Amsterdam – Facts

Amsterdam is the largest city of Netherlands and also its nominal capital.
The city consists of the northern part of Randstad which is the 6^th largest metropolitan area in Europe.
A maximum number of the museums in the world are present in Amsterdam.
The largest Van Gogh collections in the world are present in the Van Gogh Museum and the Kroller-Muller Museum.
As it is situated in Hague, the city does not have a parliament.
The ‘Kohinoor’ diamond of India, the world famous diamond, was in fact cut in Amsterdam.
With huge stakes driven in the ground, the city is totally built on piles.
More than 150 canals and 1200 bridges are present in Amsterdam.
The city of Car Hire Amsterdam possesses 70 glass topped canal boats.
Amsterdam is possibly one of the first cities in the world to drown, if the sea level goes up even to some extent.
More than 300 coffee shops present in the city are permitted to sell up to 5 gm of soft drugs per person.
It has more than 1 million bikes.
As many as seven among the top 500 companies in the world, are based in Amsterdam.
Set in the centre of the city, Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in the world.
De Wallen, the oldest area of the city is home to the city’s famous red light district.
Oude Kerk or the Old Church, located in the heart of the Wallen area, forms the oldest building in Amsterdam.

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