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Mónica Boixeda
Begijnhofkapel is a fantastic monastery and church in the city of Amsterdam that houses mystery and a lovely story in its walls. Located in a beautiful district in the city of the canals, the houses that housed the nuns were all the same and Gothic-style, although they suffered modifications with the passing of time. Everything began in the 14th century. At that time, the oldest house in the city was house number 34 and in its chapel there´s the story of the Amsterdam Miracle which is detailed in fine painted panels. In 1171 the first nuns gathered and formed the Begonias association that ended in 1871 when the last one died. The population of nuns grew so much that they became an example of faith and belieft. The houses of the nuns can be visited today and really inspire peace and tranquility. The miracle of Amsterdam is about a host wafer that the nuns gave to an ill man. The man vomited and they threw the fluid to the fire and, suddenly, everyone saw how the host wafer floated in the air above the house fire. From then, there´s a mystery surrounding these nuns, the monastery, the church, the chapel and the beautiful houses of the nuns. Rent apartments in Amsterdam and don´t miss out on this wonderful...
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Houseboat Museum is a very original museum in the city of Amsterdam. It´s a floating boat that shows how people live “in the water”. In Amsterdam, with there being so many canals, people live on boats and that fascinates tourists. Vincent van Loon saw that and decided to create a museum on the boathouses. He lives on a houseboat and every time that he looked out of his door, people came to ask him questions regarding how he lived, how do the water and electric supply work, what happened with the sewage waters, with cold and humidity, etc. And after replying to these questions time after time, he decided to start a museum that talked about this. This was how in 1996 he opened, for the first time, his Houseboat Museum. The boat is called “Hendrika Maria” and it´s anchored on the Prinsengracht, bordering the famous Jordaan and it´s also very close to other interest points in the city. The very same Vincent van Loon was who built the museum and who was in charge that everything was clear to foreigners. Rent apartments in Amsterdam and don´t miss out on visiting this incredible and new museum in the...
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Centraal Train Station in Amsterdam finds itself below the real heart of the city. It´s a beautiful and very picturesque place and for that, all tourists that arrive to the Dutch city are marvelled with its architecture. They say that every day there´s a traffic of over 250 thousand people in the central station in Amsterdam because it´s a uniting point for many other cities in Europe. At the exit of the station there are various bus or tram lines that take you everywhere. There are also taxis and a tourism office that will advise the tourist in everything he needs and any doubt that he has about the city. And very close there´s the Amsterdam dock from where the exclusive cruises leave from to see the beautiful Dutch canals. The original style of the construction was neo-renaissance but with the various remodelations that it´s had it´s changed a bit. Even so, it´s a beautiful architectonic work that indicates us that we´ve arrived in the city of Amsterdam, the city of bicycles and joy. If you want to get to see this beautiful city, rent apartments in Amsterdam It´s probable that you´ll arrive in Centraal...
Mónica Boixeda
De Waag or, in English, “The Weigh House” is an incredible monument in the city of Amsterdam that leaves all the foreigners who visit it with their mouth open. The first stone of the construction was laid in 1488 and there´s a plaque that commemorates it, and so, this building is a city relic. At that time it used to be part of one of the city´s three gates but, when the city expanded, this function became obsolete and from the 17th century it´s worked as a weighing house. They opened some windows in the building to give it more luminosity and they used to weigh all types of of products there, and the different guilds occupied the place and each had their own space. The blacksmiths on one side, the doctors on the other and so forth. In the 19th century, the guilds dissolved and the house didn´t have a use once more. They thought of demolishing it but, luckily, this didn´t happen and from that moment it´s used as a home to important people. Afterwards it was a museum and today it works as a very beautiful restaurant, in de Waag, which remodeled and repaired the whole house so that it´s nice for the tourists. If you rent apartments in Amsterdam you´ll have the possibility of getting to know all the city and see the best...
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Kalverstraat is another of the many shopping streets in Amsterdam, but it´s a pleasure to walk through it and visit it. Its shops are so organized among each other that it even looks like an open air shopping centre. On the streets webpage you can see its route and which shops are where and you can organize your “shopping day” itinerary from home, selecting which shops you´re going to visit. The architecture of each one of the shops is wonderful and typically local so walking down there gives a beautiful old feeling of history. In the shops we can find all the items and we can easily spend all day on that street that it will definitely guarantee a good time, because there are also cafés and restaurants to eat something will we rest from so much shopping. All the brands are first class. Some of the streets that we can find on Kalverstraat are Zara, Laura Ashley and Waterstones among others. You can see the museums, monuments, shopping centres and restaurants around the place because everything is close by. If you want to enjoy the city like if it´s yours, rent apartments in Amsterdam and feel Dutch for a...
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