Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the capital city of Netherlands, was founded in 12th century. Today in Amsterdam live about 743,027 inhabitants.
Mayor
Until 2001 the head of the city is mayor Job Cohen. He was born in 1947 in Haarlem. In 2006 he was awarded by the World Mayor organization(World Mayor 2006).
Landmarks
Netherlands is famous about coffeshops, special pubs where you can buy soft drugs(marihuana).
In Amsterdam there are many canals and many people live on them in special boat houses.
A 'must see' place is museum of Heineken - the Heineken experience. For 11€ you get 3 glasses of free beers, free gift and you can see how beer is produced.
Amsterdam is famous about Red-light districts. Netherlands is almost only country in Europe where prostitution is legal.
Full list of tourist attractions can be found here.
Sport
Amsterdam is home of famous football club Ajax. They play in Eredivisie(highest Netherlands football league. Their stadium is Amsterdam ArenA, one of the most modern stadiums on the world.
In 1928 Amsterdam hosted Games of the IXth Olympiad.
In Amsterdam there is a famous ice rink, home of ice hockey team Amstel Tijgers.
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