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Aegean Sea | Ancient Greece | Ancient Greece
200px|thumb|upright=1.25|A fleet of Athenian trireme
200px|thumb|upright=1.25|Library of Celsus, a Roman structure in important sea port Ephesus
The Archaic period followed the Greek Dark Ages in the 8th century BC. Greece became divided into small self-governing communities, and adopted the Phoenician ... |
Aegean Sea | Roman rule | Roman rule
The Macedonian Wars were a series of conflicts fought by the Roman Republic and its Greek allies in the eastern Mediterranean against several different major Greek kingdoms. They resulted in Roman control or influence over the eastern Mediterranean basin, including the Aegean, in addition to their hegemony i... |
Aegean Sea | Medieval period | Medieval period
200px|thumb|upright=1.25|Emirate of Crete, after early conquest of Arabs
The fall of the Western Roman Empire allowed its successor state, the Byzantine Empire, to continue Roman control over the Aegean Sea. However, their territory would later be threatened by the early Muslim conquests initiated by Mu... |
Aegean Sea | Modern Period | Modern Period
200px|thumb|upright=1.25|German Tanks in Rhodes during the WW2
The Greek War of Independence allowed a Greek state on the coast of the Aegean from 1829 onward. The Ottoman Empire held a presence over the sea for over 500 years until its dissolution following World War I, when it was replaced by modern Tur... |
Aegean Sea | Economy and politics | Economy and politics
Many of the islands in the Aegean have safe harbours and bays. In ancient times, navigation through the sea was easier than travelling across the rough terrain of the Greek mainland, and to some extent, the coastal areas of Anatolia. Many of the islands are volcanic, and marble and iron are mined o... |
Aegean Sea | Transport | Transport
Multiple ports are located along the Greek and Turkish coasts of the Aegean Sea. The port of Piraeus in Athens is the chief port in Greece, the largest passenger port in Europe"Presentation". http://www.olp.gr. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2008. and the third largest ... |
Aegean Sea | Fishing | Fishing
Fish are Greece's second-largest agricultural export, and Greece has Europe's largest fishing fleet. Fish captured include sardines, mackerel, grouper, grey mullets, sea bass, and seabream. There is a considerable difference between fish catches between the pelagic and demersal zones; with respect to pelagic fi... |
Aegean Sea | Tourism | Tourism
thumb|Tourists in the town of Mykonos, part of the Cyclades
The Aegean islands within the Aegean Sea are significant tourist destinations. Tourism to the Aegean islands contributes a significant portion of tourism in Greece, especially since the second half of the 20th century. A total of five UNESCO World Heri... |
Aegean Sea | See also | See also
Exclusive economic zone of Greece
Geography of Turkey
List of Greek place names
Aegean Boat Report |
Aegean Sea | References | References
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Aegean Sea | External links | External links
Category:Seas of Greece
Category:Seas of Turkey
Category:Marginal seas of the Mediterranean
Category:European seas
Category:Seas of Asia
Category:Geography of Europe
Category:Geography of West Asia
Category:Landforms of Çanakkale Province
Category:Landforms of Muğla Province
Category:Landforms of İ... |
Aegean Sea | Table of Content | Short description, Name and etymology, Geography, Extent, Hydrography, Climate, Population, Biogeography and ecology, Protected areas, History, Ancient history, Ancient Greece, Roman rule, Medieval period, Modern Period, Economy and politics, Transport, Fishing, Tourism, See also, References, External links |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | short description | A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian satirical black comedy novel by English writer Anthony Burgess, published in March 17, 1962. It is set in a near-future society that has a youth subculture of extreme violence. The teenage protagonist, Alex, narrates his violent exploits and his experiences with state authorities inten... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Plot summary | Plot summary |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Part 1: Alex's world | Part 1: Alex's world
Alex is a 15-year-old gang leader living in a near-future dystopian city. His friends ("droogs" in the novel's Anglo-Russian slang, "Nadsat") and fellow gang members are Dim, a slow-witted bruiser, who is the gang's muscle; Georgie, an ambitious second-in-command; and Pete, who mostly plays along a... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Part 2: The Ludovico Technique | Part 2: The Ludovico Technique
