Did you know?
- Amsterdam has more km of bike paths than of roads.
- Light drugs are legal in The Netherlands, but you can't smoke where you can drink alcohol.
- If you see a wooden head with the tongue hanging out above a door it means that the building used to be a barbers, as until the 17th century they were also the surgeons and doctors in town.
- Amsterdam has a monument representing equal rights for homosexuals.
- The prostitutes you see in the red light windows of central Amsterdam get frequent medical check ups, health care, a pension and pay taxes.
- Dutch people are crazy for skating: as soon as the water freezes you'll see hundreds of people going skating on the canals.
- Dutch is the official language in the Netherlands, but you could stumble into someone speaking to you in Fries, the language spoken in the north of the Netherlands.
- Amsterdam Zoo is one of the largest in the world, and it is also one of the most important research centres on animals worldwide and contributed to save several species from extinction.
Amsterdam Urban Adventures
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The Amsterdam Urban Adventures team love the dynamic and enjoyable life along the canals of the Dutch capital, and after years as guiding tours abroad, we now want to show travellers the authentic Amsterdam that they lovingly call home.
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