Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. It's a city built on swampy(沼澤的,濕地的) marshland(沼澤地) reclaimed(開墾,歸還) from the North Sea. Although it has a population of less than one million, it is also one of Europe's major cultural centers.
It's easy to reach Amsterdam by train from almost anywhere in northern Europe, which has some of the most sophisticated rail links in the world.
So this is Amsterdam, bicycle capital of the universe. Check out the bikes. This city's got like 720,000 people but every year they get something like three million tourists, so.
Amsterdam is a compact(緊湊的,緊密的) city and you can see a lot of it on foot, but for longer distances it's worth using the efficient tram(有軌電車) system. The trams run from six in the morning during the week, but start a little later at weekends. After midnight a special bus service takes over. There is another way to get around, that old Amsterdam cliché(陳詞濫調(diào)): the bike.
Well I'm on the Herengracht, it's one of the most famous canals(運(yùn)河,溝渠) in Amsterdam. From the 17th century and as you can see, these buildings are sinking into the sand. Have a look at this one. There's a lot of houses like this in Amsterdam. The whole town was built on sand, its reclaimed land and half of it is sinking. Much of what we think of as Amsterdam is the product of the Golden Age of Dutch classicism, the 17th century. It's the quality of the city's residential architecture, which distinguishes it. There are no grand monuments and only a few buildings that impress with size.
There are more than 60 miles of canals flowing in, out and around Amsterdam. It's also a very green city with more trees per square mile than any other capital in Europe. It is said that many residents never use the canals and miss out on the unique perspective of the city that they offer.
Two thousand bridges, 170 canals, it's full of romantic little spots where you can just chill out.
You know Amsterdam is a very cultured city. They got 141 art galleries(畫廊,圖庫) and 42 museums. If you want to see a museum you're much better off seeing a proper one. Now this, this is a serious museum. This is the Reich's Museum. It's full of all the interesting stuff you find in museums but today I want to see is Rembrandt's(倫勃朗,荷蘭畫家) Night Watch, one the world's most famous paintings. The Night Watch was painted in 1642 by Rembrandt. Its relatively informal depiction of a group of merchants was considered innovative at the time.
Vondelpark is the oldest park in Amsterdam. Duringthe70's, it was kind of like a non-stop Woodstock. Tents set up it was like a Mecca(麥加,伊斯蘭教圣地) for hippies, people lived in the park. Although you can't live in the park these days, there's no law against living in the 70's.
Now, this is the Albert Cuyp Market, it's the biggest market in the Netherlands, bits and pieces from all over the world. Most of it like you'd expect from any market just chintzy(便宜的,俗氣的) rubbish. But here you can also get a lot of ethnic food, because 40 percent of the population of Amsterdam are from other cultures, immigrant population. So here they buy their salted fish and their tropical fruits. You can get just about anything here.
So that's Amsterdam and to tell you the truth, I'm pleasantly surprised. I was expecting a city full of absolutely stoned(飄飄欲仙的) hippies or some…I don't know what I expected, but what I found was a city full of life. I mean this is the artistic capital of Europe. This is the crossroads or cross canal of all realities. It's vibrant(充滿活力的), it's creative, it's special. It's Amsterdam and if nothing else, check out the architecture.
阿姆斯特丹是荷蘭的首都，它坐落在開墾自北海的潮濕的沼澤地帶上。盡管人口不足一百萬，阿姆斯特丹仍然是歐洲主要的文化中心之一。
北歐擁有部分世界上最發(fā)達(dá)的鐵路網(wǎng)絡(luò)，從那里的任何一個(gè)地方乘火車到阿姆斯特丹都很方便。
這就是阿姆斯特丹，世界自行車之都?？纯催@些自行車吧。這座城市有72萬人，但每年來這里的游客就有大約3百萬。
阿姆斯特丹是個(gè)不大的城市，你可以步行游覽大部分地方，但要前往更遠(yuǎn)的地方，使用高效的電車系統(tǒng)就比較劃算了。電車平常從早上6點(diǎn)開始運(yùn)行，周末的時(shí)候始發(fā)要晚一些。過了午夜，取而代之的是特別的公共汽車服務(wù)。還有一種四處游覽的方式，那就是阿姆斯特丹的古老傳統(tǒng)：騎自行車。