Alex is convicted of murder and sentenced to 14 years in prison. His parents visit one day to inform him that Georgie has been killed in a botched robbery. Two years into his term, he has obtained a job in one of the prison chapels, playing music on the stereo to accompany the Sunday Chr... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Part 3: After prison | Part 3: After prison
Alex returns to his parents' flat, only to find that they are letting his room to a lodger. Now homeless, he wanders the streets and enters a public library, hoping to learn of a painless method for committing suicide. The old scholar whom Alex had assaulted in Part 1 finds him and beats him with t... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Omission of the final chapter in the US | Omission of the final chapter in the US
The book has three parts, each with seven chapters. Burgess has stated that the total of 21 chapters was an intentional nod to the age of 21 being recognised as a milestone in human maturation. The 21st chapter was omitted from the editions published in the United States prior to... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Characters | Characters
Alex: The novel's protagonist and leader among his droogs. He often refers to himself as "Your Humble Narrator". Having coaxed two ten-year-old girls into his bedroom, Alex refers to himself as "Alexander the Large" while raping them; this was later the basis for Alex's claimed surname DeLarge in the 1971 f... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Analysis | Analysis |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Background | Background
A Clockwork Orange was written in Hove, then a senescent English seaside town. Burgess had arrived back in Britain after his stint abroad to see that much had changed. A youth culture had developed, based around coffee bars, pop music and teenage gangs.A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Title<!--linked from 'A Clockwork Orange (film)'--> | Title
Burgess has offered several clarifications about the meaning and origin of its title:
He had overheard the phrase "as queer as a clockwork orange" in a London pub in 1945 and assumed it was a Cockney expression. In Clockwork Marmalade, an essay published in the Listener in 1972, he said that he had heard the phr... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Use of slang | Use of slang
The book, narrated by Alex, contains many words in a slang argot which Burgess invented for the book, called Nadsat. It is a mix of modified Slavic words, Cockney rhyming slang and derived Russian (like baboochka). For instance, these terms have the following meanings in Nadsat: droog (друг) = friend; mol... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Banning and censorship history in the US | Banning and censorship history in the US
The first major incident of censorship of A Clockwork Orange took place in 1973, when a bookseller was arrested for selling the novel (although the charges were later dropped). In 1976, A Clockwork Orange was removed from an Aurora, Colorado high school because of "objectionable... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Reception | Reception |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Initial response | Initial response
The Sunday Telegraph review was positive, and described the book as "entertaining ... even profound".Chitty, Susan. "Is That the Lot?" Sunday Telegraph, 13 May 1962, p. 9. Kingsley Amis in The Observer acclaimed the novel as "cheerful horror", writing "Mr Burgess has written a fine farrago of outrageou... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Writer's appraisal | Writer's appraisal
Burgess dismissed A Clockwork Orange as "too didactic to be artistic".A Clockwork Orange (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback) by Anthony Burgess, Blake Morrison xxii He said that the violent content of the novel "nauseated" him.Calder,, John Mackenzie, and Anthony Burgess. "Ugh". The Times Literary ... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Awards and nominations and rankings | Awards and nominations and rankings
1983 – Prometheus Award (Preliminary Nominee)
1999 – Prometheus Award (Nomination)
2002 – Prometheus Award (Nomination)
2003 – Prometheus Award (Nomination)
2006 – Prometheus Award (Nomination)
2008 – Prometheus Award (Hall of Fame Award)
A Clockwork Orange was chosen by Time ... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Adaptations | Adaptations
thumb|right|Alex DeLarge in Kubrick's dystopian film A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A 1965 film by Andy Warhol entitled Vinyl was an adaptation of Burgess's novel.
