It's the fishing village that grew to become one of the largest ports in Europe: capital of the Netherlands, birthplace of the modern stock market, home to Rembrandt, Vincent Van Gogh and Anne Frank.
If you live in Amsterdam and your shirt or jacket needs mending, the city wants to help you fix it instead of trashing it: Low-income residents can get 40% discounts at local repair shops. And if you ...
AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The City of Amsterdam was selected in 2018 to receive $10 million as part of New York’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI). Four years later, the city is working on ...
Escape the hustle and bustle of Amsterdam in this nearby city, boasting stunning canals, a charming town square, a ...
A couple of weeks after the first coronavirus case arrived in the Netherlands, we were told to stay inside. Bars and schools closed down and my hometown of Amsterdam came to a halt. After the first ...
The city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands has begun a tourist campaign with the specific intention of asking certain tourists to stay away and to not visit. It is an attempt to discourage tourists that ...
Instagrammers can’t seem to get enough of the popular “I Amsterdam” sculpture located just in front of the Rijksmuseum in the city’s center. And that’s too bad, because Amsterdam’s officials are sick ...
Amsterdam is a city of water. The capital city of the Netherlands has 165 canals, stretching more than 60 miles, and it often feels like there are more grachten than streets. Amsterdam is also flush ...
David Chalmers amassed a fortune manufacturing breathable undergarments. A friend of Thomas Edison, Chalmer’s luxurious 7,300 square-foot mansion at 345 Guy Park Ave. was one of the first in the ...