Report about Amsterdam and the channels

1. Amsterdam's houses are built above
waterproof foundations so this way the
houses don't sink in the mud.

2. The actual railway station in Amsterdam is
a vital center and it is built above 9.000
foundations in an artificial island but
centuries ago there was a harbour over
there.
The city was inside of a sea and its
harbour gave a lot of richness but the
harbour wasn't deep enough and because
of this they always had to keep it open.

3. It is always cold but during the night they cool the water
and there is a competition about swimming through the
channels. Even the queen has participated!

4. Amsterdam has three bridges that make a
belt and beside the bridges there are
three types of houses:
1-Houses for rich people
2-Houses for middle class people
3-Houses for poor people
Anyway the houses for rich people were
built with stones to make them look
bigger and fancier. But nowadays the
houses are very expensives and most of
the buildings are banks or business.

5. There is an extension project which
consists in add three channels and this
way we can count more than 100km of
channels in Amsterdam. People call it as
"Venice of the North". The most
important channels are:
-Herengracht
-Keizersgracht
-Prinsengracht
Keizersgrach
Herengracht
Prinsengracht