【K】Netherlands Travel-Amsterdam[네덜란드 여행-암스테르담]운하 유람선 투어/Canal, Cruise Tour/Station/Magere Bridge
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암스테르담 관광이 시작된다는 중앙역. 1889년에 세워진 고풍스러운 건물이다. 중앙역 앞쪽에는 유람선 선착장이 있다. 나는 유람선을 타고 운하를 둘러보기로 했다. 암스테르담은 5개의 큰 고리 모양의 운하가 도시 전체를 감싸면서 그 사이사이 작은 운하길이 거미줄처럼 이어져 있단다. 때문에 도시의 4분의 1이 물로 채워져 있다. 관광객들은 독특한 풍경에 시선을 떼지 못한다. 운하의 도시다운 카페의 모습이다. 운하에는 생각보다 많은 배들이 있었다. 선장이 갑자기 무선연락을 취했다. 많은 배들이 나오는 휴일에는 배들이 부딪칠 수 있는 위험한 상황도 발생한단다. 배들의 모양도 각양각색이다. 이곳은 수상가옥이 밀집해 있는 곳. 물 위에 뜬 컨테이너 하우스 같다는 느낌이 들었다. 암스테르담 운하에는 1400여개의 다리가 있단다. 그중에서 가장 유명한 다리가 바로 이 마흐레 다리다. 20분에 한 번씩 양쪽이 들리는 도개식 다리. 1670년에 세워진 이 다리는 일부 보수돼 계속 사용되고 있다.
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Amsterdam Central Station that tourism begins. The antique building was built in 1889. There are cruise ships can dock in front the Central Station. I decided to take a boat tour of the canal. Amsterdam has five large ring shaped like a spider's web of canals itdanda led four thousand two hundred forty-two that small canal length to surround the entire city. Since there is one-fourth of the city filled with water. Tourists do not keep an eye on the unique landscape. The appearance of the town cafes down the canal. Canal boats than there were a lot of thought. The captain took a sudden radio contact. The holiday also caused many ships coming danda dangerous situation that can hit ships. The shape is also a huge variety of boats. This is where the concentrated Waterhouse. Container house floats on the water feel equal heard. The Amsterdam canal bridge in 1400 over itdanda. The most famous bridge just darida Les Mach at them. Drawbridge is heard on both feet every 20 minutes. The bridge, built in 1670 has been used gotta keep some maintenance.
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Amsterdam Centraal Station dat het toerisme begint. Het antieke gebouw werd gebouwd in 1889. Er zijn cruise schepen kunnen aanmeren tegenover het Centraal Station. Ik besloot om een boottocht van het kanaal te nemen. Amsterdam heeft vijf grote ring in de vorm van web van grachten een spinnenweb itdanda leidde 4242 dat kleine gracht lengte om de hele stad omringen. Aangezien er een vierde van de stad vol met water. Toeristen niet een oogje houden op het unieke landschap. Het uiterlijk van de stad cafes langs de gracht. Rondvaartboten dan waren er veel van het denken. De kapitein nam een plotselinge radiocontact. Ook de vakantie veroorzaakte vele schepen komen danda gevaarlijke situatie die schepen kunnen raken. De vorm is ook een enorme verscheidenheid aan boten. Dit is waar de geconcentreerde Waterhouse. Container huis drijft op het water voelt gelijk gehoord. De Amsterdamse gracht brug in 1400 meer dan itdanda. De meest bekende brug net Darida Les Mach naar hen. Ophaalbrug is te horen op beide voeten elke 20 minuten. De brug, gebouwd in 1670 is gebruikt moet houden wat onderhoud.
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■클립명: 유럽077-네덜란드03-02 운하 유람선 투어/Amsterdam Canal, Cruise Tour/Centraal Station/Floating House/Magere Bridge
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■촬영일자: 2013년 6월 June
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Amsterdam Canal tour. Netherlands travel guide.
Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, has more than one hundred kilometers of grachten, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the Grachtengordel.
