Risultati per "Amsterdam" in Europa

An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by the author of the acclaimed Island at the Center of the World Tourists know Amsterdam as a picturesque city of low-slung brick houses lining tidy canals; student travelers know it for its legal...

When Ben Coates injures his leg and needs to rebuild his strength by walking, he finds himself presented with an exciting opportunity: to rediscover the city he has been working in for over a decade, at a slower pace. He devises ten walks, each demonstrating a different chapter of Amsterdam's history, from its humble beginnings in the early 1200s as a small fishing community through two Golden Ages, fueled by the growth of the Dutch colonial empire, two world wars, and countless reinventions.

Stranded at Schiphol airport, Ben Coates called up a friendly Dutch girl he'd met some months earlier. He stayed for dinner. Actually, he stayed for good. In the first audiobook to consider the hidden heart and history of the Netherlands from a modern perspective, the author explores the length and breadth of his adopted homeland and discovers why one of the world's smallest countries is also so significant and so fascinating. 

Eine akustische Reise durch die schönsten Städte Europas. Per Kopfhörer auch ganz bequem von zuhause aus. Wussten Sie, dass ein realer Agent aus Wien Graham Greene zum "Dritten Mann" inspirierte? Kennen Sie schon die beste Sauna in Tallinn oder die leckersten Zimtschnecken von Stockholm? Waren Sie schon einmal in St. Petersburg während der Weißen Nächte oder am Sabbat im Krakauer Viertel Kazimierz? Unterhaltsame Reisereportagen führen Sie auf unentdeckten Pfaden zu den inspirierendsten, spannendsten und schönsten Städten Europas.

For five years, Ben Coates lived alongside a major channel of the river in Rotterdam, crossing it daily, swimming and sailing in its tributaries. In The Rhine, he sets out by bicycle from the Netherlands where it enters the North Sea, following it through Germany, France and Liechtenstein, to its source in the icy Alps. He explores the impact that the Rhine has had on European culture and history and finds out how influences have flowed along and across the river, shaping the people who live alongside it.