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it from others, is the presence of people of lived, like almost all revolutionary proposals
every race and religion, of all languages, of the because some preferred to give a «private»
most varied ideas and trends. Amsterdam is use these bikes, but the fact demonstrated the
proud to welcome over 170 nationalities and clear commitment of the citizens of this city to
that is your best introduction to the world. defend the utopia against reason; good wishes
face the harsh reality. In the following decades
This proves that whatever feels comfortable
here, the city opens its arms to visitors. the city has continued to fght for the rights of
minorities, despite the opposition of a few.
And the truth is that tourists visit, does not miss
anything. Dependents of shops, restaurants Some critics, for example, do not accept
and bars, taxi drivers and trams, porters the Amsterdam tolerant policy regarding
controversial issues such as prostitution,
museums and fea markets vendors speak
two or three languages, all products are last soft drugs and homosexuality, but at least
minute in their windows, and of course, the fve recognize that the city has provided the best
continents cooking can be tasted in its 1,250 solutions to these cases and always has been
restaurants and 1,200 pubs and bars a pioneer on social issues.
It is this particular character, this traditional
All are welcome
openness to people from outside, giving
Amsterdam is an open city, in recent decades; Amsterdam a unique ambience. It is not
the city has become the place to reference something that is on the terraces or in the streets,
when talking about tolerance, freedom and or sympathetic «brown cafes». It is something
modernity. Perhaps one of the best examples that permeates throughout the city, which is
of this was the familiar experience of white found in the faces of people doing that here in the
bicycles. In the sixties, the «Provos» of the most open city in the world, where any dream
city that the city got cede thousands of white seem possible, no one will feel strange.
bicycles for public use that anyone could use
to move freely from one side to another, an idea More information:
that 50 years later have implemented other www.iamsterdam.com/es
European cities. The experience was short- www.holland.com
73
it from others, is the presence of people of lived, like almost all revolutionary proposals
every race and religion, of all languages, of the because some preferred to give a «private»
most varied ideas and trends. Amsterdam is use these bikes, but the fact demonstrated the
proud to welcome over 170 nationalities and clear commitment of the citizens of this city to
that is your best introduction to the world. defend the utopia against reason; good wishes
face the harsh reality. In the following decades
This proves that whatever feels comfortable
here, the city opens its arms to visitors. the city has continued to fght for the rights of
minorities, despite the opposition of a few.
And the truth is that tourists visit, does not miss
anything. Dependents of shops, restaurants Some critics, for example, do not accept
and bars, taxi drivers and trams, porters the Amsterdam tolerant policy regarding
controversial issues such as prostitution,
museums and fea markets vendors speak
two or three languages, all products are last soft drugs and homosexuality, but at least
minute in their windows, and of course, the fve recognize that the city has provided the best
continents cooking can be tasted in its 1,250 solutions to these cases and always has been
restaurants and 1,200 pubs and bars a pioneer on social issues.
It is this particular character, this traditional
All are welcome
openness to people from outside, giving
Amsterdam is an open city, in recent decades; Amsterdam a unique ambience. It is not
the city has become the place to reference something that is on the terraces or in the streets,
when talking about tolerance, freedom and or sympathetic «brown cafes». It is something
modernity. Perhaps one of the best examples that permeates throughout the city, which is
of this was the familiar experience of white found in the faces of people doing that here in the
bicycles. In the sixties, the «Provos» of the most open city in the world, where any dream
city that the city got cede thousands of white seem possible, no one will feel strange.
bicycles for public use that anyone could use
to move freely from one side to another, an idea More information:
that 50 years later have implemented other www.iamsterdam.com/es
European cities. The experience was short- www.holland.com
73
