Life in Amsterdam

0118CW - Location guide - Windmills in Zaanschan, Amsterdam

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The capital of the Netherlands has a thriving chemical community, if you’re allowed to work there

The capital of the Netherlands (though, confusingly, not where the government is based), Amsterdam is a bustling city in northern Holland (though, confusingly, not the capital of Northern Holland) on the north coast mainland Europe (though, confusingly, its coastline faces east). As you might have guessed, Amsterdam is a city of contradictions.