Amsterdam-City

Amsterdam

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April 15th 2006
I am now at the end of my travels before arriving in the UK. Mandy and I were in Amsterdam for only 4 days but i great 4 days it was. We mainly stayed in the city centre and shopped till we dropped. When we arrived we had nowhere to stay and tramped around for most of the day trying to find a place to stay, the problem waa, it was Easter weekend so everything was booked. We finaly found ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » North Holland » Amsterdam

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The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized natio... ... read more