Amsterdam, city and port, western Netherlands, located on the IJsselmeer and connected to the North Sea.
It is the capital, the principal commercial and the financial centre of the Netherlands.
Amsterdam is known for its historical attractions, for its collections of great art, and for the distinctive colour and flavour of its old sections.
It is easy to describe Amsterdam, which is more than 700 years old, as a living museum of a bygone age and to praise the eternal beauty of the centuries-old canals, the ancient patrician houses, and the atmosphere of freedom and tolerance.
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