amsterdam, n.All

Amsterdam is a bicycle intensive country --- 40% of Amsterdam commuters get to work by bicycle

Where do hamsters come from?Hamsterdam

Amsterdam is full of ghosts and full of a tantalizing conflict of doubts and hopes.

If you die in Amsterdam and have no friends or family to mourn you, a poet and a civil servant will come together to have a respectful and personal funeral for you.

Amsterdam is a city of canals and curious prospects like Venice, but unlike Venice, she never shows off. Ibid.

Amsterdam is a city built on herring bones.

Amsterdam is a paltry, rubbishy Venice.

Amsterdam is a city with as many canals and drawbridges as bracelets on a Gypsy's bronzed arms.

Amsterdam is the Venice of the North