Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam

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May 22nd 2006
Amsterdam: Well, now I am sitting on the train from Amsterdam to Berlin. It is about 3:30, and we get in to Berlin just after 9pm. Wow, was Amsterdam a great city. Our hotel wasn’t great, but it was in an amazing location, right in the middle of a major town square. There were all kinds of restaurants and bars and people right near our hotel, and it made it really easy to go back and forth ... 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