Visit to Amsterdam, Netherland

Amsterdam, the most populous municipality and the capital of the Netherlands. It’s changed from being the 13th-century village to a widely known center of culture and commerce. I visited Amsterdam as a part of my quick day of How to visit 8 European Countries in 10 days. I was captured by its beauty, especially at night.

Damrak River
I see a lot of pictures about Amsterdam on the internet and I’ve seen many even before visiting it. But most of these pictures are overedited and were nothing like I saw with my own eyes. That is why I decided not to edit the pictures or at least not to a point where it exceeds a real-life view.

Amsterdam Central Train Station
Starting my walk from the train station which is located in the heart of the city I passed by Damrak Area. The view of the river with the boats was beautiful and few meters from there, the buildings along the riverside was very catchy. This different in a beautiful way type of europian buildings give the tourists the pleasure of the scenery. Even though the sky was not clear it was still astonishing.

Center of Amsterdam
I noticed that Amsterdam has very colorful and bright streets which brings life to the city especially at night.

Amsterdam streets

Dam Square
There are a wide variety of activities to be done at night like going to theaters, cafes or bars as well as going shopping or having dinner.

Dam Square

Red light district

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