Our three city day ended with dinner at Oosterdokskade by the Amsterdam Public Library. This is really a very cute "island" right near the centre of the city, that outsiders would not suspect possible!
What is truly worth seeing is the Amsterdam Public Library, I think.
For me, after visiting northern Europe over many years, goalposts for development include public libraries (accompanied of course, by universal literacy and the reading habit!), museums and gardens... all clean, I might add, and with good public toilets! I am not too concerned about being like Shanghai or having Singapore or Dubai's shopping options, but if all our kids could have a library card greet them on birth, as Dutch kids do, that would be fantastic!
For me, after visiting northern Europe over many years, goalposts for development include public libraries (accompanied of course, by universal literacy and the reading habit!), museums and gardens... all clean, I might add, and with good public toilets! I am not too concerned about being like Shanghai or having Singapore or Dubai's shopping options, but if all our kids could have a library card greet them on birth, as Dutch kids do, that would be fantastic!
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