Amsterdam. Guide: Bergmann, Schwartz, target

The water and wind penetrate Amsterdam, and its inhabitants feel in their elements. They themselves dug the channels and let water into all corners of the city. They call their churches not according to the saints, but by a rose of winds, but in the suburbs, wind mills still wave their wings. Once the water and wind, or rather, sea merchant sailing vessels, laid the basis of Amsterdam’s prosperity. The result was amazing.
Walking along the embankments of the channels and admiring the thousand bridges (not all of them are described in the guidebook), you can read the ranks of old merchant houses, like the lines of historical chronicle about the “golden century” of Dutch colonial trade. When wealth became the norm, residents with the same business grip took up urban planning projects – and a city arose with a clear plan, impeccable logistics and carefully painted, intricate, but very rationally built houses. Three centuries ago, Tsar Peter Alekseich fell under the charm of Amsterdamic Practicalism, and now we, the pets of his city, that …

Author
Bergmann Jurgen, Schwartz Bertold, the target of Sylvia + another 1
Editor
Mainskaya Catherine
Translator
Karbainova Natalya
Publisher
Dispus Media, 2010
Series
Guide. Nelles Pocket