Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam, western Netherlands, located on the IJsselmeer and connected to the North Sea. Amsterdam is capital of the Netherlands and the principal commercial and financial centre of the Netherlands. Amsterdam, city and port, known for its artistic heritage, elaborate canal system and narrow houses with gabled facades, legacies of the city’s 17th-century Golden Age. Its Museum District houses the Van Gogh Museum, works by Rembrandt and Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum, and modern art at the Stedelijk.