EXPLORING the famous CANALS of AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands
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[Café Live] Painting Amsterdam from google street view
I picked a scene from Amsterdam for this painting using google map and street view. It's a great way to travel the world from home =)
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09:45 - drawing
21:32 - first wash
29:08 - second wash - building
35:30 - second wash - trees
43:09 - third wash - building shadow
47:30 - third wash - trees
52:30 - third wash - finish the shape
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Amsterdam's best art museum, the Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands is a huge world-famous collection presented in 80 galleries, exhibiting 8,000 objects that tell the story of 800 years of Dutch art and history. This collection focuses primarily on Dutch paintings of the 16th and 17th centuries, rather than trying to present a complete sample of the entire world of art. The museum has a lot to show, thanks especially to the extreme genius of great native painters, Frans Hals, Vermeer, van Ruisdael, Jan Steen, and most-famously, Rembrandt.
Don’t miss out on the absolute highlights, like Vermeer’s Milkmaid, Van Gogh’s Self-portrait and a gorgeous collection of Delft Blue pottery ranging from tea sets to vases,
The total archive includes 1 million objects from the years 1200–2000, with more than 2,000 paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. Some 30 galleries are dedicated to the glory of the Golden Age, when the young mercantile republic led the world in trade, science, shipping and the arts.
Many objects from Dutch history tell the story with Paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, silver, porcelain, delftware, furniture, jewelry, costumes and more. There are also dozens of rooms with medieval arts and later decorative pieces of the 19th century, 17th century miniature house models, along with a sampling of minor Italian Renaissance paintings
The building itself is a major work of art, designed in neo-Gothic and Reneissance styles by Pierre Cuypers, who also designed the similar-looking Central Train Station, both completed in the 1880s. The red terra-cotta façade is adorned with many statues, decorative stripes, reliefs and ceramic plaques, using a mix of medieval and 19th century styles.
Amsterdam: bunt, cool, tolerant | WDR Reisen
Andrea Grießmann nimmt uns mit nach Amsterdam, in die bunte, coole, tolerante und junge Hauptstadt der Freiheit. Grachten, Coffeeshops, Nachtleben und viel Kunst - und das alles vor historischer Kulisse.
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34:12 Keukenhof
41:40 Noordwijkerhout
43:00 Van-Gogh-Museum
49:50 NDSM-Werft
57:16 Schiffskran-Hotel
58:33 Freilichtmuseum Zaanse Schans
1:06:18 IJburg am IJsselmeer
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Amsterdam Canal Cruise | Netherlands | English Subtitles | Malayalam Travel Vlog
Amsterdam, a city we wanted to visit for quite a long time. We finally made it in the Spring of 2018. Travel along with us through the canals of Amsterdam knowing this beautiful city known as the ‘Venice of the North’.
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Amsterdam Morning - A Walk around Amsterdam, Holland / Netherlands
An early morning walk around the city of Amsterdam in Holland / Netherlands
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アムステルダムの運河 A canal in Amsterdam
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Own a Rembrandt - Douwes Fine Art (museum, traveltip in Amsterdam)
Traveltip: when visiting the capitol of the Netherlands (Amsterdam) visit Douwes Fine Art This gallery has a wide range of paintings with great quality. It also restore pieces and has a room filled with real Rembrandt paintings! And the good news: it's for sale.
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Amsterdam Art - Peter de Vries
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암스테르담에만 165개의 수로와 1,300개에 가까운 다리가 있다고 하니, 물의 도시, 암스테르담을 느끼는데 배보다 나은 수단은 없을 듯 싶다. 화가 렘브란트가 묻힌 곳으로도 유명한 서교회. 17세기 네덜란드 회화의 메카, 국립 미술관. 우편물까지 배달된다는 하우스 보트까지. 암스테르담은 좁은 수로로 구획되고 낮은 다리로 연결되는데, 수많은 섬들로 이루어진 셈이다. 17세기에 건설된 수로는 폭이 좁고 배들로 붐비지만, 나름의 교통질서와 숙련된 선장들 덕에 흐름이 유연하다. 도심을 벗어나자 대담하면서도 세련된 풍광이 펼쳐진다. 17세기 네덜란드의 황금시대를 이끌던 선박도 눈길을 모은다. 암스테르담을 대표하는 17세기 목조 개폐교 마헤레 부르흐는 아직도 사람의 힘만으로 열고 닫는다고 한다. 한때는 치열한 삶의 현장이었을 암스테르담의 수로는 2010년 유네스코 세계유산으로 지정됐다.