The best known adaptation of the novella is the 1971 film A Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick, with Malcolm McDowell as Alex. In 1987, Burgess pub... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | See also | See also
Classical conditioning
List of cultural references to A Clockwork Orange
List of stories set in a future now in the past
MKUltra
Violence in art |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | References | References |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Further reading | Further reading
A Clockwork Orange: A Play With Music. Century Hutchinson Ltd. (1987). An extract is quoted on several web sites: Anthony Burgess from A Clockwork Orange: A Play With Music (Century Hutchinson Ltd, 1987), , A Clockwork Orange – From A Clockwork Orange: A Play With Music
Burgess, Anthony (1978). "Clock... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | External links | External links
A Clockwork Orange at SparkNotes
A Clockwork Orange at Literapedia
A Clockwork Orange (1962) |Last chapter |Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
Comparisons with the Kubrick film adaptation
Dalrymple, Theodore. "A Prophetic and Violent Masterpiece", City Journal
Giola, Ted. "A Clockwork Orange by Anthon... |
A Clockwork Orange (novel) | Table of Content | short description, Plot summary, Part 1: Alex's world, Part 2: The Ludovico Technique, Part 3: After prison, Omission of the final chapter in the US, Characters, Analysis, Background, Title<!--linked from 'A Clockwork Orange (film)'-->, Use of slang, Banning and censorship history in the US, Reception, Initial response... |
Amsterdam | Short description | Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital and most populated city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as ... |
Amsterdam | History | History |
Amsterdam | Prehistory | Prehistory
Due to its geographical location in what used to be wet peatland, the founding of Amsterdam is later than other urban centres in the Low Countries. However, around the area of what later became Amsterdam, farmers settled as early as three millennia ago. They lived along the prehistoric IJ river and upstream ... |
Amsterdam | Founding | Founding
The origins of Amsterdam are linked to the development of a dam on the Amstel River called Amestelle, meaning 'watery area', from Aa(m) 'river' + stelle 'site at a shoreline', 'river bank'. In this area, land reclamation started as early as the late 10th century. Amestelle was located along a side arm of the ... |
Amsterdam | Middle Ages | Middle Ages
thumb|left|The Oude Kerk was consecrated in 1306 AD.The bishop of Utrecht granted Amsterdam zone rights in either 1300 or 1306. The in 1345 rendered the city an important place of pilgrimage. During the heyday of the Stille Omgang, which became the expression of the pilgrimage after the Protestant Reformat... |
Amsterdam | Conflict with Spain | Conflict with Spain
upright=1.5|thumb|Amsterdam citizens celebrating the Peace of Münster, 30 January 1648. Painting by Bartholomeus van der Helst
The Low Countries were part of the Hapsburg inheritance and came under the Spanish monarchy in the early sixteenth century. The Dutch rebelled against Philip II of Spain, wh... |
Amsterdam | Centre of the Dutch Golden Age | Centre of the Dutch Golden Age
upright|thumb|left|Courtyard of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by Emanuel de Witte, 1653. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange was the first stock exchange to introduce continuous trade in the early 17th century.
During the 17th century, Amsterdam experienced what is considered its Golden Age, d... |
Amsterdam | Decline and modernization | Decline and modernization
Amsterdam's prosperity declined during the 18th and early 19th centuries. The wars of the Dutch Republic with England (latterly, Great Britain) and France took their toll on the city. During the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, Amsterdam's significance reached its lowest po... |
Amsterdam | 20th century – present | 20th century – present
thumb|left|Photochrom of Amsterdam's Dam Square at the beginning of the 20th century
Shortly before the First World War, the city started to expand again, and new suburbs were built. Even though the Netherlands remained neutral in this war, Amsterdam suffered a food shortage, and heating fuel bec... |
Amsterdam | Geography | Geography
alt=|thumb|Satellite photo of Amsterdam, 2020
thumb|Topographic map of Amsterdam
thumb|Large-scale map of the city centre of Amsterdam, including sightseeing markers, .
