Known as the Grachtengordel, three of the canals were mostly for residential development: the Herengracht (where "Heren" refers to Heren Regeerders van de stad Amsterdam (ruling lords of Amsterdam), and gracht means canal, so that the name can be roughly translated as "Canal of the Lords"), Keizersgracht (Emperor's Canal), and Prinsengracht (Prince's Canal). [79], This changed when, during the Dutch Revolt, many people from the Southern Netherlands fled to the North, especially after Antwerp fell to Spanish forces in 1585. The revolt escalated into the Eighty Years' War, which ultimately led to Dutch independence. "Amsterdam" is usually understood to refer to the municipality of Amsterdam. [200] Notable Amsterdam bands from the modern era include the Osdorp Posse and The Ex. The main reasons for the uprising were the imposition of new taxes, the tenth penny, and the religious persecution of Protestants by the newly introduced Inquisition. The IJ was mainly in peatland behind beach ridges, and could grow there into an important settlement center, especially in the late Bronze Age, the Iron Age and the Roman Age. [29] Amestelle was located along a side arm of the IJ. [15] Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters in the city, including: the Philips conglomerate, AkzoNobel, Booking.com, TomTom, and ING. After renovations lasting several years, the museum opened in September 2012 with a new composite extension that has been called 'The Bathtub' due to its resemblance to one. Amsterdam Centraal is also an international railway station. Many restaurants can be found in Amsterdam as well. [114] This led to the establishment of many non-Dutch-speaking churches. In the park is an open-air theatre, a playground and several horeca facilities. Amestelle was inhabited by farmers, who lived more inland and more upstream, where the land was not as wet as at the banks of the downstream river mouth. It handles over 68 million passengers per year and is the home base of four airlines, KLM, Transavia, Martinair and Arkefly. This led to riots, and as a result the original plans for large-scale reconstruction were abandoned. On 1 January 1921, after a flood in 1916, the depleted municipalities of Durgerdam, Holysloot, Zunderdorp and Schellingwoude, all lying north of Amsterdam, were, at their own request, annexed to the city. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange was established in 1602 by the Dutch … [37] In the heyday of the Silent Walk, up to 90,000 pilgrims came to Amsterdam. Others, like the Westerstraatmarkt, are held every week. Hinduism has been introduced from the Hindu diaspora from Suriname[134] and several distinct branches of Islam have been brought from various parts of the world. Amsterdam is the financial and business capital of the Netherlands. Statistics Netherlands uses three other definitions of Amsterdam: metropolitan agglomeration Amsterdam (Grootstedelijke Agglomeratie Amsterdam, not to be confused with Grootstedelijk Gebied Amsterdam, a synonym of Groot Amsterdam), Greater Amsterdam (Groot Amsterdam, a COROP region) and the urban region Amsterdam (Stadsgewest Amsterdam). Beyond the Grachtengordel are the former working-class areas of Jordaan and de Pijp. A substantial number of large corporations and banks' headquarters are located in the Amsterdam area, including: AkzoNobel, Heineken International, ING Group, ABN AMRO, TomTom, Delta Lloyd Group, Booking.com and Philips. The southwestern border of the Museum Square is the Van Baerlestraat, which is a major thoroughfare in this part of Amsterdam. MS Nieuw Amsterdam for Holland America Line 1983 to 2000. Rembrandt's masterpiece The Night Watch is one of the top pieces of art of the museum. This is Amsterdam's most important museum of modern art. The song, about a mouse that wears clogs, and arranged in waltz time, was notably recorded by Ronnie Hilton in 1965 and issued on the His Master's Voice label. The next largest religion was Islam (12%), most of whose followers were Sunni. This bill promoted suburbanisation and arranged for new developments in so-called "groeikernen", literally cores of growth. The architect of the gothic revival building was P.J.H. The Amsterdam Pirates baseball team competes in the Dutch Major League. [130] Only in the 20th century was Amsterdam's relation to Catholicism normalised,[131] but despite its far larger population size, the episcopal see of the city was placed in the provincial town of Haarlem. These new neighbourhoods were built to relieve the city's shortage of living space and give people affordable houses with modern conveniences. Before moving to their current location in 1996, Ajax played their regular matches in the now demolished De Meer Stadion in the eastern part of the city[206] or in the Olympic Stadium. Cloudy and damp days are common during the cooler months of October through March. With 180 different nationalities,[138] Amsterdam is home to one of the widest varieties of nationalities of any city in the world. Philip Vingboons designed splendid merchants' houses throughout the city. Colloquially, some areas within the municipality, such as the town of Durgerdam, may not be considered part of Amsterdam. The cheese itself is deep yellow, has a waxy texture and a few holes. The area to the southeast of the city built during the same period is known as the Bijlmer.