Amsterdam

less than 10% of the people here smoke

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November 5th 2006
Amsterdam! What would a semester abroad be without at least visiting this interesting city? It actually is a very beautiful city once you get out of the Red Light District. And the coffee shops are actually extremely cute and I think we visited almost all 200 of them that are located in Amsterdam. The Van Gogh and Rijk museum are probably two of my favorite museums EVER. The Rijk hous ... 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