In this volume Paul Vincent presents a compelling collection of prose fiction, memoirs & anecdotes centring on Amsterdam from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century. His selection offers a rare insight into the history & culture of the city. The subjects range from Rembrandt to the persecution of the Jews in World War 2, from barricades in a working-class district during the Depression to a writer`s unhealthy obsession with a massage parlour. These eighteen newly-translated tales give the reader, & the traveller, a tantalizing glimpse of the Amsterdam that lies beyond the tourist guidebooks. ...

Amsterdam in the City & Regions series from Time Out; comprehensive guides to a range of cities & their surrounding regions & including some of the most detailed listings & directories of places to eat & drink & things to do & see. Time Out guides are strongly focussed on local entertainment & nightlife, in addition to principal sights & attractions, with expert local writers providing an encyclopaedic knowledge of each city. This unique quality has ensured that the guides have won a reputation for their accuracy & reliability. The surrounding region is also incorporated in some guides, with information on the principal attractions, sites, landscapes & the best way of exploring them. Each of the Time Out city & region guides has a similar layout, allowing visitors to explore their destination easily. An ...

Amsterdam is renowned as an anything-goes city. But it helps to know where to go. This guide provides the lowdown on local culture as well as directions to the many freshly rejuvenated art museums
- notably the Rijksmuseum
- the ever-evolving alternative scene, the ins-&-outs of gay nightlife, & how to negotiate the city`s coffee shops. Time Out Amsterdam continues to chart the ups & downs of this cosy but dynamic city. With the help of local journalists, writers & experts, the Time Out Amsterdam Guide takes you beyond the superficial
- into the places where locals work, play & imbibe, sampling the full extent of its museums & galleries, the best of its eating, shopping & carousing, the most interesting sights, excursions
- &, yes
- cycling routes. The Amsterdam city guide highlights: full colour & illustrated throughout with exclusive photography, using original imagery to give a real sense of the place; handy pull-out Amsterdam map; extensive area guides not only cover the sightseeing in Amsterdam, but also restaurants, bars & shops
- all plotted on maps handily located within the chapter; top 20 list of the must-see highlights; Itineraries to help you plan your visit; Critic`s choices pick out the best Amsterdam sights, experiences & cultural highlights
- at a glance; all Amsterdam restaurants, pubs & bars have been visited & reviewed anonymously by critics who pay their own way; & Amsterdam hotels independently reviewed. The revamped Time Out Guides retain the independence & local expertise that the series is known for, while adding more features to help the visitor navigate the city. Whether you have an action-packed 24 hours or a leisurely week in which to take it all in, these guides are more essential than ever. Time Out Guides is rated top guidebook brand by Which? Survey, for level of detail, photography, quality of maps, ease of finding information & value for your money.






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Amsterdam in the National Geographic Traveler guide series, produced by America’s leading travel publishers, exploring a range of cities, regions & countries worldwide & using the expertise & tradition of National Geographic to provide a comprehensive survey of each destination. Each of the guides in the series draws upon National Geographic’s rich history of travel experience & is researched by authors familiar with the area. Whilst the content is influenced by an American editorial style, individual titles are still accessible to a non-American audience, with a combination of practical guidance & detailed information included in each guide. The series also relies upon the extensive image libraries of National Geographic to present a rich visual image of each destination. Individual National Geographic Traveler titles are organised uniformly, allowing readers to access information quickly & easily. Introductory sections provide information on Charting your Trip, with details of getting there & around & a History & Culture chapter profiling history, food & drink, land & landscape, flora & fauna & arts & literature. Chapter are arranged geographically by region, with notable cities & areas principally describing the main sites & attractions, with further information on directions, history & practicalities. There are also a number of individual features & insider tips throughout each guide covering subjects such as walking tours, local culture, driving tours, recommended local experiences & in-depth thematic short histories of the culture & histories of individual regions. A Travelwise section at the back of each guide provides essential practical information on when to go, what to take, further reading, getting there & around, local etiquette, media, holidays, money matters, religion, smoking, time differences, opening times, travellers with disabilities & accommodation. Restaurants & hotels are listed with brief descriptions & information on prices, location, contact details & facilities for the relevant regional chapters in the guide. ...

Amsterdam in the Wallpaper City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider`s checklist of all you need to know about the world`s most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or a vacation, we`ve done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites, & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city`s landscape & the satisfaction you`ve seen all that you should. In short, these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...

Amsterdam Waterland on a waterproof, tear-resistant, GPS compatible walking map at 1:25, 000 from Trage Paden, in a series of maps with extensive overprint for long-distance & local walking routes. GPS waypoints & route profiles are available for download from the publisher’s website. Contours used in this map series vary between 2, 5 to 5m according to the terrain, with 5m interval predominantly used for hilly areas. Varied colouring show different types of landscape: woods, vineyards, fields etc. An overprint highlights both the national long-distance walking routes & the shorter local circular trails, each clearly identified by a code and/or an abbreviation of its name. Recommended starting points for walks are designated by a symbol. Cycle lanes are visibly marked with a bike symbol; roads with heavy traffic are clearly indicated. Symbols indicate various facilities, such as railway & bus stations, coffee shops, campsites, country restaurants/bars, sport & leisure facilities. Maps have the lines of the Dutch National Grid for measuring distances & for determining location using GPS device & they are printed on weather resistant & tear-resistant paper. Each map covers an area of Approx. 25 x 26 km & the map legend is in Dutch only. The map is presented in an elegant cardboard case. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Pick your perfect weekend escape to Amsterdam with this new & informative travel guide from the AA. Focussing on the limited time available that a weekend break allows, the guide suggests interesting ways in getting to know Amsterdam in a few days. Explore the city's character with an area-by-area guide & comprehensive shopping information. With great coverage of sightseeing, restaurants & how to enjoy yourself, presented in a light practical format, this is the perfect companion for your city break to Amsterdam. ...

Kadaster, Holland`s national survey organization, produces one of the most attractive topographic surveys in Europe. The maps are very colourful, with their characteristic patchwork of polders & an unusually large amount of land use information: meadows, arable l&, different types of forest, marshes, sand dunes, etc. Contours are shown at 5-metre intervals with numerous spot heights &, with such a large part of the country below the sea level, ”spot depths”. Each map covers an area of Approx. 25 x 20 km / 15 x 12 miles, with some sheets slightly larger. The maps have a 1-km Dutch national grid, plus latitude & longitude at intervals of 1`. Map legend

Includes:: English.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE BEFORE ORDERING: both the west (W) & the east (O) sheet of each number has the same name, although the town after which the two maps are named appears only on one of the sheets. For example: maps 41W & 41O are both called Arnhem, although the city of Arnhem appears only on sheet 40W, etc. To see the list of titles available in this series please click on the series link.


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