Canal – Expat Since Birth – A Life spent "abroad" https://expatsincebirth.com a blog by a multilingual lifelong expat/international, linguist, researcher, speaker, mother of three, living in the Netherlands and writing about raising children with multiple languages, multiculturalism, parenting abroad, international life... Thu, 03 Apr 2014 19:52:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://expatsincebirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/expatsincebirthlogo2018.png Canal – Expat Since Birth – A Life spent "abroad" https://expatsincebirth.com 32 32 Amsterdam between 1600 and 1700 https://expatsincebirth.com/2014/04/03/amsterdam-between-1600-and-1700/ https://expatsincebirth.com/2014/04/03/amsterdam-between-1600-and-1700/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2014 19:52:57 +0000 http://expatsincebirth.com/?p=3209 This is an amazing animation from the Amsterdam City Archives showing the growth of Amsterdam during the Golden Age from 1600 until 1700.

It’s the time when the Grachtengordel – the canal belt – was formed. Watch how the city took its actual shape.

 

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