Moon Metro Amsterdam (Moon Metro)
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Published: December 20, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9781566915649
Subjects: Travel / road maps & atlases; Travel Guides; Travel; Travel - Foreign; Netherlands; Europe - Benelux Countries (Belgium  Netherlands  Luxembourg; Travel / Europe / Benelux Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg); Europe - Benelux Countries (Belgium  Netherlands  Luxembourg)
First sentence: In 1609, Amsterdam initiated the Grachtengordel, the distinctive girdle of three grand canals that loop around the entire old city center, in order to accommodate the booming economy and swelling population that resulted from trade in the East Indies.