Amsterdam History The Enigmatic City The Netherlands’ capital is a place of paradoxes. It’s a city where the buttoned-up and the bohemian coexist, where the sacred and the profane meet. This is a city that that has mastered the balance of opposites, where past and present and conservative and liberal are one and the same. Walking down the winding canals and narrow streets of Amsterdam you can’t shake the sense that there is more than meets the eye in this city. The embroidered facades of 17th-century merchant houses, the grand sweep of the Rijksmuseum, even the quirky resort of the Jordaan neighborhood all speak of a rich and tangled history. But Amsterdam’s real magic isn’t in the bricks and mortar, however stunning those may be. Instead, it is the city’s distinctive soul, a soul that has enabled it to thrive as a bastion of tolerance, creativity and innovation for centuries. Grab a copy of this book now!
