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Things to do in Amsterdam

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 Amsterdam Every year, to celebrate my birthday, I travel somewhere, in 2019 I went to Morocco , in 2020 to Israel and this year (2022) I decided to visit Amsterdam. It was a long time since I wanted to visit this city and there I have a friend that I wanted to see, so with these three points combined, I decided to visit Amsterdam in winter. I spent five days in Amsterdam and I visited the city plus some places outside like Zaanse Schans, Zandvoort and Haarlem. One important thing is that I forgot my camera so all the pictures were taken with my phone, maybe the quality is not high but I think they are anyway beautiful. Amsterdam is the capital and the most populous city of the Netherlands, with a population close to a million. It is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the north" due to the large number of canals which form a UNESCO world heritage site since 2010. Amsterdam was founded at the Amstel, the city's name derives from the Amstel dam, originating as a sm

Things to do in Austria, Vienna

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Vienna I went to Vienna in summer 2020, with Israel these were the only two trips in that year.  I have a friend that every year comes to Budapest from Italy to visit me and she did it also in 2020, she knows quite well Budapest so we passed a few days there and then go to Vienna. Budapest and Vienna are quite close, it is around 3 hours by bus and it is a cheap trip to do. We spent a long weekend there, for sure the city deserves more time, but because of covid restrictions and because it is close to where I live I know that I will visit it again. The first thing that positively impressed me was the LGBTQI+ sensitivity of Vienna, the traffic light that you can see in the above picture, the pride zebra crossing, and a lot of other small things like these made me feel a nice freedom feeling. Maria theresien Platz Near our accommodation, in the city centre near Neubaugasse metro station, there is this large public square that host the Natural History Museum and the Art History Museum. T

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