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The Metropolitan Region Amsterdam (Dutch: Metropoolregio Amsterdam) is the city region around the city of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.It lies in the Noordvleugel (English: "North Wing") of the larger polycentric Randstad metropolitan area and encompasses the city of Amsterdam as well as 36 further municipalities within the two provinces of North Holland and Flevoland, [5] with a ...
Royal Palace of Amsterdam Amsterdam, one of Europe's capitals, has many attractions for visitors. The city's most famous sight is the 17th-century canals of Amsterdam (in Dutch: grachtengordel), located in the heart of Amsterdam, have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Museums Main article: List of museums in Amsterdam Nemo museum in Amsterdam The Rijksmuseum is the national museum ...
Amsterdam is known as one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world and is a centre of bicycle culture. 38% of all journeys in the city are made by bicycle. Most main streets have bike paths. Most main streets have bike paths.
Numerous tourists view Amsterdam from canal boat tours (2015) Much of the Amsterdam canal system is the successful outcome of city planning.In the early part of the 17th century, with immigration rising, a comprehensive plan was put together, calling for four main, concentric half-circles of canals with their ends resting on the IJ Bay.
Built by CAF (4 S3 units, 33 M4 units) Cars per unit: 2 Length: 30.9 m (101 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) Width: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Weight (fully loaded):48.0 t (105,800 lb) Maximum speed: 70 km/h (43 mph) Power: 6 x 70 kW DC power supply: 750 volts 1997–present Series M5 Full metro units for Routes 50, 52, 53 and 54 Built by Alstom Konstal ...
Amsterdam Centraal has 15 tracks, 11 of which are alongside a platform: four island platforms with tracks along the full length on both sides (tracks 4/5, 7/8, 10/11, 13/14); one side platform with one track along the full length (track 15); and one bay platform with two tracks (tracks 1/2). Platforms 2-15 have an A-side (to the west) and a B ...
The 15 tram lines within Amsterdam's tram network serve all boroughs in Amsterdam except for Amsterdam-Noord on the north side of the IJ and Amsterdam Zuidoost. [2] Tram lines 5 and 25 extend south of the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid to serve the municipalities of Amstelveen [4] and Uithoorn, [5] and tram line 19 extends east of the borough of Amsterdam-Oost to serve the municipality of Diemen.
In the time of the horse tram (end 19th century), the Dam was the most important tram hub of Amsterdam. After 1900, this function moved to the Central Station, at the other end of the Damrak. Over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, Amsterdam's main square became a "national" square well known to nearly everyone in the Netherlands.