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RICK STEVES’ EUROPE: Amsterdam

Rick Steves atop the bike garage in Amsterdam. The Basilica of St. Nicholas is in the background.
Courtesy of Rick Steves
Rick Steves atop the bike garage in Amsterdam. The Basilica of St. Nicholas is in the background.

Airs Saturday, May 2, 2020 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + PBS Video App

America's leading authority on European travel, returns to transport viewers to the continent's bustling cities, quaint villages and picturesque countryside. Each episode contains Rick Steves' valuable insights on art, culture and history, and his practical, experience-enhancing travel advice.

This episode features Europe's best-preserved 17th-century city, Amsterdam. It is quaint and jarring, traditional and modern. Filled with history and happy-go-lucky, it’s a delight to explore.

Amsterdam has plenty of examples of their progressive approach to subjects many people consider unsavory: curbside urinals, prostitutes who are unionized, taxed, and regulated…and “coffeeshops” that sell marijuana.

Uniquely entertaining Amsterdam shows us Rembrandts and Van Goghs, more bikes than cars, flirting prostitutes, and pot-filled coffee shops — all under tall, skinny facades leaning out below quaint church towers.

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Filled with history and happy-go-lucky, Amsterdam is a delight to explore. This uniquely entertaining city shows us Rembrandts and Van Goghs, more bikes than cars, flirting prostitutes, and pot-filled coffee shops — all under tall, skinny facades leaning out below quaint church towers.

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Rick Steves is on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, and you can follow @RickSteves on Twitter.

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About Season 8:

On RICK STEVES' EUROPE: Season 8, Rick rediscovers some of his favorite destinations in France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Germany, and further abroad in the multicultural crossroads of Turkey, Israel and Palestine.

Every two years Rick Steves produces a new series of travel shows exploring his favorite European destinations. Season 8 premieres on public television this fall, with 12 new, vivid episodes covering Turkey, France, Israel, Palestine, Italy, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Germany in delicious, wide-screen, high-definition.

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