,” she said, and if she believed I am sure we can believe too.
3. Amsterdam has a house boat known as the Poezenboot (”the Cat Boat”) which acts as a house for stray cats. A woman who had been re-housing stray cats had the idea of getting them a houseboat. Now gone, the idea lives on as volunteers keep looking after a boat full of cats.
That’s it… 3 facts about Amsterdam. If you liked it, if you visited there, if you have something to add, you are more than welcome. That’s what comments section is for.
Next week in One City - 3 Facts…. well, let’s keep it a secret for now 
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Good Write up leena!!
keep it up..
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I will try my best, as long as I can
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Airport below sea level and a boat full of cats…. Really cool….
This s a good series. Keep us informed….
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Even I started loving this series, let’s hope it has a good future
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Nice Informative Post with nice pics.. Cool!
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I am glad you liked it
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luks like a lovely place..kindaa tempting me to take a world tour
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you have to go on a world tour
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1) i never imagined this even… a museum in the airport, and you can get married??? wow… if this happens in India then it will be a riot!!
2) Anne Franke… i was really touched by her story and it doesnt amazed me that so many ppl love her!!
3) and boat full of cats?? wow… did u went there?
Good Work…
Cheers!!!
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1. Maybe that’s why it is not in India
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3. Nops, I didnt go there, somehow I am not sure that boat existed when I was in Amsterdam
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This is excellent information! I did read Diary of Anne Frank and I find the quote you mention astonishing in light of what she went through.
PS Your blogsite looks lovely!
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Welcome here!
Absolutely agree, so much faith in people and hope for life even despite everything the girl went through!
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speechless i am……..so very much want to see amsterdem. since long i am in love with it wen i watched a documntry in discovey and girl u hv increased my love and wish to visit it so much moreeeeeeeeeeee.
janu u must pray that i get married there… so that i can c everything else there and also can celebrate my honeymoon in the picturesque valleys of ams [:p]
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I should have guessed you are in love with Amsterdam, after all I love the city so much
If you get married there I want to be invited
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Preetilata
ya ya u choocks u sud hv guessed it long bfr. oh hold! we r soulsis so u sud hv knwn it
n janu u r invited no matter whr i am getting married. and to be precise near n dear ones r never invited, they dnt need it coz thy r a part of it n coz without thm no celebrations r celebrations. u r a dumbitoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo:p
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just decide time and place, i will be there!
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This is one place that’s always fascinated me
ive never traveled out of India and i don’t have the slightest idea about any place
if i know where the 7wonders are, its a surprise to me :P( i’m ALMOST that bad :P)
but though i didn’t know much about Amsterdam Ive always loved it
now i love it more
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It is indeed a beautiful city, just visit it whenever you find the opportunity, you will never regret it, believe me
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I love love love Amsterdam! I was there over 15 years ago and I’m really over do.
I visited ann Frank’s house, and I actually thought a lot more than 1 million people come to see it each year.
I am also pretty sure more than one million visit the coffee shops:)
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When I was in Amsterdam I somehow forgot about Anne Frank’s house… will visit it next time I guess..
And the statistics of 1 million i took from their official site.. they said they reached this mark in 2008 only.
As for coffee shops, that i am really sure of
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[...] 3 Facts: Amsterdam | The Colors Magazine http://www.thecolorsmagazine.com/index.php/2009/08/3-facts-amsterdam – view page – cached Today as promised The Colors Magazine continues One City - 3 Facts column by taking a closer look at Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The city which is mostly well known due to Red Light District as well as to its liberal policies toward soft drugs. Thank God, the city has much more to offer than just that. Why Amsterdam? Maybe because this city is the only one which impressed me more than I had expected. I mean you know what to expect from London or Paris or Rome, but you can’t be prepared to the feeling of freedom and beauty and even majesty of Amsterdam. You either fall in love with the city immediately or… a bit later. After getting to know it. After wandering among the mesmerizing network of canals (165 canals, 90 islands connected by 1,281 bridges) and feeling the actual magic of this city. — From the page [...]
WOW! i can’t wait to get to amsterdam, haven’t been yet. i love that cat houseboat - incredible that volunteers would keep on doing that…
as to the airport - brilliant, to put a museum there. you’ve just given me three MORE reasons to get there - thanks!
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Amsterdam is really worth visiting. I so loved this city, though one visit won’t be enough to enjoy all the city’s attractions!
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m posting for the first time,tho i’ve been reading the magzine for so long…this bit abt Amsterdam was the best ever…cos as u said, u kno wht to expect frm some cities,i had a notion abt this one,but the facts u’v told…adds so much more!thanks a lot!
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I am so glad you liked it, will try to keep the facts about other cities as interesting as these ones
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It looks like so much fun there. What is the best time to visit, weather wise? Thanks.
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