When we are doing a trip in Canal, Amsterdam, we will we get some unexpected sights. The unexpected sights are:
The Safest Vaults
The vaults of the Dutch National Bank are sunk some 15 m (48 ft) below ground level. In the event of an alarm, they have been designed to allow the waters of the Singelgracht to flood into them.
The Prison Bridge
The Torensluis – the widest bridge in Amsterdam – spans the Singel on the site of a 17thcentury sluice gate. A lock-up jail was built into its foundations.
The Cat Boat
Hundreds of feline waifs and strays are given refuge in De Poezenboot (The Cat Boat), moored on the Singel.
The Drunken Tsar
In 1716, Peter the Great got drunk at his friend Christoffel Brants’ house at Keizersgracht 317, and kept the mayor waiting at a civic reception. That night, he stayed at the house of the Russian ambassador, Herengracht 527, where Napoleon also stayed in 1811.
The Narrowest House
Is Singel 7 the smallest house in Amsterdam? No, it’s simply the back door of a wedgeshaped house, whatever your tour guide tells you.
The Oldest Café
Which is really the oldest café in Amsterdam? It’s Café Chris, in Bloemstraat, dating from 1624. A curiosity: the loo is flushed from the bar.
The Most Crooked Café
Teetering Café de Sluyswacht, built in 1695, makes an alarming sight as you glide by along the Oude Schans.
The Wrapped-up House
Look carefully at Victoria Hotel, near the station, and you will see two tiny 17thcentury houses embedded in the monumental 19thcentury façade. A little old lady, so the story goes, refused to sell up, so the hotel had to wrap itself around them.
The Floating Pagoda
The vast Sea Palace, Amsterdam’s famous floating Chinese restaurant, makes an unusual sight in Oosterdok. With its twinkling lights and many windows, it makes a romantic dinner spot.
The Tower of Tears
This medieval defensive tower has the saddest of names: Schreierstoren (Tower of Tears), where weeping women waved farewell to their seafaring men.
Maybe now you are still confusing look for activity to fill your summer holiday. Spending your holiday at home maybe is not a great thing. Of course you want to fill your holidays by doing different activity that challenging will provide an unforgettable holiday. If now you still don’t know what activity you will do. You can gather with your friends to do the adventure that you’ve never done before. Of course doing adventure with friends is a right activity. Especially if the adventure that you choose will make you find a variety of new knowledge and full of challenge.