Old Church (Oude Kerk) Amsterdam

Oudekerksplein 1, Amsterdam , Noord-Holland, Netherlands - Phone: 31 20 625 82 84

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    Walk around the City Center

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    On Sunday I decided to walk around the old part of the city. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and I got some great pictures. After leaving my apartment, I took my first walk along the Amstel River. The river is one of my favorite parts of the city because it's lined with 17th and 18th century houses, the Stopera and has some neat bridges. I've …

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    Jeannine and Julia visit (Chris' sister and niece)

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    ... for Melanie (who was working), taking a canal boat tour and a trip to Edam where they make the famous Edam cheese. In a very old church in Edam they saw the world's biggest church made out of cheese - it's in the Guinness Book of World Records and was ...

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    Amsterdam Happenings

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    ... . Each year they choose the best press photos in various categories and mount large images of them in a display at the Oudekerk (Old Church). We went last year and it was just spectacular. Very moving photos from all over the world covering all sorts ...

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    Walking Tour and Van Gogh Museum (Nathan)

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    ... be good! Now you try!". I really wish they sold THAT in the tourist shops. Before the walking tour we paid a visit to the Old Church in the center of the Red Light District. Much to our dismay, it had an admission price... it was reduced because they ...

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    Kiss me, I'm a tourist

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    ... door. This church was built after the sprawl of the city became too large for everyone to be expected to travel to the old church every Sunday. There was no room and traffic would have been atrocious (I believe it’s where the worlds first traffic ...

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    Newsletter No.2 El Pierre

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    ... the mill shook and creaked. Fantastic. Today we stayed put with the seemingly gale force winds. Were lucky enough to see the old church with the stained glass windows dated 1650. Amazing. Tomorrow we head off for Edam. We seemed to have seen and done ...

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    Amsterdam with Family

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    ... that we caught a free lunchtime piano concert at the opera house, went on a canal cruise, and saw the university district, the Old Church, the Red Light District, Damrak, Dam Square and went into a cheese shop where we ate so many free samples that we ...

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    Amster-dam this is a nice city!

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    ... seedy than we expected it to be. The whole area is a little surreal as, when we walked around the Oude Kirk (Old Church), we saw prostitutes in the windows across the street wearing only their underwear and beckoning passersby. There are many fabulous ...

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    Cat Museum, Red Light Tour and Sex Museum (Nathan)

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    ... aspect of prostitution. I'll try to relate what I can remember- I actually learned quite a lot. Our first stop was the Old Church... weirdly enough, the church is right in the middle of the Red Light District, with prostitutes in windows literally ...

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    Turn on the Lights

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    ... was huge! It dates back to 1408, so it's really not that new, but it was at the time it was built. The Oude Kerk (Old Church) was too small to accommodate the growing population, so the Nieuwe Kerk was built in the heart of Amsterdam on Dam Square.  ...

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    Amsterdam

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    ... art and it means that much more to the world. Speaking of crazy, our friend Jiska hails from the Netherlands and she was kind enough to meet us in Amsterdam for a very lovely evening full of pancakes and pear juice! We love Jiska because she's so young ...