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Amsterdam only do that are close to 1,300 feet and 165 waterways, water city, Amsterdam neukkineunde not want to seem better means than the belly. Where the famous painter Rembrandt is buried in the church books. 17th-century Dutch paintings of Mecca and the National Museum. Being a houseboat until delivered to the mail. Amsterdam is linked to the lower leg compartment and a narrow channel, the count made a number of islands. Only the channel width to the narrow and crowded ships built in the 17th century, the flow of the Captain Doug skilled and flexible depending on the traffic order. Passed away merely to be replaced by a downtown bold yet stylish scenery it unfolds. Yikkeuldeon ship the Golden Age of the 17th century, the Netherlands also collects the eye. 17th-century wooden representing Amsterdam gaepyegyo Do Herrera Limburg is still open, close it, and only power of the people. At one time the number of Amsterdam was the scene of intense life was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.
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Amsterdam alleen die dicht bij 1300 voeten en 165 waterwegen, water stad zijn, Amsterdam neukkineunde niet willen betere middelen dan de buik lijken. Waar de beroemde schilder Rembrandt wordt begraven in de kerk boeken. 17e-eeuwse Nederlandse schilderijen van Mekka en het Nationaal Museum. Omdat het een woonboot tot geleverd aan de e-mail. Amsterdam is gekoppeld aan het onderbeen compartiment en een smal kanaal, de graaf maakte een aantal eilanden. Alleen het kanaal breedte aan de smalle en drukke schepen gebouwd in de 17e eeuw, de stroom van de Kapitein Doug geschoold en flexibel afhankelijk van de verkeersleiding. Overleed alleen vervangen worden door een centrum gedurfde maar stijlvolle omgeving het zich ontvouwt. Yikkeuldeon schip de Gouden Eeuw van de 17e eeuw, in Nederland verzamelt tevens het oog. 17e-eeuwse houten vertegenwoordigen Amsterdam gaepyegyo Doe Herrera Limburg is nog open, sluit het, en slechts macht van het volk. Op een gegeven moment is het aantal was Amsterdam het toneel van hevige leven werd aangewezen als een UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2010.
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■클립명: 유럽077-네덜란드02-01 17세기 건설 운하 유람선 투어/Amsterdam Canal, Cruise Tour/Unesco World Heritage
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■촬영일자: 2012년 4월 April
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8 Dutch Artists Transform Canal House for Converse Clash Wall Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the latest backdrop for the Converse Clash Wall series, which have taken place in cities across the globe. But unlike the others, this one is locally unique as it embodies not only the history of the city by taking over a traditional 17th century canal house to create an unprecedented piece of art. It also embraces the Dutch ideology of leaving their windows open and allowing the outside in and the inside out.
Clash Wall Amsterdam took over five floors transformed by eight Dutch artists - Does, Onno Poiesz, Rutger Termohlen, Sober Industries, Karski, Telmo Miel, Zedz and Zender - in nine days to create an ultimate collaboration - a clash of styles - that runs throughout the entirety of the building. The the first of its kind in the Clash Wall series, the project combined their personal style and ideas with that of Converse fans from around the world -- uniting the artists and their fans via the brand's Twitter page through inspirational tweets, conceptually working together in a new and refreshing way.
With the use of multiple artistic methods and materials, the artists managed to seamlessly connect each floor of this five-storey house, uniting their distinctive styles. By clashing this historic house, this project also touched upon a very Dutch practice of keeping their windows open. A tradition that dates back to the late 16th -17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, windows were kept open - curtains ever never closed - while sailors were out at sea so their wives couldn't cheat on them. The idea has long evolved from cheating to that of sharing, and in a culture where being normal is considered crazy enough, the home is the only place where the Dutch can truly express themselves. Allowing these artists to work in such a space with the windows uncovered recognizes a very special form of domestic exhibitionism that each resident of this country understands and shares. They've taken something that many would consider private - the inside of a residence - and made it public, transforming it into more than just a home, but a work of art and an unique experience for the public to enjoy.
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Amsterdam Canals: The lifeblood of a city
Your Vantage Rhine & Moselle river cruise begins in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Explore the city's 62 miles of canals, a UNESCO World Heritage Site! The waterways are lined with historic sites and homes and dotted with picturesque islands.
