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The Dutch "ell", which varied from town to town (55–75 cm), was somewhat shorter than the English ell (114.3 cm). A section of measurements is given below: [9] one The Hague ell or standard ell (Haagse of gewone el) = 69.425 cm; one Amsterdam ell (Amsterdamse el) = 68.78 cm; one Brabant ell (Brabantse el) = 69.2 cm or 16 tailles
3 Maritim Hotel 114,0 m 2024 35 4 Evie Residential 107,0 m 2024 31 5 Amsterdam Symphony A: 105,0 m 2009 29 6 Amsterdam Symphony B: 105,0 m 2009 28 7 World Trade Center (Amsterdam)(Tower H) 105,0 m 2004 28 8 ABN-AMRO World HQ: 105,0 m 1999 25 9 Amstel Tower: 103,0 m 2018 32 10 The Valley North Tower 101,0 m 2021 28 11 Justus 100,0 m 2024 32 12 ...
Muntplein, often referred to simply as the "Munt", is in fact a bridge — the widest bridge in Amsterdam — which crosses the Singel canal at the point where it flows into the Amstel river. The square is a bustling intersection of six streets.
It is the only building in Amsterdam that remains in its original state since Rembrandt walked its halls. [citation needed] In the Holy Sepulchre is a small Rembrandt exhibition, a shrine to his wife Saskia van Uylenburgh [4] who was buried here in 1642. Each year on 9 March (8 March in leap years), at 8:39 am, the early morning sun briefly ...
In 1922 the RAI occupied an exhibition hall of its own on the Ferdinand Bolstraat in Amsterdam. This building, the "old RAI", was demolished in 1975 and replaced by the current building complex on Europaplein square, which was opened by Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands on February 2, 1961. Vesthallen was completed in 1963, and a separate ...
The Nieuwendijk is a major shopping street in central Amsterdam. There are some 200 shops along the street. [1] The street, which dates to the early medieval history of Amsterdam, counts 98 buildings with rijksmonument status. [2] The Nieuwendijk runs northeast from Dam Square, then turns left near Prins Hendrikkade.
The Amsterdamse Bos (English: Amsterdam Forest) is an English park or landscape park in the municipalities of Amstelveen and Amsterdam. Although most of the park is located in Amstelveen, the owner of the park is the City of Amsterdam. The park was mainly built in the early 1930s, mostly by the unemployment relief.
Built from 1993 to 1996 at a cost equivalent to €140 million, [3] it is the largest stadium in the country. The stadium was previously known as the Amsterdam Arena (stylised as Amsterdam ArenA) until the 2018–19 football season, when it was officially renamed in honour of Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff who died in 2016. [4] [5] [6]