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Amsterdam
Amsterdam is a city that feels like it was designed for wandering—a Dutch masterpiece of water, bicycles, and candlelit cafés tucked beneath gabled roofs. Canals ribbon through the centre in concentric rings, lined with merchant houses from the 17th century, their facades leaning gently as if settling into centuries of stories. The pace here is human-scaled and unhurried, the light soft and diffuse off the water, and there's a particular mix of bohemian ease and quiet prosperity that makes the place feel both welcoming and deeply lived-in.
CountryNetherlands
RegionNorth Holland
LanguageDutch
CurrencyEuro (€)
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