[Netherlands] The Canals of Amsterdam
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Amigo97
Amsterdam has 165 canals, but tourists and locals alike are especially fond of the prominent ones in the city’s medieval center. There are a lot of boat tours happening in Amsterdam.
Lined by 17th and 18th century houses, these canals form a half circle around the center of town. Amsterdammers refer to it as the grachtengordel — literally, the ‘belt of canals.’
The grachtengordel gives the old center its iconic look. On a map the canals, crossed by streets and bridges, make the city look like the lower half of a spider’s web. Others think it looks like half a bicycle wheel.
For me, as a Dutchie, a water themed stamp would be a nice add to Slowly. Personally I don't know any of the buildings on our location stamps and everyone seems to know Amsterdam by their beautiful waters/bridges and canal houses :D
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Yann2
Amigo97, that is a nice idea.
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Netherlands currently have 3 Location stamps
, so maybe your proposal could be for one more of those? I think having the canal, and possibly one of the barges people love and live in, could make an interesting one. Is that what you had in mind? The city is indeed a significant cultural and commercial center, has a lot of History, etc.
Amigo97
Yann2: Thanks Yann! I was definitely thinking of that since everyone knows Amsterdam :)
The Netherlands has twelve provinces. I looked up our current location stamps: Heuvelse Kerk (Noord Brabant) and the Town Hall (Zeeland) which only represents 2 provinces. Luckily windmills are all over our country! Amsterdam is popular with tourists and I think the community will love a stamp like this.
Yann2
Amigo97: Very good, you have my support. Good luck! 😎👍
Here are some nice images to complement the post.
Amigo97
Yann2: Beautiful! 🤩