Cruising Amsterdam Canals in Netherlands

If you are planning to visit Amsterdam, I suggest that you better take a cruise in its canal. They have this so-called water taxi and it is one of the best ways to see and discover this city. Amsterdam is the capital city of Netherlands. It derived its name from Amstellerdam, a dam in the river Amstel. Due to the 17th century Grachtengordel or canals of Amsterdam, it belong now to the list of UNESCO World Heritage since July 2010.

Here are some images I took during our boat cruise in this city last August 2010.

boat houses can be seen on the side of Amsterdam canals.

Amsterdam is part of the province of North-Holland and is located in the west of the Netherlands next to the provinces of Utrecht and Flevoland. The river Amstel terminates in the city centre and connects to a large number of canals that eventually terminate in the IJ. Amsterdam is situated 2 metres above sea level. The surrounding land is flat as it is formed of large polders. To the southwest of the city lies a man-made forest called het Amsterdamse Bos. Amsterdam is connected to the North Sea through the long North Sea Canal.

Amsterdam is intensely urbanized, as is the Amsterdam metropolitan area surrounding the city. Comprising 219.4 square kilometres of land, the city proper has 4,457 inhabitants per km2 and 2,275 houses per km2. Parks and nature reserves make up 12% of Amsterdam's land area.
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Cruising in Amsterdam Canals

Let's go travel Europe again! It seems that I was asleep for some days and was not able to update this blog. I am back now and I will take you to the capital and largest city of Netherlands. To give you a little information about Amsterdam, it derived its name from Amstellerdam, a dam in the river Amstel. This city is also considered to be the financial and cultural center of Netherlands.

I would suggest that when you visit this city, you better take a cruise in its canals. It is one of the best way to see and experience the city. A tour guide will also explain the sights you will be passing while cruising. We also made a cruise during our trip last August 2010.

Don't you know that Netherlands has a lot of canals? It seems that it looks like Venice in Italy where you can also see a lot of canals and bridges around the city. To name the main canals of Amsterdam include Singel, Herengracht, Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht. The 17th century canals of Amsterdam were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in July 2010.

some of the historical houses along the canal of Amsterdam

a cruise ship of Viking in Amsterdam Port.

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