Tag: Amsterdam

Usually you won't see photos like this one is any of the tourist brochues marketing the city of Amsterdam.

Standing on top of the A'DAM tower -- enjoying the A'DAM Lookout observation deck -- I noticed, not for the first time, how tall the Westerkerk church building is …

Due to a severe housing shortage in Amsterdam, students (and others) tend to have great difficulty finding an affordable place to live.The city has come to the rescue by …

The recently opened bike tunnel underneath Amsterdam Central Station includes a depiction of the harbor of Rotterdam, ignoring the traditional rivalry between the two cities.

Amsterdam skyline as seen from the roof of the NEMO museum

The Dutch weather forecast nearly always goes like this: "Now and then, here and there some rain, interspersed with periods of sunshine."

One of our favorite places to relax in Amsterdam is on the banks of the river IJ.

It’s been a bitterly cold March in Amsterdam this year — with more days of frost than we had in January. What a contrast with last year, when birds, …