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The town of Edam is small and peaceful, only a 30-minute drive from Amsterdam.

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When in… Edam… eat cheese.

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Tourist trap? Perhaps. But it's impressive to see what they can accomplish with these machines built in the 1570s, which are still used to grind paint and do other industrial tasks.

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These statues represent those wardsmen painted by Rembrandt in The Night Watch. The original painting is still in the city at the Rijksmuseum.

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The Reguliersbreestraat leads away from Rembrandtplein towards Muntplein Square.

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This is the largest art history research library in the country.

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The gardens of the museum are just as beautiful as the art inside.

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Just beyond the canal system, the Rijksmuseum is home to a spectacular art collection, particularly of the Dutch masters.

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Joan Miró installed this mosaic in the La Rambla, the famous street in the city center of Barcelona, in the 1970s.

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At the tip of La Rambla in the center of the Plaça de Catalunya, this monument celebrates Francesc Macià i Llussà, a Catalonian politician who spoke out for an independent Catalonia.
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