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	Amsterdam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amsterdam is also one of the core urban centres of the greater metropolitan area called "Randstad" (Ring City) which encompasses other Dutch cities such as Haarlem, Utrecht, Leiden, The Hague and Rotterdam and has a population of over 7.5 million.
		Amsterdam's Hortus Botanicus, founded in the early 1600s, is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world, with many old and rare specimens, amongst which the coffee plant that served as the parent for the entire coffee culture in Central and South America.
		Amsterdam is known as one of the most bicycle-friendly cities in the world and is a center of bicycle culture.
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	Hortus Botanicus
		Hortus Botanicus is the name of botanical gardens in several cities, including Amsterdam and Leiden.
		One of the oldest in the world, it was founded in 1638 by the city of Amsterdam to serves as herb garden for doctors and apothecaries.
		Hortus Botanicus's collection was amassed during the 17th century through plants and seeds brought back by traders of the East India Company (VOC) for use as medicines.
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	Amsterdam
		Amsterdam Noord is separated from the rest of Amsterdam by the IJ waterway, for connections see there.
		Founded in the early 1600s, Amsterdam's Hortus Botanicus is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world, with many old and rare specimens.
		Amsterdam's zoo is called Artis, a contraction of the Latin motto of the Zoo, "Natura Artis Magistra", meaning "Nature is the mother (or teacher) of art".
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		Amsterdam Noord is separated from the rest of Amsterdam by the IJ waterway.
		Amsterdam was founded as a fishing village in the thirteenth century.
		Amsterdam's International Institute of Social History is one of the world's largest documentary and research institutions concerning social history, and especially the history of the labor movement.
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	Hortus Botanicus (Amsterdam) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hortus Botanicus is a botanical garden in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
		Hortus Botanicus's initial collection was amassed during the 17th century through plants and seeds brought back by traders of the East India Company (VOC) for use as medicines and for their possibilities for commerce.
		Likewise, two small potted oil palms brought back by the VOC from Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean, produced seeds after six years, and these were propagated throughout all of Southeast Asia, becoming a major source of revenue in the Dutch East Indies and now in Indonesia.
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	Amsterdam Encyclopedia Article @ Yawning.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		University of Amsterdam (Universiteit van Amsterdam), and the
		Hortus Botanicus, founded in the early 1600s, is one of the oldest
		Amsterdam Astronauts who play in the Dutch premier division and play their games in the Sporthallen Zuid, near the Olympic Stadium.
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	Amsterdam Botanical Garden. Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam
		The Hortus was enlarged greatly in the 17th and 18th centuries thanks to the activity of the Dutch East India Company, which brought spices, herbs and exotic decorative plants back on its ships.
		The pride of the Hortus is its so-called crown jewels, one of which is the century-old Eastern Cape giant cycad from South Africa.
		The Hortus is comprised of a large number of additional sectors - the butterfly greenhouse, the so-called three climate greenhouse, the palm house, the herb garden, the Semicircle, and of course the Crown Jewels.
	www.europe-cities.com /amsterdam/sightseeing/hortus-botanicus.aspx (627 words)

	Amsterdam - Parks and Gardens
		De Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a green oasis of rest in the bustling capital city.
		And today both Amsterdamers and tourists alike seek rest from the bustle of the city and imagine that they are in the countryside.
		Due to the enormous growth of Amsterdam in the second half of the 19th century there was a severe shortage of houses for workers.
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	Zwarts & Jansma architecten - Greenhouse for the Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Zwarts & Jansma architecten - Greenhouse for the Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam
		However, in 1986 the UvA decided to close the Hortus because of cost-cutting measures and the fact that changes in the study of biology meant that a plant garden plantentuin was not such a necessity.
		New façade for the expansion of the Rembrandt museum in Amsterdam
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	Botanical garden - Amsterdam Hotels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is situated in the Plantage District near the lively centre of Amsterdam.
		Initially, the Hortus was a medicinal herb garden, which was built at a time when Amsterdam was recovering from a plague epidemic.
		Hortus possesses a wide range of trees, which are very old, and at the same time unique for certain rare attributes.
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	Amsterdam Travel Guide \| Fodor's Online
		While impressive gabled houses bear witness to the Golden Age of the 17th century, their upside-down images reflected in the waters of the city's canals symbolize and magnify the contradictions within the broader Dutch society.
		The French writer J-K Huysmans once called Amsterdam "a dream, an orgy of houses and water." It's true: when compared with other major European cities, this one is uniquely defined by houses, rather than palaces, estates, and other aristocratic folderol.
		Amsterdam's official voyage toward global domination began in 1275, when Floris V, count of Holland, decreed that the fledgling settlement would be exempt from paying tolls.
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	Amsterdam Sights
		Amsterdam is home to some of the most beautiful sights in Europe.
		Overlooking the Jordaan, the Westerkerk and its Tower is one of the symbols of Amsterdam.
		Zeeburg is a new quarter that is being built north east of Amsterdam on a series of artificial island on the river IJ.
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	Amsterdam Hotels - The Hortus Botanicus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is one of the oldest botanic gardens in the world.
		The Hortus is located in the Plantage district on the edge of the hectic center of Amsterdam.
		Originally, the Hortus was a medicinal herb garden, founded in 1638 by the Amsterdam City Council.
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	Amsterdam City Tours - Amsterdam Museums
		Allard Pierson Museum is the archaeological museum of the University of Amsterdam.
		Behind the 300-year-old gates, however, the bustle of the city seems to disappear.Originally, the Hortus was a medicinal herb garden, founded in 1638 by the Amsterdam City Council.
		The Filmmuseum Amsterdam is the national centre for cinematography in the Netherlands.
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		The Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is among the oldest botanical gardens in the world.
		The garden was established by the city authorities in 1638 as a herb garden for Amsterdam doctors and apothecaries.
		Today, the Hortus is a 'living museum' with around 8,000 plant species spread over garden and greenhouses - of which the three-climate greenhouse, built in 1993, deserves especial notice.
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	Hot Times in Holland
		Amsterdam garnered the lion’s share of this wealth and grew quickly to a thriving port city of over 200,000.
		Touring the Hortus Botanicus is a pleasure in itself.
		This is one of the recipes offered by the Hortus Botanicus to illustrate the influence of chiles on modern Dutch cuisine.
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	Hortus Botanicus tourist information Amsterdam
		Hortus Botanicus The 'Hortus' as it is being called by locals formerly belonged to the University of Amsterdam.
		Amsterdam’s Hortus (botanical garden) has from way back been known as ‘the town’s pride and joy’ — an oasis of peace and beauty at the very centre of the bustling city.
		Established in 1638 as a herb garden for Amsterdam’s doctors and pharmacists, the Hortus has over the centuries evolved into a live museum with a unique range of plants from all continents.
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	Official destination guide of the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions - Special interests - Flowers and gardens ...
		The Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam is one of the world’s oldest botanical gardens - a small oasis of calm and grace in the heart of the hectic city.
		The garden is home to cycas palms that are nearly as old as the Hortus itself, as well as younger plants from all over the world.
		After the outbreak of the plague in 1635, the Hortus was founded by the city council as a medicinal herb garden.
	www.holland.com /uk/cities/amsterdam/hortus.html (364 words)

