#1 Monday facts around the world: AMSTERDAM!

Today it’s Monday! The day nobody really likes… But we are going to make it better for you, because this is our first edition of:

MONDAY FACTS AROUND THE WORLD!

Let’s start with the one and only city AMSTERDAM. The city where we live (actually 10 minutes from Amsterdam), and we do miss a little more every day.
Including with pictures of us sailing through the canals.

15 facts about our capital city:

The bike has the upper hand
Probably a fact you already knew, but Amsterdam has more bicycles then human! In total, the number of inhabitants is 811.100 and the city counts more than 881.000 cycles.

Small for a reason
The canal houses in Amsterdam are quite small but walk a long way backwards. The reason is that back in the days the tax you had to pay depends on the width of your house.

Cycle paths
Amsterdam has 400 kilometer of cycle paths in total.
That is even more than from the most northern point of the Netherlands, to the most southern point! Small country, right?!

Bridges in Amsterdam
There are 1281 bridges in Amsterdam.

One of the biggest attractions
We call it the ‘Pussycat boat’. On this boat more than 50 cats are taken care of.

Full of nationalities
Amsterdam is the city with the most nationalities world wide. At least 178 nationalities!

Tourists
Every single year, Amsterdam is visited by more than 20 million tourists. German, British and Italians form the bulk of the visitor flow.

Red light district
The red light district is one of the safest places in Amsterdam.
There is always a lot of police in attendance, so that robbers are detained quickly.

Living on the canals
The canals housing more than 2500 houseboats. Isn’t that cool?! Living on the water.

Bacon, bacon, bacon
Amsterdam is the world largest supplier of bacon!

Musea city of the world
Amsterdam has the most museums per square meter of all cities of the world!
The most famous ones are:
-Rijksmuseum
-Van Gogh museum
-FOAM
-Stedelijk museum
-Hermitage
-Scheepvaartmuseum

Mokum
The nickname of Amsterdam is ‘Mokum’, what is hebrew and means ‘city’. Amsterdam had a big population of Jewish people, whereby many expressions have been taken over in the Amsterdam language.

Amsterdam loves coffee
Amsterdam is the second largest coffee-consuming city in the world.
We LOVEEEEEE coffee!!!!! Yummmyyyyy

Ajax
For the men among us! Or just the big soccer fans;
Ajax has the most fertile youth training in the world. No single club brings as many professional players as ajax

The smallest house of Europe
Where do you think that the smallest house of Europe is located?
Yes, Amsterdam of course! It is located on the Oude Hoogstraat 22. This house has a width of 2,02 meter. Wow!