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Amsterdam

Posted by James Turnbull, Thursday, 1st September 2005

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There’s only a tiny amount of high-resolution Amsterdam. Dam Square in the centre of the city features a monument to Holland’s WWII dead and is outside of the Royal Palace (the big white building). Follow the roads to the east and you reach the world famous Red Light District.

Thanks: Auke Ypma, luckystarr, Chris & Ellen van Swieten (and Santiago for the correction).

3 Responses to 'Amsterdam'

  1. Santiago says:

    the Red Light District is east from the Dam, arond Placemark: here / Google Earth, Here’s a standard map of it.

  2. Berend says:

    Finally my hometown :-)

    The church just north-east of the palace is the Nieuwe Kerk (”new church”).

    Placemark: Anne Frank’s house / Google Earth can be found going west from the palace. If you follow the channel northwards from the tower of the Westerkerk (”western church”), it’s the 2nd house after the sidestreet. A picture taken from the north can be found on the Anne Frank website

    On the northern edge of the high resolution area you’ll find Placemark: Amsterdam Central Station / Google Earth with the ferries just to the north of it. One of the ferries connects to the Placemark: island / Google Earth where my house is, unfortunately this is still in low resolution.

  3. nick says:

    The Placemark: Oude Kerk / Google Earth (Old Church) is in hi-res, slap bang in what’s now the red light district.