Amsterdam is located in the Western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, the capital of which is not Amsterdam, but rather Haarlem.... |
Amsterdam | Water | Water
Amsterdam has more than of canals, most of which are navigable by boat. The city's three main canals are the Prinsengracht, the Herengracht, and the Keizersgracht.
In the Middle Ages, Amsterdam was surrounded by a moat, called the Singel, which now forms the innermost ring in the city, and gives the city centre... |
Amsterdam | Climate | Climate
thumb|left|Nieuwendammerdijk en Buiksloterdijk, Amsterdam-Noord, winter 2010
Amsterdam has an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb) strongly influenced by its proximity to the North Sea to the west, with prevailing westerly winds.
Amsterdam, as well as most of the North Holland province, lies in USDA Hardiness zone ... |
Amsterdam | Demographics | Demographics
thumb|Amsterdam population pyramid in 2022 |
Amsterdam | Historical population | Historical population
In 1300, Amsterdam's population was around 1,000 people. While many towns in Holland experienced population decline during the 15th and 16th centuries, Amsterdam's population grew, mainly due to the rise of the profitable Baltic maritime trade especially in grain after the Burgundian victory in t... |
Amsterdam | Diversity and immigration | Diversity and immigration
In the 16th and 17th centuries, non-Dutch immigrants to Amsterdam were mostly Protestant Huguenots and Flemings, Sephardic Jews, and Westphalians. Huguenots came after the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685, while the Flemish Protestants came during the Eighty Years' War against Catholic Spain. T... |
Amsterdam | Religion | Religion
In 1578, the largely Catholic city of Amsterdam joined the revolt against Spanish rule, late in comparison to other major northern Dutch cities. Catholic priests were driven out of the city. Following the Dutch takeover, all churches were converted to Protestant worship. Calvinism was declared the main religi... |
Amsterdam | Cityscape and architecture | Cityscape and architecture
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upright=1.5|thumb|A 1538 painting by Cornelis Anthonisz showing a bird's-eye view of Amsterdam. The famous Grachtengordel had not yet been established.
Amsterdam fans out south from the Amsterdam Centraal station and Damrak, the main street off the station. The oldest are... |
Amsterdam | Canals | Canals
left|thumb|Rokin – November 1977
The Amsterdam canal system is the result of conscious city planning. In the early 17th century, when immigration was at a peak, a comprehensive plan was developed that was based on four concentric half-circles of canals with their ends emerging at the IJ bay. Known as the Gracht... |
Amsterdam | Expansion | Expansion
left|thumb|The Egelantiersgracht lies west of the Grachtengordel, in the Jordaan neighbourhood.
After the development of Amsterdam's canals in the 17th century, the city did not grow beyond its borders for two centuries. During the 19th century, Samuel Sarphati devised a plan based on the grandeur of Paris a... |
Amsterdam | Architecture | Architecture
thumb|left|The Royal Palace of Amsterdam, by architects Jacob van Campen and Daniël Stalpaert is characteristic of the architecture of the Dutch Baroque architecture.
Amsterdam has a rich architectural history. The oldest building in Amsterdam is the Oude Kerk (English: Old Church), at the heart of the Wal... |
Amsterdam | Parks and recreational areas | Parks and recreational areas
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Amsterdam has many parks, open spaces, and squares throughout the city. The Vondelpark, the largest park in the city, is located in the Oud-Zuid neighbourhood and is named after the 17th-century Amsterdam author Joost van den Vondel. Yearly, the park has around 10 million visitors.... |
Amsterdam | Economy | Economy
thumb|left|250px|The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the world
thumb|left|250px|The Zuidas, the city's main business district
Amsterdam is the financial and business capital of the Netherlands.
