Amsterdam owns it from Queeren AF-Kcszen to Öko-Chic
The locals of the Amster ladies and the creators of travel contents Karl Krause and Daan Colijn (@coupleofmen). Photo: Maarje Hensen.
What is old is new again in Amsterdam, while the city celebrates its 750th anniversary and lays the basics for World Pride Amsterdam in 2026. was a model city for social equality and urban ideals. Travelers can see progress anywhere, from newly defined buildings, green street landscapes and cleaner to multicultural districts and an inheritance of equality.
Most of the city's thinking thinking is the reason why Amsterdam and all the Netherlands are so attractive. In addition to sustainability and beauty of thoughtful urban planning, travelers can experience the fabulous and courageous Dutch queer community (with one of the best pride celebrations in the world), whose history has been woven into the material of Amsterdam.
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LGBTQ+ Equality, centuries in the origin
Amsterdam Pride and the channel parade celebrate the long history of the city of LGBTQ+ equality. Photo: Edwin van Eis/I Amsterdam.
The Dutch Republic legalized homosexuality in 1811 and established the country as the birthplace of the LGBTQ+ rights. A century later, in 1927, Lesbian Bet van Beer Amsterdam's first official gay bar, Mandje. Until the early 21st century, the Netherlands were the first nation in the world to legalize same -sex marriage. Dutch progressivism also applied to other social progress, including sex work, which has been widely tolerated since the 13th century.
Tandem's social and civic progress has continued over the decades, but not without hurdles. The Second World War brought the Nazis occupation in 1940. Dutch resistance fighters who fought for their homeland tried to protect the Jewish population of the city and all its citizens. A young girl's diary Tells of this story, and a visit to Anne Frank House remains a strong place to learn more about Amsterdam and the resistance during the Second World War.
Under so many war heroes, gay Dutchman Willem Arondeus opened the Nazis. He, Frieda Belinfante and other Dutch freedom fighters have saved thousands of life by fake the identifications of Dutch Jews and changed documents to ward off the persecution of the Nazis. But his work was canceled when Nazis discovered Arondeus' work and his gay resistance fighters in 1943.
Shortly before a Nazi fire brigade executed the group, Arondeus said: “Let it be known: Homosexuals are not cowards.”
Homomonument, Amsterdam. Photo: Me Amsterdam.
The city's homonument is reminiscent of the life of heroes of the Second World War and other people who are pursued because of their sexual orientation – the first world monument to do this. Join the local expert Henk de Vries on a special Amsterdam Tours Walk To learn more about the monument, Arondeus and other local LGBTQ+ PURBLAZER.
Homomonument was unveiled in 1987 when the HIV/AIDS crisis took the global LGBTQ+ community. Amsterdam was considered an epicenter, and the community reacted quickly and directly.
Companies and women were owned by women. The condomerie was opened in 1987 for Warmoestraat and was the first business in the world in the world with education initiatives and training and studio demonstrations. The condomerie has also been carbon -neutral since 2011 and embodied the Dutch way of combining social (and sexual) responsibility with environmental protection.
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Europe's strange city is also one of the greenest
Amsterdam is known for its green rooms and its sustainable building. Photo: Me Amsterdam.
From LGBTQ+ Equality about initiatives to combat climate change, Amsterdam examines the great picture and what it means to create an integrative and sustainable society.
Together with his legacy of the same human rights, Amsterdam is also one of the environmental contracts in the world in the world Cities. Thanks For its strong economy, social equity and investments in renewable energies, she recently took first place in the Index of Arcadis Sustainable Cities.
Sustainability is everywhere in Amsterdam, from construction to financing to agriculture and even fashion innovations. 80 percent of the household energy of the sun and wind has already been summarized, the total number of food waste from the city is dramatically reduced and halved the use of new raw tree materials. Amsterdam would like to become a completely emission -free city by 2030 and reuse, reduce and reuse the materials (by reused, reduce and reduce materials) by 2050).
The city is also realistic in terms of its popularity and has taken steps to discourage over-tourism-without travelers. There are fewer cruise ships in the city, and travelers are encouraged to delete in hotels and not in short -term apartment rents. To contain some of the “party tourism” that keep the locals awake all night, legal transactions in the center concentrate less, and some late night clubs close earlier. The balance gives visitors welcome and at the same time maintains a quality of life for its residents.
Together with cycling and affordable electrical transit, amster dampers (and by standard traveler) practice with low dinner and shopping actors, shopping of plastic, drinking tap water in city (some say, it is the best in Europe) and minimize new purchases for consumer goods. As the tree plantings that have contributed to calming down the channel system, the city also increases the biological diversity in the whole city – from green roofs and wall gardens to vegetable parks and new “green routes” in order to obtain access to natural reserves .
Amsterdam often invents existing buildings to creatively support reuse. There are spots such as de Hallen, a former tram depot that today a food, cultural and retail goal, and bunk, a cool design hotel that occupies a former church. On a larger scale, NDSM WHARB, a once characteristic shipyard Noord, turned into an enormous cultural outpost in which the fantastic Straat Museum for Graffiti art and a constantly growing variety of bars and restaurants is located.
How Amsterdam's swampy beginnings paved the way for his future
The waterways of Amsterdam have become the characteristic feature of the city. Photo: Shutterstock.
Amsterdam was founded in 1275 and quickly grew thanks to his first -class port on the North Sea. But his swampy terrain soon needed a revision, so that the engineers dug small channels to dry and support land for buildings and agriculture – twice as waterways through the city. Immigrants flocked and the families grew.
In the 1500s, Amsterdam's city planner had the future in the eye. They started a large-scale overhaul of the channel system to maintain the city's phenomenal growth and set up four width, concentric semicircular channels that connect the Amstel River to the harbor to improve the water flow, vessels and goods.
Trees were the key to the success of the channel system. Linden trees (and later elms) were systematically planted along the channels so that their roots strengthen the canal banks and act as natural water pumps and draw water from the swampy surface to stabilize the floor.
The trees also made the city more livable and delivered shadows and green to counteract the dirty streets of the young city and often smelly channels. These early urban planners also demanded that only half of each property were used to build a house and the other half left as a courtyard for trees and garden plantings.
Essentially it was an early urban ecological movement. At the same time, immigrants of different religions and backgrounds helped the busy harbor. The community was richer in both trade and culture.
And the norm remains today. Amsterdam is one of the most advanced places on earth and embodies the idea that a city can react responsibly to climate change as it exerts its economy and flourishes with various communities that invest in equal rights and opportunities.
“Amsterdam is often referred to as” Venice of the North “, but we are not a museum” Gayciities. “We adapt to the time. We are a modern city. “
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