Netherlands

"Dat rosa mel apibus in liefde bloeiende" (The rose gives honey for the bees). Egelantiersgracht canal, Jordaan district.
Amsterdam has approximately 90 islands, which are linked by more than 1500 bridges.

There are 1.2 million bikes in Amsterdam city, but only around 821,000 inhabitants. 25,000 bikes are thrown or disappearing in the Amsterdam canals every year. Yearly, around 100,000 bikes get stolen.

Streets of Amsterdam
The civic guard painting is a substantial 7.5 metres wide and almost filled an entire wall in the large hall of the Kloveniersdoelen. Painted by Bartholomeus van der Helst
Stürzinger Photography