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Amsterdam on foot – Walk & explore the city

Founded as a fishing village first around the thirteenth century, Amsterdam the capital city of Netherlands developed during the fifteenth century. Amsterdam underwent rapid development then, which laid the foundation for the Golden Age. Only very few medieval buildings survive today in a city which is a traveler's delight with its canals, bridges, boats, museums, …

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Anne Frank House, Amsterdam

Anne Frank House – A Museum that touches hearts

The Anne Frank House is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The building is located on Prinsengracht canal close to Westermarkt in central Amsterdam. During World War II, Anne Frank hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms known as the 'Secret Annex' at the rear of this 17th-century canal house. She did …

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