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Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands.
The city has about 750,000 inhabitants, and was founded in 1275.
It has a rich and cultural history, and is one of Europe's most popular cities for tourists from around the globe to visit.
In a way, Amsterdam is synonym for Holland, although the country has much more to offer.
Amsterdam is a city of canals and boats, of museums and old 16th century houses, and of historical sites and sights.
But, it is also a city of a famous red light district (de Wallen), and of coffeeshops,
which sometimes give the city (and Holland) a bad name, which it doesn't deserve.

Skyscraper wise, it's the #2 city of Holland, behind Rotterdam,
although Amsterdam is slowly catching up a little.
The tallest buildings of Amsterdam can be found outside of the city centre,
which doesn't allow high-rises to protect the old historical buildings and streets.
You can find most skyscrapers in four different boroughs, Watergraafsmeer in the east,
where the two tallest buildings of Amsterdam can be found, Zuideramstel in the South,
where the World Trade Center buildings are located, Westpoort in the West,
and the Amsterdam Zuidoost area in the Southeast.


Above: Amsterdam's tallest: Rembrandt Tower (150m/492f, 36 stories, 1995).
It is also the second tallest building of the Netherlands behind Rotterdam's Delftse Poort I (151m/495f).
Without the spire on top the building has a height of 135m/443f.


Above: next to Rembrandt Tower, Amsterdam's 2nd tallest can be found: Mondriaantoren.
This building is 123m/404f tall, has 32 stories and was completed in 2001.


Above: WTC H Toren (105m/344f). The building has 28 stories and was only recently completed (2004).
It's the 3rd tallest of Amsterdam, and can be found in the Zuideramstel borough.


Above: five different views of the ABN AMRO World Headquarters building (105m/344f, 25 stories, 1999).
The building is situated in the Zuideramstel borough opposite the WTC 6, divided by a freeway and a railway.


Above left: two views of Millennium Tower (98m/322f, 25 stories, 2004).
This building can be found in the Westpoort borough.
Above middle and right: Breitner Center (95m/312f, 23 stories, 2001).
The building stands next to Amsterdam's tallest, Rembrandt Tower and Mondriaantoren,
in the Watergraafsmeer borough of Amsterdam.


Above: Crystal Tower, which can be found in the Westpoort borough.
This tower is 95m/312f tall and was completed in 2002. The building has 28 stories.


Above: still under construction when the pictures were taken (September 2004),
but for the most part completed on the outside: Mahler 4 Viñoly (95m/312f, 25 stories, 2004).
The building is situated in the Zuideramstel borough.


Above left: also under construction when the pictures were taken, but far from completed then:
Ito Toren (100m/328f, 26 stories, 2005), a building similar in design to Mahler 4 Viñoly, which stands next to it.
Above middle: the top of Oval Tower (94m/308f, 25 stories, 2001).
The tallest building in the Amsterdam Zuidoost borough.
Above right: La Guardia Plaza 4 (90m/295f, 24 stories, 2004).
The building can be found in the Westpoort borough.


Above left and right: the smaller tower of the ABN AMRO World HQ building.
This tower is 70m/230f tall, has 17 stories, and was completed in 1999.
Above middle: a picture of the whole complex,
with the taller tower on the left and the smaller one on the right.


Above: Amsterdam's two tallest skyscrapers caught in one shot:
Mondriaantoren and Rembrandt Tower, both named after two famous Dutch painters.


Amsterdam's 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. REMBRANDT TOWER 150m/492f, 36 stories, 1995
2. MONDRIAANTOREN 123m/404f, 32 stories, 2001
3. WTC H TOREN 105m/344f, 28 stories, 2004
4. ABN AMRO WORLD HQ 105m/344f, 25 stories, 1999
5. ITO TOREN 100m/328f, 26 stories, 2005
6. MILLENNIUM TOWER 98m/322f, 25 stories, 2004
7. CRYSTAL TOWER 95m/312fm, 28 stories, 2002
8. BREITNER CENTER 95m/312f, 23 stories, 2001
9. MAHLER 4 VIÑOLY 95m/312f, 25 stories, 2005
10. OVAL TOWER 94m/308f, 25 stories, 2001