With more canals than Venice, getting lost along the Dutch capital’s bucolic Golden Age waterways is the best way to discover the city.
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This city is a place of contradictions, with tranquil canals and grand 17th-century houses paired with extremely progressive mentalities and the Red Light District.
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As the official tourism board pushes to promote a cycle-friendly city, local commuters are getting frustrated with two-wheeled tourists.
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New legislation phasing in restrictions on tourists going to “coffee shops” has been postponed and left to local enforcement.
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In a town just outside Amsterdam, summer reading has come to the sun worshippers.
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