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Amsterdam at Night is a Very Magical Place

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Amsterdam at Night is a Very Magical Place

Once the sun goes down, the capital city of the Netherlands positive glows.

Michael Jensen
Feb 18
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Amsterdam at Night is a Very Magical Place

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Last fall, Brent and I made our first trip to Amsterdam.

But it was November, and it turned out to be much colder, wetter, windier, and — despite the cold, rain, and wind — even much more crowded than we expected.

Still, there was one thing we absolutely loved: Amsterdam at night, which is when the city literally glows.

Six pictures of Amsterdam at night, including the Zeedijk neighborhood, the hotel Port van Cleeve lit up, a building with turrets, and a passageway lit up with chandeliers.

To be fair, most cities look better at night, when the warm shine of windows can make any building seem inviting.

A Dutch department store with huge windows lit up with golden lights at night.

Or when it’s been raining, and the street lamps and neon signs cast reflections on the slick streets like something out of a movie.

The Old Sailor bar at night with a group of people standing outside, the wet pavement reflecting the lights of the bar.

But when it comes to lights at night, Amsterdam has something most other cities don’t — something that reflects those lights in ways that are truly magical.

Of course, I mean the canals.

An Amsterdam canal at night with houseboats on the left, several tour boats cruising, all of it illuminated by bright white lights.

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You’d think the canals would all look the same. They’re channels of water lined with buildings, right?

But somehow they all seem completely different.

Five pictures of Amstedam's canals at light and lined with tall thin buildings, their lights reflected off of the water.

Of course, Amsterdam’s nighttime beauty isn’t only about the canals.

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