According to the 2007 European Cities Monitor (ECM) – an annual location survey of Europe's lea... |
Amsterdam | Port of Amsterdam | Port of Amsterdam
The Port of Amsterdam is the fourth-largest port in Europe, the 38th largest port in the world, and the second-largest port in the Netherlands by metric tons of cargo. In 2014, the Port of Amsterdam had a cargo throughput of 97,4 million tons of cargo, which was mostly bulk cargo. Amsterdam has the bi... |
Amsterdam | Tourism | Tourism
thumb|Boats give tours of the city, such as this one in front of the EYE Film Institute Netherlands.
thumb|Spiegelgracht
Amsterdam is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Europe, receiving more than 5.34 million international visitors annually; this is excluding the 16 million day-trippers visiting ... |
Amsterdam | De Wallen (red-light district) | De Wallen (red-light district)
thumb|right|De Wallen, Amsterdam's Red-light district, offers activities such as legal prostitution and a number of coffee shops that sell cannabis. It is one of the main tourist attractions.
De Wallen, also known as Walletjes or Rosse Buurt, is a designated area for legalised prostituti... |
Amsterdam | Retail | Retail
Shops in Amsterdam range from large high-end department stores such as founded in 1870 to small specialty shops. Amsterdam's high-end shops are found in the streets P.C. Hooftstraat and Cornelis Schuytstraat, which are located in the vicinity of the Vondelpark. One of Amsterdam's busiest high streets is the nar... |
Amsterdam | Fashion | Fashion
thumb|An Amsterdammer waits for a traffic light to change at the Muntplein in the heart of Amsterdam.
Several fashion brands and designers are based in Amsterdam. Fashion designers include Iris van Herpen, Mart Visser, Viktor & Rolf, Marlies Dekkers and Frans Molenaar. Fashion models like Yfke Sturm, Doutzen Kr... |
Amsterdam | Culture | Culture
thumb|The houses Rembrandt's The Night Watch.
thumb|The Van Gogh Museum houses the world's largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and letters.
thumb|The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is an international museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art and design.
During the later part of the 16th century, Ams... |
Amsterdam | Museums | Museums
The most important museums of Amsterdam are located on the Museumplein (Museum Square), located at the southwestern side of the Rijksmuseum. It was created in the last quarter of the 19th century on the grounds of the former World's fair. The northeastern part of the square is bordered by the large Rijksmuseum.... |
Amsterdam | Music | Music
thumb|Coldplay performing at the Amsterdam Arena, 2016
Amsterdam's musical culture includes a large collection of songs that treat the city nostalgically and lovingly. The 1949 song "Aan de Amsterdamse grachten" ("On the canals of Amsterdam") was performed and recorded by many artists, including John Kraaijkamp ... |
Amsterdam | Performing arts | Performing arts
Amsterdam has three main theatre buildings.
thumb|Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam's best-known theatre
thumb|Royal Theater Carré, It was originally meant as a permanent circus building.
The Stadsschouwburg at the Leidseplein is the home base of Toneelgroep Amsterdam. The current building dates from 1894. Mo... |
Amsterdam | Nightlife | Nightlife
Amsterdam is famous for its vibrant and diverse nightlife. Amsterdam has many cafés (bars). They range from large and modern to small and cosy. The typical Bruine Kroeg (brown café) breathes a more old-fashioned atmosphere with dimmed lights, candles, and somewhat older clientele. These brown cafés mostly ... |
Amsterdam | Festivals | Festivals
In 2008, there were 140 festivals and events in Amsterdam. During the same year, Amsterdam was designated as the World Book Capital for one year by UNESCO.
Famous festivals and events in Amsterdam include: Koningsdag (which was named Koninginnedag until the crowning of King Willem-Alexander in 2013) (King'... |
Amsterdam | Sports | Sports
Amsterdam is home of the Eredivisie football club AFC Ajax. The stadium Johan Cruyff Arena is the home of Ajax. It is located in the south-east of the city next to the new Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station. Before moving to their current location in 1996, Ajax played their regular matches in the now demol... |
Amsterdam | Politics | Politics
thumb|upright=0.9|Femke Halsema has been the Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018.
