Amsterdam

The city of Amsterdam was formed in the late 12th century as a fishing village. It is the capital city of the Netherlands and has a population of 743,027 inhabitants. It is situated on the banks of the rivers Amstel and Schinkel, and the bay IJ. It was traditionally founded on 27th of October 1275. It is the largest city of the Netherlands. The city of Amsterdam is famous for its canals. A majority of these canals exist inside the city centre. The main canals of Amsterdam have three similar waterways with their ends resting on the IJ Lake. It received its city rights in 1300 or 1301. The 17th century is said to be the ’Golden Age’ of Amsterdam, since it became one of the wealthiest cities in the world.

Amsterdam is one of the very important business and financial cities of Europe. Dutch corporations and banks including Heineken, ING Group, Delta Lloyd Group Ahold ABN Amro and Philips among others have their headquarters in Amsterdam.

Many musical concerts are held in the city of Amsterdam. Bands like The Police, Kaiser Chiefs, Lou Reed, George Michael, Genesis, Justin Timberlake and many more have had their music concerts in Amsterdam city. The tickets for these concerts in the city of Amsterdam are available on many online shopping sites.