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Amsterdam (English /ˈæmstərdæm/ or /ˌæmstərˈdæm/;[9][10] Dutch: [ɑmstərˈdɑm] ( listen)) is the capital and most populous city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Its status as the Dutch capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands[11] though it is not the seat of the Dutch government, which is The Hague.[12] Amsterdam has a population of 837,155 within the city proper, 1,333,729 in the urban area and 1,603,531 in the metropolitan area.[7] The city region has an approximate population of 2,431,000.[8] The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country, and is also North Holland's largest city. It comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, with a population of approximately 7 million.[13]
Amsterdam's name derives from Amstelredamme,[14] indicative of the city's origin as a dam of the river Amstel. Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world during the Dutch Golden Age (17th century), a result of its innovative developments in trade. During that time, the city was the leading center for finance and diamonds.[15] In the 19th and 20th centuries the city expanded, and many new neighbourhoods and suburbs were planned and built. The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam and the 19–20th century Defence Line of Amsterdam are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands.[16] Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters there, and seven of the world's 500 largest companies, including Philips and ING, are based in the city.[17] In 2012, Amsterdam was ranked the second best city in which to live by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)[18] and 12th globally on quality of living for environment and infrastructure by Mercer .[19] The city was previously ranked 3rd in innovation by 2thinknow in the Innovation Cities Index 2009.[20]
Famous Amsterdam residents included Anne Frank the diarist, the artists Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent van Gogh and the philosopher Baruch Spinoza.
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the world, is located in the city center. Amsterdam's main attractions, including its historic canals, the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, Stedelijk Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam, Anne Frank House, Amsterdam Museum, its red-light district, and its many cannabis coffee shops draw more than 5 million international visitors annually.[21]
The 'hustle and bustle' of an Amsterdam canal - Netherlands
Amsterdam (/ˈæmstərdæm/;[9][10][11] Dutch: [ɑmstərˈdɑm] (About this sound listen)) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands. Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands,[12] although it is not the seat of the government, which is The Hague.[13] Amsterdam has a population of 851,373 within the city proper, 1,351,587 in the urban area,[14] and 2,410,960 in the Amsterdam metropolitan area.[8] The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country but is not its capital, which is Haarlem. The metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad, one of the larger conurbations in Europe, with a population of approximately 7 million.[15]
Amsterdam's name derives from Amstelredamme,[16] indicative of the city's origin around a dam in the river Amstel. Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world during the Dutch Golden Age (17th century), a result of its innovative developments in trade. During that time, the city was the leading centre for finance and diamonds.[17] In the 19th and 20th centuries the city expanded, and many new neighborhoods and suburbs were planned and built. The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam and the 19–20th century Defence Line of Amsterdam are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Since the annexation of municipality Sloten in 1921 by the municipality of Amsterdam, the oldest historic part of the city lies in Sloten (9th century).
As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands.[18] Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters there, and seven of the world's 500 largest companies, including Philips and ING, are based in the city.[19] In 2012, Amsterdam was ranked the second best city to live in by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)[20] and 12th globally on quality of living for environment and infrastructure by Mercer.[21] The city was ranked 3rd in innovation by Australian innovation agency 2thinknow in their Innovation Cities Index 2009.[22] The Amsterdam seaport to this day remains the second in the country, and the fifth largest seaport in Europe.[23] Famous Amsterdam residents include the diarist Anne Frank, artists Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent van Gogh, and philosopher Baruch Spinoza.
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the world, is located in the city center. Amsterdam's main attractions, including its historic canals, the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam, the Anne Frank House, the Amsterdam Museum, its red-light district, and its many cannabis coffee shops draw more than 5 million international visitors annually.[24] It is also one of the world's most multicultural cities, with at least 177 nationalities represented.[25]
United States:
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America (/əˈmɛrɪkə/), is a federal republic[16][17] composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.[fn 6] Forty-eight states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.[19]
At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2)[20] and with over 324 million people, the United States is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area,[fn 7] and the third-most populous. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city is New York City; twelve other major metropolitan areas—each with at least 4.5 million inhabitants—are Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Riverside.