Facts and Figures

 

 

Inhabitants:

738.763

Inhabitants Greater Amsterdam:

1.498.205

Nationalities:

173

Mayor:

1

Bicycles:

600.000

Trees:

220.000

Bulb flowers in parks and public gardens:

600.000

Parks:

28

City trams:

232

Ferryboats:

9

Markets:

21

Flower Market:

1

Shops:

10.334

Antique shops:

165

Diamond polishing factories:

24

Canals:

165

Bridges:

1.281

Wooden drawbridges:

8

Skinny Bridge:

1

Glass-topped canal boats and saloon boats:

110

Houseboats:

2.500

16th, 17th and 18th century buildings:

6.800

Gable stones:

654

Royal Palace:

1

Statues and sculptures:

302

Windmills:

6

Museums:

51

Art galleries:

141

Paintings of Rembrandt:

22

Night watch:

1

Civic Guard Gallery:

1

Paintings of Van Gogh:

206

Wax statues at Madame Tussaud's:

140

Animals at the Artis Zoo:

6.100

Barrel organs:

4

Carillons:

9

Historical church organs:

42

Concerts and theatrical performances per year:

16.000

Concerts and theatrical performances per day:

40

Theaters and concert halls:

55

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra:

1

Muziektheater:

1

Cinemas:

61

Cafés and bars:

1.402

Discotheques:

36

Restaurants:

755

Hotel beds:

38.200

Camping sites:

5

Hotel bed nights by visitors from abroad per year:

8.332.600

Day visitors per year:

15.854.000