好，我現(xiàn)在在紳士運(yùn)河上，它是阿姆斯特丹最的運(yùn)河之一。自從17世紀(jì)以來，正如你所見到的，這些建筑正在逐漸沉入沙里?？纯催@一棟。阿姆斯特丹有許多類似這樣的房屋。整座城市都建在沙上以及填海開墾出的土地上，其中一半已在下沉。我們能想到的關(guān)于阿姆斯特丹的不外乎就是：這城市是17世紀(jì)荷蘭古典主義的鼎盛時(shí)期的產(chǎn)物。這里極富特色的居民建筑使這個(gè)城市顯得與眾不同。這座城市沒有宏大的紀(jì)念碑，只有少數(shù)幾幢建筑雄偉挺拔，使人印象深刻。
流入、流出阿姆斯特丹以及繞城而行的運(yùn)河超過60英里。它還是個(gè)綠意蔥蘢的城市，每平方英里的樹木覆蓋面積超過歐洲任一首都的。據(jù)說許多居民從未使用過運(yùn)河，于是也無法領(lǐng)略從運(yùn)河上欣賞到的這個(gè)城市的獨(dú)特景致。
2000座橋，170條運(yùn)河，其中遍布了浪漫的小咖啡館——在那里你可以好好地放松下。
你們也知道阿姆斯特丹是座十分有文化底蘊(yùn)的城市，這里有141個(gè)畫廊，42個(gè)博物館。如果你想?yún)⒂^一座博物館，是選擇一家比較好的。這個(gè)，這是一家嚴(yán)肅的博物館。這是德意志帝國的博物館，里面全是你在博物館里能發(fā)現(xiàn)的有趣的東西。不過今天我想看看倫勃朗的《守夜人》——世界上最有名的畫作之一?！妒匾谷恕肥莻惒试?642年創(chuàng)作的，它對(duì)在非正式場合的群商人的描畫在當(dāng)時(shí)被認(rèn)為具有革新性。
馮德爾帕克公園是阿姆斯特丹最古老的公園。70年代期間，它有幾分像歡鬧不息的伍德斯托克搖滾音樂節(jié)。搭起帳篷，那里就像是嬉皮土的麥加圣地，人們就住在公園里。雖然現(xiàn)在你不能住在公園里了，但在70年代，沒有法律禁止人們?cè)诠珗@里居住。
這里是艾伯街市場，它是荷蘭的市場，集中了來自世界各地的零散小玩意。其中大多數(shù)東西就像你在任何市場能看到的一樣，都是一些價(jià)格低廉的貨色。但是在這里你還可以買到多種有民族特色的食物，因?yàn)榘⒛匪固氐?0??人口是移民，來自其他民族。因此，他們?cè)谶@里買咸魚和各種熱帶水果等，在這里，你什么都能找到。
那就是阿姆斯特丹。說實(shí)話，我又開心又驚訝。我原以為這會(huì)是一個(gè)滿是飄飄欲仙的嬉皮士的城市，或是些……我也不知道自己期望看到什么，但我卻看到一個(gè)充滿生命力的城市。我的意思是，這是歐洲的藝術(shù)之都。它是現(xiàn)實(shí)世界的十字路口，或者說眾運(yùn)河的交匯處。它富于創(chuàng)造性、充滿活力、獨(dú)一無二。這就是阿姆斯特丹，如果對(duì)其他東西不感興趣，好好看看這個(gè)城市建筑吧。
It's easy to reach Amsterdam by train from almost anywhere in northern Europe, which has some of the most sophisticated rail links in the world.
So this is Amsterdam, bicycle capital of the universe. Check out the bikes. This city's got like 720,000 people but every year they get something like three million tourists, so.
Amsterdam is a compact(緊湊的,緊密的) city and you can see a lot of it on foot, but for longer distances it's worth using the efficient tram(有軌電車) system. The trams run from six in the morning during the week, but start a little later at weekends. After midnight a special bus service takes over. There is another way to get around, that old Amsterdam cliché(陳詞濫調(diào)): the bike.
Well I'm on the Herengracht, it's one of the most famous canals(運(yùn)河,溝渠) in Amsterdam. From the 17th century and as you can see, these buildings are sinking into the sand. Have a look at this one. There's a lot of houses like this in Amsterdam. The whole town was built on sand, its reclaimed land and half of it is sinking. Much of what we think of as Amsterdam is the product of the Golden Age of Dutch classicism, the 17th century. It's the quality of the city's residential architecture, which distinguishes it. There are no grand monuments and only a few buildings that impress with size.
There are more than 60 miles of canals flowing in, out and around Amsterdam. It's also a very green city with more trees per square mile than any other capital in Europe. It is said that many residents never use the canals and miss out on the unique perspective of the city that they offer.
Two thousand bridges, 170 canals, it's full of romantic little spots where you can just chill out.
You know Amsterdam is a very cultured city. They got 141 art galleries(畫廊,圖庫) and 42 museums. If you want to see a museum you're much better off seeing a proper one. Now this, this is a serious museum. This is the Reich's Museum. It's full of all the interesting stuff you find in museums but today I want to see is Rembrandt's(倫勃朗,荷蘭畫家) Night Watch, one the world's most famous paintings. The Night Watch was painted in 1642 by Rembrandt. Its relatively informal depiction of a group of merchants was considered innovative at the time.
Vondelpark is the oldest park in Amsterdam. Duringthe70's, it was kind of like a non-stop Woodstock. Tents set up it was like a Mecca(麥加,伊斯蘭教圣地) for hippies, people lived in the park. Although you can't live in the park these days, there's no law against living in the 70's.
Now, this is the Albert Cuyp Market, it's the biggest market in the Netherlands, bits and pieces from all over the world. Most of it like you'd expect from any market just chintzy(便宜的,俗氣的) rubbish. But here you can also get a lot of ethnic food, because 40 percent of the population of Amsterdam are from other cultures, immigrant population. So here they buy their salted fish and their tropical fruits. You can get just about anything here.