The city of Amsterdam is a municipality under the Dutch Municipalities Act. It is governed by a directly elected municipal council, a municipal executive, and a mayor. Since 1981, the municipality of Amsterdam has gradually been divi... |
Amsterdam | City government | City government
As with all Dutch municipalities, Amsterdam is governed by a directly elected municipal council, a municipal executive and a government appointed mayor (burgemeester). The mayor is a member of the municipal executive board but also has individual responsibilities in maintaining public order. On 27 June... |
Amsterdam | Metropolitan area | Metropolitan area
thumb|Police headquarters of Amsterdam
"Amsterdam" is usually understood to refer to the municipality of Amsterdam. Colloquially, some areas within the municipality, such as the town of Durgerdam, may not be considered part of Amsterdam.
Statistics Netherlands uses three other definitions of Amsterda... |
Amsterdam | National capital | National capital
thumb|King Willem-Alexander, Princess Beatrix, and Queen Máxima greeting Amsterdammers from the Royal Palace of Amsterdam during Willem-Alexanders inauguration in 2013
Under the Dutch Constitution, Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. Since the 1983 constitutional revision, the constitution me... |
Amsterdam | Symbols | Symbols
The coat of arms of Amsterdam is composed of several historical elements. First and centre are three St Andrew's crosses, aligned in a vertical band on the city's shield (although Amsterdam's patron saint was Saint Nicholas). These St Andrew's crosses can also be found on the city shields of neighbours Amstelv... |
Amsterdam | Transport | Transport |
Amsterdam | Metro, tram and bus | Metro, tram and bus
thumb|A tram crossing the Keizersgracht
thumb|The Amsterdam Metro is a mixed subway and above ground rapid transit system consisting of five lines.
Currently, there are sixteen tram routes and five metro routes. All are operated by the municipal public transport operator Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf... |
Amsterdam | Car | Car
Amsterdam was intended in 1932 to be the hub, a kind of Kilometre Zero, of the highway system of the Netherlands, with freeways numbered One to Eight planned to originate from the city. The outbreak of the Second World War and shifting priorities led to the current situation, where only roads A1, A2, and A4 origina... |
Amsterdam | National rail | National rail
thumb|upright=1.15|Amsterdam Centraal station, the city's main train station
Amsterdam is served by ten stations of the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways). Five are intercity stops: Sloterdijk, Zuid, Amstel, Bijlmer ArenA and Amsterdam Centraal. The stations for local services are: Lelylaan, RAI, Hol... |
Amsterdam | Airport | Airport
thumb|right|Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ranks as Europe's third-busiest airport for passenger traffic.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is less than 20 minutes by train from Amsterdam Centraal station and is served by domestic and international intercity trains, such as Eurostar and EuroCity. Schiphol is the largest a... |
Amsterdam | Cycling | Cycling
thumb|Barges regularly pull bicycles from the bottom of the canals in Amsterdam. Many residents discard old bicycles by throwing them into the canals.
