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Molen van Sloten (the Sloten Windmill), on the outskirts of Amsterdam, is a still-functioning polder-draining mill. Dating from 1847, the mill can pump 60,000 liters of water per minute from the polder.
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The bicycle parking ramp in Amsterdam near Centraal Station holds 7,000 bikes.
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Tulip fields brighten an already sunny day. The tulip is today the symbol of the Netherlands, having arrived from the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century.
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Colorful coffee shop barge moored on an Amsterdam canal.
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A series of similar-looking bridges spanning an Amsterdam canal.
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A wooden shoe-shaped boat on an Amsterdam canal. Most of the city's canals were built in the 17th century. The old city center of Amsterdam is the focal point for architectural styles prior the end of the 19th century; outlying areas display more recent architectural styles.
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The Amsterdam Centraal railway station overlooks the city's harbor.
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View along Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, a street (formerly a canal) in the heart of Amsterdam.
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The Astoria building in Amsterdam, built 1904-05, is indicative of a more reserved style of Art-Nouveau (Jugendstil) that came to be known as "New Art" (Nieuwe Kunst). Though difficult to distinguish, typical Art-Nouveau engravings appear in the gray stone around the doorway.
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