With its unique combination of Old World charm and cosmopolitan culture, Amsterdam is one of the most popular European cities for international visitors. Amsterdam is often referred to as one of the most colorful cities in the world. Amsterdam has many interesting buildings, there are more than 6,500 sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth century buildings in the ancient city centre and roughly 1 in every 11 buildings has an interesting gable stone.

The city has about 50 museums, including the famous Van Gogh museum, and there are over 140 art galleries. There are about 300 statues and sculptures spread all over the city. The city has more than 10,000 shops, over 150 of which are antique shops. Amsterdam is also called a green city and there are over 200000 trees and 600000 flower bulbs in the 28 parks and public gardens.

Did you know that Amsterdam has:-

Amsterdam is entirely built on piles? The Netherlands has nearly 1,000 museums, with 42 in Amsterdam alone? Almost every Dutch person has a bicycle and there are twice as many bikes as cars? You can see 22 paintings by Rembrandt and 206 by Van Gogh in Amsterdam? Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, but The Hague is the seat of government? People of 200 nationalities live in Amsterdam? Amsterdam has 1,281 bridges?