Amsterdam

Many buildings in the district of Borneo-Sporenburg in Amsterdam are situated directly at the canal. Small boats anchoring at the terraces of the residential houses. This district is situated on two peninsulas in the Eastern Docklands of the town. Here between 1994 and 1998 different architects have built futuristic buildings in the style of the ÀSecond modern spirit - new eleganceÀ. Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. The town is located in the province of North Holland at the mouth of the river Amstel and the river Ij into the Ijsselmeer. Amsterdam dates back to the 12th century. The town was built around a barrage in the river Amstel on about 5 millions of fir boles. Due to its oversea trade at the end of the 16th century the then Hanseatic city Amsterdam had become the most prosperous city of Europe. Nowadays the town that is nerved by canals has the biggest old town of Europe. It was declared to Unesco World Heritage in 1996.