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Distinctive architecture along an Amsterdam street.
The spire of the Westerkerk (85 m) is the highest church tower in Amsterdam. The edifice was completed in 1638.
Amsterdam has 165 canals, but visitors are especially fond of the prominent ones in the city’s medieval center. Lined by 17th and 18th century houses, these canals form a half circle around the center of town. Development of the canals eventually drained the swampland of Amsterdam, allowing the development of a homogeneous urban area - the first model of large-scale town planning in the 19th century.
The floating Tulip Museum in Amsterdam.
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.
View along Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, a street (formerly a canal) in the heart of Amsterdam.
The Amsterdam Centraal railway station overlooks the city's harbor.
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 to the end of the 19th century; outlying areas display more recent architectural styles.
A series of similar-looking bridges spanning an Amsterdam canal.
The bicycle parking ramp in Amsterdam near Centraal Station holds 7,000 bikes.
Zuiderkirk is a 17th century church located in the heart of Amsterdam’s city center.
Amsterdam’s city center is ringed by canals reflecting its early history as a seagoing country. The Prinsengracht canals serve as one of the primary canal rings around Old Town Amsterdam.
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