So that's Amsterdam and to tell you the truth, I'm pleasantly surprised. I was expecting a city full of absolutely stoned(飄飄欲仙的) hippies or some…I don't know what I expected, but what I found was a city full of life. I mean this is the artistic capital of Europe. This is the crossroads or cross canal of all realities. It's vibrant(充滿活力的), it's creative, it's special. It's Amsterdam and if nothing else, check out the architecture.
阿姆斯特丹是荷蘭的首都，它坐落在開墾自北海的潮濕的沼澤地帶上。盡管人口不足一百萬，阿姆斯特丹仍然是歐洲主要的文化中心之一。
北歐擁有部分世界上最發(fā)達(dá)的鐵路網(wǎng)絡(luò)，從那里的任何一個(gè)地方乘火車到阿姆斯特丹都很方便。
這就是阿姆斯特丹，世界自行車之都?？纯催@些自行車吧。這座城市有72萬人，但每年來這里的游客就有大約3百萬。
阿姆斯特丹是個(gè)不大的城市，你可以步行游覽大部分地方，但要前往更遠(yuǎn)的地方，使用高效的電車系統(tǒng)就比較劃算了。電車平常從早上6點(diǎn)開始運(yùn)行，周末的時(shí)候始發(fā)要晚一些。過了午夜，取而代之的是特別的公共汽車服務(wù)。還有一種四處游覽的方式，那就是阿姆斯特丹的古老傳統(tǒng)：騎自行車。
好，我現(xiàn)在在紳士運(yùn)河上，它是阿姆斯特丹最的運(yùn)河之一。自從17世紀(jì)以來，正如你所見到的，這些建筑正在逐漸沉入沙里?？纯催@一棟。阿姆斯特丹有許多類似這樣的房屋。整座城市都建在沙上以及填海開墾出的土地上，其中一半已在下沉。我們能想到的關(guān)于阿姆斯特丹的不外乎就是：這城市是17世紀(jì)荷蘭古典主義的鼎盛時(shí)期的產(chǎn)物。這里極富特色的居民建筑使這個(gè)城市顯得與眾不同。這座城市沒有宏大的紀(jì)念碑，只有少數(shù)幾幢建筑雄偉挺拔，使人印象深刻。
流入、流出阿姆斯特丹以及繞城而行的運(yùn)河超過60英里。它還是個(gè)綠意蔥蘢的城市，每平方英里的樹木覆蓋面積超過歐洲任一首都的。據(jù)說許多居民從未使用過運(yùn)河，于是也無法領(lǐng)略從運(yùn)河上欣賞到的這個(gè)城市的獨(dú)特景致。
2000座橋，170條運(yùn)河，其中遍布了浪漫的小咖啡館——在那里你可以好好地放松下。
你們也知道阿姆斯特丹是座十分有文化底蘊(yùn)的城市，這里有141個(gè)畫廊，42個(gè)博物館。如果你想?yún)⒂^一座博物館，是選擇一家比較好的。這個(gè)，這是一家嚴(yán)肅的博物館。這是德意志帝國的博物館，里面全是你在博物館里能發(fā)現(xiàn)的有趣的東西。不過今天我想看看倫勃朗的《守夜人》——世界上最有名的畫作之一?！妒匾谷恕肥莻惒试?642年創(chuàng)作的，它對(duì)在非正式場合的群商人的描畫在當(dāng)時(shí)被認(rèn)為具有革新性。
馮德爾帕克公園是阿姆斯特丹最古老的公園。70年代期間，它有幾分像歡鬧不息的伍德斯托克搖滾音樂節(jié)。搭起帳篷，那里就像是嬉皮土的麥加圣地，人們就住在公園里。雖然現(xiàn)在你不能住在公園里了，但在70年代，沒有法律禁止人們?cè)诠珗@里居住。
這里是艾伯街市場，它是荷蘭的市場，集中了來自世界各地的零散小玩意。其中大多數(shù)東西就像你在任何市場能看到的一樣，都是一些價(jià)格低廉的貨色。但是在這里你還可以買到多種有民族特色的食物，因?yàn)榘⒛匪固氐?0??人口是移民，來自其他民族。因此，他們?cè)谶@里買咸魚和各種熱帶水果等，在這里，你什么都能找到。
那就是阿姆斯特丹。說實(shí)話，我又開心又驚訝。我原以為這會(huì)是一個(gè)滿是飄飄欲仙的嬉皮士的城市，或是些……我也不知道自己期望看到什么，但我卻看到一個(gè)充滿生命力的城市。我的意思是，這是歐洲的藝術(shù)之都。它是現(xiàn)實(shí)世界的十字路口，或者說眾運(yùn)河的交匯處。它富于創(chuàng)造性、充滿活力、獨(dú)一無二。這就是阿姆斯特丹，如果對(duì)其他東西不感興趣，好好看看這個(gè)城市建筑吧。