Discover the extreme contrasts and progressive living in Amsterdam, Europe's most 17th-century city.
Most of Europe ’s major cities are a mix of old and new, elegant and rough-edged, traditional and forward-looking — but the contrasts you encounter in Amsterdam are particularly extreme … and unusually fascinating. Amsterdam is a laboratory of progressive living , bottled inside Europe ’s most 17th-century city.
The city has remained at least relatively free-thinking ever since. One of Europe’s first gay bars opened here in 1927, and the city was naturally a magnet for Europe’s hippies in the 1960s — solidifying its status as a world capital of acceptance and social experimentation. Stroll through any neighbourhood and you’ll see sometimes-jarring juxtapositions that are commonplace in Amsterdam.
These peaceful green canals, most only about 10 feet deep, tamed the flow of the Amstel River, creating pockets of dry land to build on. A system of locks near the central train station controls the flow outward to the North Sea, and the tides’ flow inward. Fiets are certainly the most local way to get around. Virtually everyone in Amsterdam — bank managers, students, pizza delivery boys, police — rides one as their primary mode of transport. The Dutch appreciate the efficiency of a machine that lets you travel five times faster than walking, without pollution, noise, parking problems, or high fuel costs. And everyone can enjoy the quiet of a people-centred cityscape where bikes outnumber cars.
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