Question #5: How many forms of transportation will you see in Amsterdam?
Answer: Thirteen (by my count). Airplane, train, taxi, car, boat, bicycle, bus, tram, subway, scooter, horse-drawn carriage, rickshaw, or foot. These may be common forms of transportation in many cities, but rarely would one see all of them at one time as you do in Amsterdam!
Question #4: Approximately how many bicycles are owned in Amsterdam?
Answer: 1 million. Amsterdam is the bicycle capital of the world. Bicycles out number people: 1 million bikes to 700,000 people.
Question #3: Approximately how many Amsterdam families reside in houseboats?
Answer: 2,400. Living in a houseboat became vogue after WWII when there was a housing shortage and a surplus of old cargo ships. Nowadays, a houseboat is a stylish form of living tagged with an expensive price tag.
Question #2: How many canals and bridges exist in Amsterdam?
Answer: 160 canals; more than 1,200 bridges.
Question #1: What does this city's river have to do with it's name?
Answer: The name Amsterdam is a combination of the words Amstel (the name of the river) and dam (named after a dam that was built on the River Amstel in early times),
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