	Hortus Botanicus - Botanic Gardens- Amsterdam, Netherlands - VirtualTourist.com
		The Hortus has occupied its present location in the Plantage district since 1682, and is a green oasis in the middle of the bustling city.
		Hortus Botanicus - Botanic Gardens: At the Hortus Botanicus is a...
		The Botanic garden of Amsterdam was founded in 1682 and it is one of the oldest in existence.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Amsterdam
		Amsterdam is also one of the core urban centres of the greater metropolitan area called "Randstad" which encompasses other Dutch cities such as Haarlem, Utrecht, The Hague and Rotterdam and has a population of over 7,5 million.
		Amsterdam has a vibrant nightlife and is famous for its many (lounge) clubs.
		Amsterdam's has a vibrant gay scene centred around The Reguliersdwarsstraat next to Rembrandtplein.
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	Amsterdam Hortus Botanicus - a Gardens Guide review
		: Amsterdam Hortus Botanicus, Hortus Botanicus, Plantage, Middenlaan 2A, Holland
		: The botanical garden in Amsterdam (Hortus Botanicus) was founded in 1682 to supply the city's doctors with medicinal herbs.
		The Hortus Botanicus has many interesting old and modern structures, including seed houses and glass houses.
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	bmibaby - Events: Hortus Botanicus (Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
		The Hortus Botanicus, on the edge of the hectic centre of Amsterdam, is one of the oldest botanical gardens in the world.
		Thanks to the ships of the Dutch East India Company, the Hortus expanded quickly in the 17th and 18th centuries.
		A few of the Hortus' "crown jewels" date from that time - such as the 300-year-old Eastern Cape giant cycad.
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	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: Hortus Botanicus
		The botanical garden was established in 1967 for the purpose of education and research for the Biology faculty.
		The central complex is situated behind the Academic Hospital of VU Amsterdam and occupies a garden area of about 1 ha as well as about 1000 m2 of glass-houses.
		During lunch time this is a favourite place for student and workers from the surrounding faculties.
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	Condomerie - Discovering the Rubber tree
		The Hortus Botanicus on the Plantage Middenlaan in Amsterdam, has had its own Hevea brasiliensis since 1988, supported and paid for by the Condomerie.
		The rubber tree, 40 centimetres high when it was brought back from India by Hortus director Willem Beekman, was 2.5 metres tall in 2000 and could be seen in the gardens' splendid new tropical greenhouse.
		The Condomerie is working on planting a new tree in the Hortus Botanicus.
	www.condomerie.com /condoms/discovery_rubbertree.php (591 words)

	Hotels selected near Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam
		The Radisson SAS Hotel Amsterdam is a luxury class hotel located in the heart of old Amsterdam with it's quaint historic shops and canals.
		The Canal Crown Hotel is a deluxe hotel located on Amsterdam's historical Herengracht, opposite the official residence of the mayor, this 4 star hotel with 56 rooms is located in a...
		The Swissotel Amsterdam is a superior, deluxe class hotel located in the center of the city and 12 miles from Schiphol International Airport.
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	Amsterdam by Bite: ART & CULTURE \| KUNST & CULTUUR
		The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts is an independent foundation that stimulates the development and the quality of the arts in Amsterdam.
		Bij de Hortus Botanicus kun je zien hoe ver je daarin kunt gaan.
		The Royal Palace of Amsterdam The Royal Palace of Amsterdam was build in the 17th century as the new city hall of Amsterdam.
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	Hortus Botanicus \| Amsterdam Sights & Activities \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		This wonderful botanical garden was originally laid out as an herb garden for doctors and pharmacists in 1682 before it began collecting exotic plants from the East India Company's foreign fields of plunder.
		In fact, you can add some historical resonance to your sipping with the knowledge that Hortus harbors the descendants of the first coffee plants of Europe.
		A Dutch merchant stole one of the plants from Ethiopia, presented it to this Hortus in 1706, which in turn sent a clipping to a botanist in France, who finally saw to it that further clippings reached their destination of Brazil…where an industry was born.
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