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A Weekend in Amsterdam

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November 14th 2010
My friends and I got to Amsterdam on Friday night (Nov. 12th) and there really wasn't much to do other than find our hostel and then go out to a bar since it was already 11pm. One thing that kind of surprised us with our hostel is that none of us realized that the one we booked was in the red light district lol. We were on the edge of the red light district though so it wasn't quite the full exper ... 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