[156][157]. The City of Amsterdam is surrounded on the north, east, and west sides by the town of Amsterdam.The city developed on both sides of the Mohawk River, with the majority located on the north bank. More than 100,000 Dutch Jews were deported to Nazi concentration camps, of whom some 60,000 lived in Amsterdam. Cuypers. [14] The city is also well known for its nightlife and festival activity; with several of its nightclubs (Melkweg, Paradiso) among the world's most famous. Negen Straatjes are nine narrow streets within the Grachtengordel, the concentric canal system of Amsterdam. During the 19th century, Samuel Sarphati devised a plan based on the grandeur of Paris and London at that time. These streets have as the Negen Straatjes a large diversity of privately owned shops. Old maps of Amsterdam. [22] The KLM hub and Amsterdam's main airport, Schiphol, is the Netherlands' busiest airport as well as the third busiest in Europe and 11th busiest airport in the world. [181] The first ballet performances in the Netherlands were given in Schouwburg in 1642 with the Ballet of the Five Senses. Old Amsterdam: Der spezielle Goudakäse wird von der Firma Westland hergestellt. They not only founded their own synagogues, but had a strong influence on the 'Amsterdam dialect' adding a large Yiddish local vocabulary. [116], As they became established in the city, other Christian denominations used converted Catholic chapels to conduct their own services. In 1928, Amsterdam hosted the Summer Olympics. Schiphol is the largest airport in the Netherlands, the third-largest in Europe, and the 14th-largest in the world in terms of passengers. [153], In response to overcrowding, two plans were designed at the beginning of the 20th century which were very different from anything Amsterdam had ever seen before: Plan Zuid, designed by the architect Berlage, and West. On 18 September 2017, it was announced by Eberhard van der Laan in an open letter to Amsterdam citizens that Kajsa Ollongren would take up his office as acting Mayor of Amsterdam with immediate effect due to ill health. The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands. Because of the war and other events of the 20th century, almost the entire city centre had fallen into disrepair. [30] A settlement was built here immediately after the landscape change of 1170, and right from the start of its foundation it focused on traffic, production and trade; not on farming, as apposed to how communities had lived more upstream for the past 200 years and more north for the past thousands of years. The Museumplein is covered almost entirely with a lawn, except for the northeastern part of the square which is covered with gravel. Rang der größten Städte der Europäischen Union. The credits for each of them are also to be found on the respective page, so it is worth taking a look. The first Ashkenazis who arrived in Amsterdam were refugees from the Khmelnytsky Uprising in Ukraine and the Thirty Years' War, which devastated much of Central Europe. Other more subcultural music venues are OCCII, OT301, De Nieuwe Anita, Winston Kingdom, and Zaal 100. [185] The Rijksmuseum (1885) and Stedelijk Museum (1895) were built and opened. [108] Catholic priests were driven out of the city. [219] Previous versions of the constitution only mentioned "the city of Amsterdam" ("de stad Amsterdam"). Many of its buildings have become monuments, and in July 2010 the Grachtengordel (the three concentric canals: Herengracht, Keizersgracht, and Prinsengracht) was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Some, commonly referred by the moniker 'Walloon', are recognisable today as they offer occasional services in French. [192] Several parts of the city and the surrounding urban area are polders. Amsterdam was Europe's most important point for the shipment of goods and was the leading Financial centre of the western world. Wikis. No different treatment for migrant groups".[241]. The full collection was reopened to the public on 13 April 2013 and the Rijksmuseum has remained the most visited museum in Amsterdam with 2.2 million visitors in 2016 and 2.16 million in 2017.