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Website. Official website. Ciel Bleu is a restaurant located in the Okura Hotel, a five-star hotel, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant and was awarded one Michelin star from 2005 to 2007 and two Michelin stars from 2008 to present. [1][2][3][4] GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 19.0 out of 20 points. [5]
De Wallen (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈʋɑlə (n)]) is the largest and best known red-light district in Amsterdam. It consists of a network of alleys containing approximately 300 one-room cabins rented by prostitutes who offer their sexual services from behind a window or glass door, typically illuminated with red lights and blacklight. Window ...
The Blauwe Theehuis. The Blauwe Theehuis. The Blauwe Theehuis ("Blue Tea House") is a 1930s Modernist pavilion in the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. It is a ring-shaped building, somewhat reminiscent of a flying saucer. Originally a tea house, it is in use as a café and restaurant, surrounded by outside seating.
As the Dutch Republic entered its Golden Age, lavish dishes became available to the wealthy middle class as well.The Dutch East India Company monopolised the trade in nutmeg, clove, mace and cinnamon, [15] provided in 1661 more than half of the refined sugar consumed in Europe, [16] and was the first to import coffee on a large scale to Europe, popularising the concept of coffee houses for the ...
Israëls in his Amsterdam studio located in Oosterpark Israëls moved to Paris in 1904, establishing his studio at 10 rue Alfred Stevens, 48°52′54″N 2°20′19″E / 48.881784°N 2.338651°E / 48.881784; 2.338651 , near Montmartre and just yards away from the studio of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec whom he admired, as he also did Edgar
In October 1885 Vincent van Gogh made a series of paintings of Amsterdam during a visit: View of Amsterdam from Central Station (title of painting in Dutch: Stadsgezicht in Amsterdam[1]) and The De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam (in Dutch: De Ruijterkade te Amsterdam).
Vertical tricolour (red-black-red) with three white saltires in the black band. Flying flag of Amsterdam. The flag of Amsterdam is the official flag for Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The current design of the flag depicts three Saint Andrew's Crosses and is based on the escutcheon in the coat of arms of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Location. The Blauwbrug (English: Blue bridge) is a historic bridge in Amsterdam, Netherlands over the river Amstel. It connects the Rembrandtplein area with the Waterlooplein area, and lies south to the Stopera. The bridge owes its name to a wooden "blue bridge" that was there from around 1600 but no longer exists and ...