Once time in Amsterdam

The capital of the Netherlands and tourist city of Europe. Amsterdam is not only famous with ancient architectures but also is the art centre of the world. Amsterdam attract thousands of people come to visit everyday. Amsterdam is exciting, luxurious and magnificent at night.

Art of centre

Seeing in New York or Washington of America, people think about the liberty status or so many skyscrapers, or Paris capital of France ?" the centre of fashion, perfume and cosmetic in the world. While Amsterdam is special city with ancient architectures which were built from 16, 17 centuries and very famous in the world. Inside museums of Amsterdam, visitors could have a passion for seeing and enjoying an especial art.
There are more than 40 Art museums in Amsterdam, and the first stop of our sightseeing tour is the Van Gogh Museum. This is the one of the first modern art museums in the world. Perhaps, nobody doesn?Tt know about the great talent artist who was painted following the art impressionism. Van Gogh?Ts famous paintings describe about simple lives of Netherlands?T farmers in a very truthfully and simply way. For instant, Sunflowers,Tulip flowers, windmills, the farmers and so on, however these descriptions go into peoplê?Ts heart with especial style. In the museum, there are more than two hundred of his paintings. Among them there are some of famous his paintings: Sunflowers, the Potato Eaters, the Yellow House in Arles and so on.
Talk about Amsterdam, people are also talk about the world?Ts most importance diamond centre, in Amsterdam there are factories which cut and polished diamond and many famous diamonds in the world were cut and polished in Amsterdam. The largest diamond is name ?oCullian? ever found; The ?oKoh-I-Noor? which means mountain of light was cut for British Crown Jewels in 1852, Furthermore the world?Ts smallest diamond just only 0,00012 carat but with 57 facets was also cut in Amsterdam. Besides, there are also many diamond shops to display or selling and buying: Gassan Diamonds, Amsterdam Diamond centre, Van Moppes Diamonds, Stoeltie Diamonds, and Costes Diamonds.
Arriving in Amsterdam, visitor also can travel around the city by boats. Three fourth of The Netherlands area is below sea level, that is the reason why there are so many canals in The Netherlands. There are 165 canals in Amsterdam. By this advantage several tourist companies in this city open some tourist tour around the city by boat, this kind of tour attract a lot of visitors. These companies always improve boats style to become more comfortable and convenience for attracting tourists who are visiting Amsterdam. From centre station, tourists will go to though VOC ship (United Dutch East Indian Company) and the tropics museum to Artist- this is one of the famous museums in Amsterdam and then continue going to Art zoo. After that they will go to Anne Frank House- the house of Anne Frank when she with four other people went for hiding the pursue of the Nazis (from July in 1942 to August in 1944). In this house she wrote the diary to describe cruelty of the Nazis in the Second World War. (nowadays her diary translated in to 55 languages). After visit this place they will be invited to buy a ticket for visiting the Rijks Museum-a head sculpture museums of the Netherlands. In this museum visitors will have chance to see a lot of magnificent collections of silver, Delft blue, dolls houses, drawings and mysterious Asian art of sculptors Rembrandt, Vermeer, Frans Hals, and Jans Steen.
On the side of canals the Amsterdam residence grew many trees which are reflected by the canals water reminding the visitor of the Dutch?Ts architectural glory on the water during five centuries. In the evening, visitors can enjoy with especial candlelight in the boats, going along the canals to the lighted centre of Amsterdam and having the especial tra***ional foods of Holland. In ad***ion, tourists can rent the water bike, special kind of means which is only in Amsterdam for discovering Amsterdam by themselves, almost the visitors who come to Amsterdam drove this kind of transport at least one time.

Legal business

In Amsterdam and also in over the Netherlands every ones had to have work permit before starting work and must pay the personal income tax. In Amsterdam?Ts streets, tourists usually see statue of person, especially in the festival days. If the tourists want to take a picture with him they will have to pay money, these people who plays this role also have got work permit and pay a personal income tax. Besides, Amsterdam is also the famous, well-known debauched place. Prostitution business is legal; the Amsterdam?Ts government set a large area for this kind of business called Red- light District. This area located on the old streets of Amsterdam, and many girls came from various countries working here. They are protected by the laws and polices, they also have to pay tax for government, and this kind of business is also a respect of Dutch Culture. Besides, in the some of streets of Amsterdam you can see many types of equipment for drug users. Selling and buying some type of soft drugs was allowed by Dutch government. This is the main reason to explain why the number of foreign tourists comes to visit Amsterdam increase very fast over recent years. Most of them come from other European countries. And from date which people who are living in the European Community don?Tt need visa to travel in Community, the number of people come to visit the Netherlands are higher and higher, they can come there and go back in the same day by trains, planes or buses. Although the soft drugs are sold and bought in the public and people are allowed to use it but the Netherlands is a safe country in Europe.
Visiting Amsterdam, visitors are not only have nice time but also welcomed by open and friendly of Dutch style. I am sure they will have got an impression, an interesting and useful with their tour.


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