SAIL 95 AMSTERDAM

摘要

Amsterdam and water are intimately linked, as they have been for centuries. It was precisely because of all that water from the River Amstel and IJ and the Zuiderzee that the first inhabitants settled here early in the thirteenth century. Water was also the main reason of Amsterdam's wealth in the 17th century, when it became the most powerful trading city in the world. The canals in the center, with their beautiful merchant's houses from the Golden Age, are what made Amsterdam really famous. The richly ornamented gables from this period are still te be admired. The finest facades and all the bridges over the canals are illuminated at night.