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City Breaks: a podcast which covers the historical and cultural background you need to really appreciate your city break.
The canals ARE Amsterdam and Amsterdam IS its canals. This episode is all about them, covering both the engineering genius which gave them their UNESCO World Heritage Site status and their beauty, charmingly different in each season. We bring you a little history, a little atmosphere and 4 suggestions for places to visit to find out more.
READING SUGGESTIONSAmsterdam A Brief Life of the City by Geert MakAmsterdam A History of the World’s Most Liberal City by Russell ShortoThe Invention of Amsterdam A History of the World’s Greatest City in 10 Walks by Ben Coates
LINKS FOR THIS POST The Canal Museum The Van Loon Museum The Willet-Holthuysen Museum The Houseboat Museum
City Breaks: all the history and culture you'd research for yourself if you had the time!Check our website to find more episodes from our Amsterdam series or to browse our back catalogue of other cities which are well worth visiting: https://www.citybreakspodcast.co.uk
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City Breaks
City Breaks: a podcast which covers the historical and cultural background you need to really appreciate your city break.