[194]. There are also privately operated water taxis, a water bus, a boat sharing operation, electric rental boats and canal cruises, that transport people along Amsterdam's waterways. In the 21st century, this has reduced to about 5000. Colleagues and contemporaries of Johnny include Tante Leen and Manke Nelis. Fashion designers include Iris van Herpen,[177] Mart Visser, Viktor & Rolf, Marlies Dekkers and Frans Molenaar. Amsterdam is connected to the North Sea through the long North Sea Canal. [6], the Year’s Outstanding Novelty Composition, "Ronnie Hilton - A Windmill In Old Amsterdam / Dear Heart", "News from the Music Capitals of the World: Amsterdam", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Windmill_in_Old_Amsterdam&oldid=1006727350, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 February 2021, at 13:13. [17] In 2012, Amsterdam was ranked the second best city to live in by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)[18] and 12th globally on quality of living for environment and infrastructure by Mercer. [233] Although Schiphol is internationally known as Amsterdam Schiphol Airport it actually lies in the neighbouring municipality of Haarlemmermeer, southwest of the city. Amsterdam has a world-class symphony orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Found within the province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", attributed by the large number of canals which form a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Jump to navigation Jump to search. From the station there are regular services to destinations such as Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Jews from the Iberian Peninsula, Huguenots from France, prosperous merchants and printers from Flanders, and economic and religious refugees from the Spanish-controlled parts of the Low Countries found safety in Amsterdam. Met zijn eigen receptuur sleept hij wereldwijd de ene prijs na de andere in de wacht. Amsterdam was founded at the Amstel, that was dammed to control flooding, and the city's name derives from the Amstel dam. Consequently, the Zuidas (English: South Axis) has become the new financial and legal hub of Amsterdam,[167] with the country's five largest law firms and several subsidiaries of large consulting firms, such as Boston Consulting Group and Accenture, as well as the World Trade Centre (Amsterdam) located in the Zuidas district. Die Rinde ist schwarz und nicht zum Verzehr geeignet. These city roads are regional roads without grade separation, and sometimes without a central reservation. According to the most recent figures published by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in 2015 the 442.693 households (850.000 residents) in Amsterdam together owned 847.000 bicycles – 1.91 bicycle per household. The average daily high in August is 22.1 °C (72 °F), and 30 °C (86 °F) or higher is only measured on average on 2.5 days, placing Amsterdam in AHS Heat Zone 2. It has been compared with Venice, due to its division into about 90 islands, which are linked by more than 1,200 bridges.[67]. Amsterdam is famous for its vibrant and diverse nightlife. The square itself is the most prominent site in Amsterdam for festivals and outdoor concerts, especially in the summer. OCHA, Binnen Bantammerstraat 1 (Metro Nieuwmarkt), ☎ +31 20 625-9958. Dieses über Jahre perfektionierte Verfahren und die einzigartige Rezeptur gibt Old Amsterdam seinen edlen Geschmack. [42] In 1602, the Amsterdam office of the international trading Dutch East India Company became the world's first stock exchange by trading in its own shares. [141], Amsterdam has been one of the municipalities in the Netherlands which provided immigrants with extensive and free Dutch-language courses, which have benefited many immigrants.[142]. In 1345, an alleged Eucharistic miracle in Kalverstraat rendered the city an important place of pilgrimage until the adoption of the Protestant faith. [citation needed] In 1603, the Jewish received permission to practice their religion. Hilversum is home to an extensive complex of audio and television studios belonging to the national broadcast production company NOS, as well as to the studios and offices of all the Dutch public broadcasting organisations and many commercial TV production companies. The municipal council of Amsterdam voted to maintain the borough system by replacing the district councils with smaller, but still directly elected district committees (bestuurscommissies). Normally, however, the Parliament sits in The Hague, the city which has historically been the seat of the Dutch government, the Dutch monarchy, and the Dutch supreme court. New Amsterdam is an American medical drama television series, based on the book Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital by Eric Manheimer, that premiered on September 25, 2018 on NBC. This is transformed into an ice rink in winter. [126][127], In 1924, the Catholic Church hosted the International Eucharistic Congress in Amsterdam,[128] and numerous Catholic prelates visited the city, where festivities were held in churches and stadiums. The Miracle devotion went underground but was kept alive. Amsterdam is a city in Montgomery County, New York, United States.As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 18,620. In 1639, the first synagogue was consecrated. Amsterdam contains many other museums throughout the city. [76] While many towns in Holland experienced population decline during the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam's population grew,[77] mainly due to the rise of the profitable Baltic maritime trade after the Burgundian victory in the Dutch–Hanseatic War. Amsterdam is part of the conglomerate metropolitan area Randstad, with a total population of 6,659,300 inhabitants. Explore Wikis; Community Central; Start a Wiki; Search This wiki This wiki All wikis | Sign In Don't have an