Many large Dutch institutions have their headquarters in the city, including: the Philips conglomerate, AkzoNobel,, TomTom, and ING. The city is also the cultural capital of the Netherlands. As the commercial capital of the Netherlands and one of the top financial centres in Europe, Amsterdam is considered an alpha world city by the Globalization and World Cities (GaWC) study group. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is considered the oldest "modern" securities market stock exchange in the world. Cycling is key to the city's character, and there are numerous biking paths and lanes spread throughout the entire city. These characteristics are arguably responsible for attracting millions of Amsterdam's visitors annually. Primarily known for its artistic heritage, elaborate canal system and narrow houses with gabled façades well-preserved legacies of the city's 17th-century Golden Age. The city is also well known for its nightlife and festival activity with several of its nightclubs ( Melkweg, Paradiso) among the world's most famous. It drew more than 5 million international visitors in 2014. Sloten, annexed in 1921 by the municipality of Amsterdam, is the oldest part of the city, dating to the 9th century.Īmsterdam's main attractions include its historic canals, the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, Hermitage Amsterdam, the Concertgebouw, the Anne Frank House, the Scheepvaartmuseum, the Amsterdam Museum, the Heineken Experience, the Royal Palace of Amsterdam, Natura Artis Magistra, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, NEMO, the red-light district and many cannabis coffee shops.
The 17th-century canals of Amsterdam and the 19–20th century Defence Line of Amsterdam are on the UNESCO World Heritage List. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the city expanded and many new neighborhoods and suburbs were planned and built. Originating as a small fishing village in the late 12th century, Amsterdam became one of the most important ports in the world during the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, and became the leading centre for the finance and trade sectors.
Īmsterdam was founded at the Amstel, that was dammed to control flooding the city's name derives from the Amstel dam. Found within the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the " Venice of the North", due to the large number of canals which form a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Dam on the River Amstel) is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands with a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Data sets may not be fully comprehensive (they only account for what is available on the web), but they can be used to gauge performance factors like staffing and sales.Amsterdam ( / ˈ æ m s t ər d æ m/ AM-stər-dam, UK also / ˌ æ m s t ər ˈ d æ m/ AM-stər- DAM, Dutch: ( listen), lit. Thinknum tracks companies using the information they post online - jobs, social and web traffic, product sales and app ratings - and creates data sets that measure factors like hiring, revenue and foot traffic. So maybe go with Hershey's, people seem to like that. Likes are going down, there isn't as big a bump in the 'Talking About' count, and it's fair to ask if fewer people are buying this brand for their loved ones.
Facebook likes were going up, and then all of a sudden this year the exact opposite is happening. Last year's Valentine's Day, there were thousands of people talking about Russell Stover chocolate. What data did we find interesting about the Lindt & Sprüngli brand? And what better brand to purchase at a gas station when you forgot what day it is than Russell Stover ( $SWX:LISN), a candy company named after someone who sounds like my neighbor. It's that time of the year again! It's time for the worst weather imaginable and the worst kind of consumer-driven pressure, because corporations wanted to create a holiday with the sole purpose of making more money. Since you're reading this, that must mean it's Valentine's Day, the most unholy of days that make half of all humans feel like miserable lonely pieces of garbage, and the other half freak out about reservations.įlowers die too quickly, diamonds are expensive, and so humanity came to the conclusion chocolate was the answer.
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