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Canals of Amsterdam

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The more than one hundred kilometers of canals in Amsterdam, along with about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges, have led the city to being termed the "Venice of the North". The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the grachtengordel. Alongside the main canals are 1550... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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    Canals of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam has been called the "Venice of the North" for its more than one hundred kilometres of canals, about 90 islands and 1,500 bridges. The three main canals, Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century during the Dutch Golden Age, form concentric belts around the city, known as the grachtengordel.
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    Amsterdam

    Amsterdam (pronounced /ˈæmstərdæm/; Dutch [ɑmstərˈdɑm] (help·info)) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country. ... Main article: Canals of Amsterdam
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    Singel (Amsterdam)

    Main article: Canals of Amsterdam The Singel is a canal in Amsterdam which encircled the city in the Middle Ages.
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    Madurodam

    Madurodam is a miniature city located in Scheveningen, The Hague, in the Netherlands. ... Inside Madurodam, canals of Amsterdam with in the background the Dom
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    History of Amsterdam

    Rembrandt painted in this century, and the city expanded greatly around its canals during this time. ... Buiksloot, annexed in 1921, now part of Amsterdam-Noord
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    Spiegelgracht

    The Spiegelgracht is a canal in the centrum of Amsterdam, located near the Prinsengracht. Built in the 16th century, it is a part of the Canals of Amsterdam which have been designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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    1964

    1964 (MCMLXIV, "nineteen sixty-four", "nineteen hundred (and) sixty-four", or "one thousand, nine hundred (and) sixty-four") was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 7 – The Beatles travel the canals of Amsterdam.
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    List of James Bond henchmen in Diamonds Are Forever

    A list of henchmen from the 1971 James Bond film and novel Diamonds Are Forever from the List of James Bond henchmen. ... The pair are almost certainly psychopathic and undoubtedly take a sadistic pleasure in their work – for example, to Wint's amusement Kidd photographs the body of the old lady (Mrs. Whistler) they have drowned in the canals of Amsterdam, joking about sending the pictures to the primary-age children to whom she was a school teacher.
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    Zwanenburgwal

    Main article: Canals of Amsterdam
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    The Fall (Albert Camus novel)

    The Fall (French: La Chute) is a philosophical novel written by Albert Camus. ... The canals of Amsterdam: when seen from the air, as in this photo, the canals appear as a series of concentric circles emerging from the city centre, which led Camus to liken them to the circles of Hell.

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