Enjoying a Drink in the Red light district

Amsterdam

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January 15th 2015
Amsterdam is refreshing after the formal, fashionable and conservative Italy and France. We all breathed a little easier and communicated more with the locals. For this blog we will just share our observations: Hip, cool people with quiet confidence and nothing to prove. They seem tolerant and liberal (about homosexuality, drugs and prostitution) and also quite disciplined; locals who hav ... 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