Take a relaxing cruise through the heart of Amsterdam along the Prinsengracht Canal. Built in the early 1600s, this iconic canal spans over 3 km and remains a centerpiece of city life. Admire charming ...

So why leave? In Amsterdam, the city where he made and lost his fortune as a painter in the 1600s, you can see his point. The “Venice of the North” is a town with a museum for everything.

In the 1600s, the Dutch empire was fueled by trade in the Far East, and today several of Amsterdam’s hottest restaurants are returning to the region for inspiration. At Terpentijn, which opened ...

National Library of Medicine Frederik Ruysch, born on this day in 1638, was a doctor in Amsterdam in the late 1600s. And he made art out of people. It’s not quite as weird as it sounds ...

From 1604 to 1810, Amsterdam had three real estate bubbles. House prices doubled or tripled and then fell back to their initial values. Each bubble lasted decades. Recent research looked at ...

The Netherlands is known today as the land of bike-loving people and delicious desserts. But in the 1600’s, it wasn’t stroopwafels and poffertjes cooking—it was political disaster.