Although Holland did not win the trophy yet Dutch team was honored by the city for attaining the second place in the World Soccer Championship. The victory tour had been arranged in Amsterdam on this grand occasion. In the afternoon, after reaching Amsterdam by helicopter the team was taken to a boat tour through the IJ River and the canals of Amsterdam. Thousands of fans lined the Amsterdam’s canals to cheer up the runner up team. Flags were draped in many of the houses along the canal and even giant footballs were hanging from some of the facades. The members of the Dutch Soccer team were able to greet more of the people during canal parade across the canal system in Amsterdam. To have a closer view of the soccer players many of the viewers even jumped into the water. After the boat tour the team was honored with an official open air party at the Museumplein square. Unexpectedly, a large crowd was present in Amsterdam to witness this wonderful event.

This electronic pass is introduced in stages as the project is technically complicated as it covers the entire network of the country. Thus it is planned to use this card as obligatory in Amsterdam. The card is already in process in Rotterdam. ‘Amsterdam all in 1 travel ticket’ is also available at Schiphol Airport. Through this OV card it will be possible to travel unlimited within Amsterdam on bus, metro or tram for 24 to 96 hours. Besides that 2 single train rides from Amsterdam to Airport has also been included. If you expect to walk more in your trip then the option of buying the disposable card each time you use a tram or bus is possible. It would be a little expensive to buy OV chipkaart on the buses or trams.

Passenger will have to check in and check out while moving on their respective trip. The use of the card is quite simple. You just have to swipe the card in front of OV Chipkaart reader machine installed at platform whenever you enter or leave the vehicle. A sound of beep will indicate you that you are checked in. The same process should be repeated in front of OV Chipkaart machine when you check out the vehicle. At some of the metro and train stations gate barriers have also been used. The Strippenkaart would become invalid in 15 municipalities around Amsterdam such as Marken, Volendam, Aalsmeer along with Amsterdam as this card is being used as an obligatory step in Amsterdam.

From 29th of April the hall has been opened for the visitors also. In addition to this ‘Anne Frank House Online’ website has also been launched for the convenience of the visitors. The guests will be able to experience a 3-D virtual visit of Anne Frank House through this site. Although a large number of visitors trip this Secrete Annexe and it has reached its maximum capacity but this facility will be helpful in attracting much more visitors. Anne Frank Museum is the same house where Frank family hid to escape persecution from Nazis from July 1942 till August 1944 during World War II. Within this period Anne Frank wrote her experiences in the diary. After this period they were deported to the concentration camps where only Otto Frank, Anne’s father, survived. Anne’s diary was published by Otto Frank after the war.

But as the real estate development took place the tall and high apartments around ‘De Otter’ seized the wind. According to windmill experts and foundation, windmill has to work for its maintenance and for that wind is an essential factor. But at this location the windmill is getting deteriorate as it is no longer getting enough wind to work. So the foundation decided to quit and swing the windmill to a Heritage park in Uitgeest so as to provide it as much wind needed (about 15 miles North of Amsterdam).

The decision of Foundation was opposed by many of the heritage organizations and the city authorities are also not in the favor to give the monumental permission to the owner but is willing to maintain and conserve the windmill at its original location. Recently after carrying out a wind test the Raad Van State, the highest court of Netherlands, has decided that city authorities need not to grant any moving permit to the owner of windmill ‘De Otter’ as the windmill can catch enough wind on the present location so as to work and continue to exist. Now this important cultural property will persist to survive at its original location.

With time the garden is also updating itself. In 2010 the experience of Audio- visual Keukenhof Discovery tour is the main attraction that welcomes the visitors of every age group. The incredible package of discovery tour can be hired near the Keukenhof entrance. It includes photos, videos, sound recording and interviews. Further in addition to about seven million blooming bulbs it also showcases other countless floral eminence. Apart from this the Rijksmuseum and the Keukenhof also offers a special Tulip tour. This tour starts with the view of ‘The Nightwatch and The Milkmaid’ as well as the presentation of current Tulips in Amsterdam followed by Keukenhof Tulip fields visit on the Tulip bus.

 Originally it’s the Birthday of Queen Juliana , the mother of Queen Beatrix, and 31^st January is the date of  Queen Beatrix’s birthday. To pay a tribute to her mother and also the winter time in January is not suitable for the outside party so Queen celebrates her birthday on 30^th April. There is the chance to get a glimpse of present Queen Beatrrix. This is a vital event for the Netherlands nation and thus have been declared as a Public holiday. The craze and extent of  madness of the people knows no limit and the city gets alive this day every year. Brace yourself in people flock to the city as this is Crazy Dutch tradition that should never be missed.

In its ingenious store this time it comprise about 50 feature and 25 shorts, the mind-boggling kids festival, master classes, theme programme and many more. Old trended goose bangs could also be felt during the Night of Terror. The theme of the event has been assembled into two – Eastern Europe and retro-magic that includes any film in genere but the style that refers to the past decades.

The start of this famous Italian bicycle race in Amsterdam means that the 3 important bicycle races in Europe will all start in the Netherlands. The Tour of Spain (Vuelta a España) will start at the end of August in the east-Dutch town of Assen, and the Tour de France, the most famous of them all, will start in Rotterdam, July 2010.

Giro is an important event in Amsterdam as it means a lot of visitors leading to a lot of foreign exchange income. However, Lance Armstrong is expected to miss next May’s Giro d’Italia as he has announced that he will race in the Tour of California.

“I’ve decided to ride the Tour of California in 2010,” the American told Twitter

Armstrong had raced this year’s Giro for the first time as part of his comeback after three-and-a-half years in retirement. He ended up 12th before going on to finish third in the Tour de France, which he had won previously won seven times.