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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 ...
The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in Amsterdam (Dutch: Koninklijk Paleis van Amsterdam or Paleis op de Dam) is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which are at the disposal of the monarch by Act of Parliament. It is situated on the west side of Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, opposite the War Memorial and next to the Nieuwe Kerk.
[1] [2] The National Monument was finally revealed on 4 May 1956 by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands. [1] In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the National Monument, which dominates the eastern half of Dam Square, became a gathering place for hippies, who saw the monument as a symbol of liberty. Every night, a sizeable crowd of people slept ...
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 ...
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.
Comprising 219.4 km 2 (84.7 sq mi) of land, the city proper has 4,457 inhabitants per km 2 and 2,275 houses per km 2. [80] Parks and nature reserves make up 12% of Amsterdam's land area. [ 81 ]