account? Jugendstil and Georgian are mostly found outside the city's centre in the neighbourhoods built in the early The Museumplein with the city's major museums, the Vondelpark, a 19th-century park named after the Dutch writer Joost van den Vondel, and the Plantage neighbourhood, with the zoo, are also located outside the Grachtengordel. [80] By 1600, its population was around 50,000. Ronnie Hilton (born Adrian Hill; 26 January 1926 – 21 February 2001) was an English singer and radio presenter. The permanent collection consists of works of art from artists like Piet Mondriaan, Karel Appel, and Kazimir Malevich. This can be recognised by the suffix -meer which means lake, as in Aalsmeer, Bijlmermeer, Haarlemmermeer, and Watergraafsmeer. Amsterdam holds two American football franchises: the Amsterdam Crusaders and the Amsterdam Panthers. Each year in October, the city hosts the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) which is one of the leading electronic music conferences and one of the biggest club festivals for electronic music in the world, attracting over 350,000 visitors each year. Amsterdam is noted for having five independent grammar schools (Dutch: gymnasia), the Vossius Gymnasium, Barlaeus Gymnasium, St. Ignatius Gymnasium, Het 4e Gymnasium and the Cygnus Gymnasium where a classical curriculum including Latin and classical Greek is taught. [237], Amsterdam has two universities: the University of Amsterdam (Universiteit van Amsterdam, UvA), and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Dutch milk is used to produce Old Amsterdam with rennet, cheese cultures and salt being added to start the cheese-making process. Although many small offices remain along the historic canals, centrally based companies have increasingly relocated outside Amsterdam's city centre. The largest area by population, the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (Dutch: Metropoolregio Amsterdam), has a population of 2,33 million. Since 1999, the city of Amsterdam honours the best sportsmen and women at the Amsterdam Sports Awards. [100] Segregation along ethnic lines is clearly visible, with people of non-Western origin, considered a separate group by Statistics Netherlands, concentrating in specific neighbourhoods especially in Nieuw-West, Zeeburg, Bijlmer and in certain areas of Amsterdam-Noord. Schools for foreign nationals in Amsterdam include the Amsterdam International Community School, British School of Amsterdam, Albert Einstein International School Amsterdam, Lycée Vincent van Gogh La Haye-Amsterdam primary campus (French school), International School of Amsterdam, and the Japanese School of Amsterdam. [212] Next to the Mayor, the municipal executive board consists of eight wethouders ('alderpersons') appointed by the municipal council: four D66 alderpersons, two VVD alderpersons and two SP alderpersons.[213]. In May 2010, under a major reform, the number of Amsterdam boroughs was reduced to eight: Amsterdam-Centrum covering the city centre including the canal belt, Amsterdam-Noord consisting of the neighbourhoods north of the IJ lake, Amsterdam-Oost in the east, Amsterdam-Zuid in the south, Amsterdam-West in the west, Amsterdam Nieuw-West in the far west, Amsterdam Zuidoost in the southeast, and Westpoort covering the Port of Amsterdam area. Fashion photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin were born in Amsterdam. The origins of Amsterdam is linked to the development of the peatland called Amestelle, meaning 'watery area', from Aa(m) 'river' + stelle 'site at a shoreline', 'river bank'. A famous building in baroque style in Amsterdam is the Royal Palace on Dam Square. De gemeente Amsterdam telt 872.922 inwoners (1 januari 2021, CBS). In 2014, under a reform of the Dutch Municipalities Act, the Amsterdam boroughs lost much of their autonomous status, as their district councils were abolished. Plans were made in 2008 to remodel the square again because many inhabitants of Amsterdam are not happy with its current appearance. Der naturgereifte Old Amsterdam liegt traditionell auf Holzbrettern im Reifelager und wird dort von Hand gepflegt. The northeastern part of the square is bordered by the large Rijksmuseum. [242] A number of these squats have legalised and become well known, such as OCCII, OT301, Paradiso and Vrankrijk. The biggest Montessori high school in Amsterdam is the Montessori Lyceum Amsterdam. A new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. [222] The outbreak of the Second World War and shifting priorities led to the current situation, where only roads A1, A2, and A4 originate from Amsterdam according to the original plan. The Vondelpark, the largest park in the city, is located in the Oud-Zuid neighbourhood and is named after the 17th-century Amsterdam author Joost van den Vondel. [160] One of the most striking buildings designed by Hendrick de Keyser is the Westerkerk. De gemeente Amsterdam is naar inwonertal de grootste gemeente. The town of Hilversum, 30 kilometres (19 miles) south-east of Amsterdam, has been crowned with this unofficial title.
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