Boats on the Amstel in Amsterdam. Monochrome.
Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The city, also called Mokum in Amsterdam, is located in the province of North Holland, on the river IJ and the estuary of the Amstel river.
Amsterdam owes its name to its location near a dam in the Amstel river, built in the 13th century. The place received city rights shortly after 1300 and grew in the Golden Age to one of the most important port and trading cities in the world. An influx of foreigners, especially from the Southern Netherlands, Germany and the Scandinavian countries, led to urban expansion from the end of the 16th century onwards, including the ring of canals, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2010.
The city centre of Amsterdam is located to the south of the IJ river. Around the oldest core, the ring of canals developed in a crescent shape until the 17th century.
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