The Netherlands

Shops in Amsterdam

In European continent, the shops are usually closed on Sundays, but here in Amsterdam they were open. It is a very important element for tourists. On top of that, although the Netherlands is…

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How to take children with you

In the Netherlands, they carry children with you in this way as you can see in this photo. Clever, aren’t they.

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Millions of bicycles

When I went to China long time ago, I was overwhelmed by the number of bicycles. But China has achieved economic development and bicycles are being replaced by cars. Now the Netherlands must…

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Living on the canals

We went through the canals in Amsterdam by a tour boat. The total length of the canals is 150km apparently. We saw the houseboats closely. Some had small gardens and made me wonder…

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The famous red light district

If you expand this photo and look carefully at near the bottom of the right-hand side, you may see a couple ladies in the show windows. This is near the central station in…

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Diamonds are forever?

One of the places we went with the tour in Amsterdam was a diamond factory. Of course you can buy one there, but it was not realistic. The cheapest stone was like a…

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Volendam

This is a house in a small fishing village called Volendam, which is not far from Amsterdam. I thought it was a seashore, but in fact it was a lake. To get to…

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About the guide of the tour

This is a picture of the clog factory outside of Amsterdam, where we went with the tour. The guide of the tour was a fairly old, big woman with a lot of make-up,…

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Group tour to outskirts of Amsterdam

We had booked a tour to outskirts of Amsterdam beforehand. Many people joined this tour and the bus was full. We went to a cheese factory, clog factory and a fishing village. I…