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Kalverstraat

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The Kalverstraat is a busy shopping street of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. [1]

21 relations: Amsterdam, Amsterdam Museum, Dam Square, Eucharist, Heilige Stede, Heiligeweg, HEMA (store), Hotel Polen fire, Leidseplein, Monopoly (game), Muntplein, Amsterdam, Munttoren, Nazism, Netherlands, Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal, Piet Mondrian, Rokin, Spui (Amsterdam), Stille Omgang, Walls of Amsterdam, World War II.

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Amsterdam Museum

The Amsterdam Museum, until 2011 called the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, is a museum about the history of Amsterdam.

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Dam Square

Dam Square or Dam is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.

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Eucharist

The Eucharist (also called Holy Communion or the Lord's Supper, among other names) is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches and an ordinance in others.

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Heilige Stede

Nieuwezijds Kapel, or Heilige Stede (Dutch - holy site) or Chapel of the Heilige Stede refers to a site in Amsterdam that includes shops and a Dutch Reformed church built in 1908 on the site of a church once called the Heilige Stede, originally built in the 15th century to replace a chapel that burned in a city fire of 1452.

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Heiligeweg

The Heiligeweg (Dutch - Holy Street or Holy Way) is the street in Amsterdam that used to lead from the Kapel ter Heilige Stede (Chapel of the Holy Site, a pilgrimage chapel on the site where the 1345 Miracle of Amsterdam occurred) to the Kalverstraat.

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HEMA (store)

HEMA (originally an acronym for Hollandsche Eenheidsprijzen Maatschappij Amsterdam, "Hollandic Standard Prices Company Amsterdam") is originally a Dutch discount retail chain that started life as a dimestore, owned by the British investment firm Lion Capital LLP since 2007.

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Hotel Polen fire

The Hotel Polen fire occurred on 9 May 1977 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Leidseplein

The Leidseplein is a square in central Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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Monopoly (game)

Monopoly is a board game where players roll two six-sided dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties, and develop them with houses and hotels.

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Muntplein, Amsterdam

The Muntplein (literally "mint square") is a square in the centre of Amsterdam.

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Munttoren

The Munttoren ("Mint Tower") or Munt is a tower in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Nazism

National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus), more commonly known as Nazism, is the ideology and practices associated with the Nazi Party – officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) – in Nazi Germany, and of other far-right groups with similar aims.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal

The Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal is a street in the centre of Amsterdam.

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Piet Mondrian

Pieter Cornelis "Piet" Mondriaan, after 1906 Mondrian (later; 7 March 1872 – 1 February 1944), was a Dutch painter and theoretician who is regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century.

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Rokin

The Rokin is a canal and major street in Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the Centrum borough and Binnenstad neighbourhood.

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Spui (Amsterdam)

The Spui is a square in the centre of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.

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Stille Omgang

A stille omgang ("Silent Walk" or circumambulation) is an informal ritual that served as substitute for the Roman Catholic processions that were prohibited after the Reformation in the Netherlands in the 16th century.

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Walls of Amsterdam

The walls of Amsterdam were built in the Middle Ages to protect the city against attack.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalverstraat

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