Amsterdam is one of the most unusual and impressive European cities.More than 700 years ago, was built dam on the river Amstel.This started history of the city.In Old Amsterdam green embankments along alighted homes and stores with narrow facades, Patriziale homes, hospitals, nursing homes, buildings guilds and the companies sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries.

Amsterdam is the capital and largest city in the Netherlands, a rugged channels with perekinutymi through numerous bridges.Four main channel in the center of Amsterdam, opoyasavshie historic center of Crescent, retained its unique character with the XVII century virtually unchanged.The remaining more than 100 channels created in the city inimitable atmosphere.In Amsterdam, about 1200 bridges, many of which have appeared in the XVII century.About a third bridge on the so-called "channel zone, gave Amsterdam title" Venice of the North ".

Old Amsterdam Centre is a stimulating collection of old buildings and monuments.In the late 18th century infrastructure of canals and streets had been completed and then only built.It is a wonderful combination of channels, streets, bridges and old buildings and places the city on the river Amstel a unique character, which like many of its visitors.Travelling by boat along the canal Herengraht or Printsengraht - concentric canals that surround the heart of the city, leaving an unforgettable impression.

Amsterdam is like a haven, which has stagnated doma-korabli-high, narrow, though their facades razukrashennye stern old frigates.Surrounding stretches, like the sea.Vlazhno-zelenaya, flat where kolyshutsya field and suddenly dazzles the eye as glaringly glow on the water, yellow, red, purple stripes tyulpanovyh plantations.Country seamen, fishermen, merchants, scholars and syrovarov.

The city transportation-bicycles and rare colored trams.The city built a long time ago, and architects are not expected to progress so rapidly evolving.However, the bike has long characterized Dutch national.The Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, it is normal to see people on a bicycle.The capital of the Netherlands.