thumb|Police bicyclist crossing a bridge over the Prinsengracht
thumb|Bicyclist at Amsterdam
Amsterdam is one of the most bicycle-friendly large cities in the w... |
Amsterdam | Education | Education
thumb|left|The Agnietenkapel Gate at the University of Amsterdam, founded in 1632 as the Athenaeum Illustre
Amsterdam has two universities: the University of Amsterdam (Universiteit van Amsterdam, UvA), and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Other institutions for higher education include an art school – ... |
Amsterdam | Notable people | Notable people |
Amsterdam | Media | Media
Amsterdam is a prominent centre for national and international media. Some locally based newspapers include Het Parool, a national daily paper; De Telegraaf, the largest Dutch daily newspaper; the daily newspapers Trouw, de Volkskrant and NRC; De Groene Amsterdammer, a weekly newspaper; the free newspapers Metro ... |
Amsterdam | Housing | Housing
From the late 1960s onwards many buildings in Amsterdam have been squatted both for housing and for use as social centres. A number of these squats have legalised and become well known, such as OCCII, OT301, Paradiso and Vrankrijk. |
Amsterdam | Sister cities | Sister cities
Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, 2007
Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico, 2011 |
Amsterdam | See also | See also
List of populated places in the Netherlands
List of cities, towns and villages in North Holland
List of cities in the Netherlands by province
List of national capitals
List of national capitals by latitude
List of capital cities by elevation
List of national capitals by population
van Dam |
Amsterdam | Notes | Notes |
Amsterdam | References | References |
Amsterdam | Sources | Sources
Charles Caspers & Peter Jan Margry (2017), Het Mirakel van Amsterdam. Biografie van een betwiste devotie (Amsterdam, Prometheus). |
Amsterdam | Further reading | Further reading
de Waard, M., ed. Imagining Global Amsterdam: History, Culture, and Geography in a World City. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press 2013.
Feddes, Fred. A Millennium of Amsterdam: Spatial History of a Marvelous City. Bussum: Thoth 2012.
Jonker, Joost. Merchants, Bankers, Middlemen: The Amsterdam Money... |
Amsterdam | External links | External links
Amsterdam.nl – Official government site
I amsterdam – Portal for international visitors
Tourist information about Amsterdam () – website of the Netherlands
Category:Capitals in Europe
Category:Cities in the Netherlands
Category:Municipalities of North Holland
Category:Olympic cycling venues
Category... |
Amsterdam | Table of Content | Short description, History, Prehistory, Founding, Middle Ages, Conflict with Spain, Centre of the Dutch Golden Age, Decline and modernization, 20th century – present, Geography, Water, Climate, Demographics, Historical population, Diversity and immigration, Religion, Cityscape and architecture, Canals, Expansion, Archi... |
Museum of Work | Short description | thumb|200px|Styrkjärn in central Norrköping
The Museum of Work (Arbetets museum) is a museum located in Norrköping, Sweden. The museum is located in the Strykjärn (Clothes iron), a former weaving mill in the old industrial area on the Motala ström river in the city centre of Norrköping. The former textile factory Holm... |
Museum of Work | Overview | Overview
The museum is a national central museum with the task of preserving and telling about work and everyday life. It has, among other things, exhibitions on the terms and conditions of the work and the history of the industrial society. The museum is also known to highlight gender perspective in their exhibition... |
Museum of Work | Exhibitions | Exhibitions
The Museum of Work shows exhibitions going on over several years, but also shorter exhibitions – including several photo exhibitions on themes that can be linked to work and everyday life. |
Museum of Work | The history of Alva | The history of Alva
The history of Alva Karlsson is the only exhibition in the museum that is permanent. The exhibition connects to the museum's building and its history as part of the textile industry in Norrköping. Alva worked as a rollers between the years 1927 – 1962. |
Museum of Work | Industriland | Industriland
One of the museum long-term exhibitions is Industriland – when Sweden became modern,Industriland – när Sverige blev modernt, hämtat 2013-10-23 the exhibition was in 2007–2013 and consisted of an ongoing bond with various objects that were somehow significant both for working life and everyday during the ... |
Museum of Work | Framtidsland (Future country) | Framtidsland (Future country)
In 2014, the exhibition was inaugurated that takes by where Industriland ends: Future country. It is an exhibition that investigates what a sustainable society is will be part of the museum's exhibitions until 2019. The exhibition consists of materials that are designed based on conversa... |
Museum of Work | EWK – The Center for Political Illustration Art | EWK – The Center for Political Illustration Art
Since 2009, the Museum also houses EWK – center for political illustration art. The museum preserves, develops and conveys the political illustrator Ewert Karlsson's production. The museum also holds theme exhibitions with national and international political illustrato... |
Museum of Work | See also | See also
List of museums in Sweden
Culture of Sweden |
Museum of Work | References | References |