Amsterdamse Bos
The Dutch call it a wood, but it is closer to a park. Commisioned in the 1930-ies by the Dutch government as part of a Keynesian attempt to fight unemployment, it is the biggets city park of the Netherlands. In summer there are free Theater performances (in Dutch).
address: Amstelveenseweg
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Amsterdam - Getting There
Amsterdam is easily accessable by rail, bus, boat, car and air depending on which country you are travelling from. Travel is relatively cheap and frequent.
For train travel, visit the website of the Dutch Railways: www.ns.nl
Cheap flights are available to and from Amsterdam. In the UK, I recommend Cheap Flights Online, especially for some good lastminute deals.
If you want to travel by bus which is very cheap, check out Eurolines
Hamam
Turkish bath with full service, massage, peeling, olive soap, towel, tea room, snacks,...
Monday 16:00-22:00h for men,
Tuesday till Sunday for women (12:00 to 20:00h)
Zaanstraat 88
1013 RW Amsterdam
+31-20-681 48 18
address: amsterdam
Royal Palace Amsterdam
The Royal Palace (1648-1665) was designed as the most prestigious town hall of its time. It is justly famous for being a large and important cultural and historic building of 17th century Amsterdam.
Amsterdam - Shopping
Amsterdam is no fashion capital like Paris or Duesseldorf. It is more of a place to hunt for bargains and feel comfortable in what ever you wear. Prices are relatively low, compared with other European capitals and has a wide selection to offer. Most shops close at 18:00 and on Thursday nights most shops are open until 21:00.
Shops in the center are open on Sunday, usually between 12:00 and 17:00. The shopping streets get extremely crowded on Sundays as alot of people from around Amsterdam pour in to do their shopping. So your have been warned.
A definitely recommend
Spui
On the spui square you find some of the oldest buildings of Amsterdam. Be sure not the miss the Begijnhof.Sigourney: Het Spui was in de jaren '60 de verzamelplaats voor de provos die de samenleving probeerden te ontburgelijken. Nu is het vooral de plaats voor de boekeliefhebber, met een markt op zondag en de Atheneumboekwinkel nog altijd op de meest prominente plek. Als je een boek gevonden hebt kun je op het Begijnhof in alle rust gaan lezen, ofop een van de onliggende terrassen. Jerome: The bookmarket helt here is a great place to find secondhand books about Amsterdam if
