351: Amsterdam: Miracles, Money, and Mud (Part 1)

The Rest Is History

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4.6 • 18.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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A city built on water, Amsterdam has often set the tone of European modernity. It first gained prominence as a miraculous centre for pilgrimage, and then stood out for its relationship with the Reformation, and for its role in the birth of modern capitalism. Join Tom and Dominic on part one of our tour of Amsterdam, as they take you on a journey through Dam Square, the birthplace of the Dutch East India Company, the Begijnhof, and the Amsterdam Dungeon… Read more about Tom and Dominic's trip to Amsterdam, in partnership with Wise: https://wise.com/campaign/restishistory *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Producer: Theo Young-Smith Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the rest is history.
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0:15.0	The Rest is History.
0:16.0	. . . . . . . . Hello and welcome to a very special episode of The Rest is History.
0:31.0	We are here in the heart of Amsterdam surrounded by bicycles and
0:34.8	trams and thousands of people and we are here Tom thanks to Wise, the account
0:40.7	that lets you send, spend, and receive money internationally.
0:45.2	Tom, we are going on a Dutch adventure.
0:48.3	We are to learn about the history.
0:51.3	The Hard of the Netherlands.
0:52.3	I really hope that wasn't going to happen but he has done his Dutch accent.
0:55.2	So we are going on a Dutch adventure to learn about the history of Amsterdam and Tom
1:00.0	thanks to Wise we'll be spending like locals.
1:03.4	We will.
1:04.4	So yes, we're here in Amsterdam
1:05.8	and we thought you love the Netherlands.
1:07.4	You always go on about how you love the Dutch and Dutch history.
1:09.8	Well, at Holland obviously.
1:11.1	So we thought it would be a fun thing to do to come to this corner of
1:14.2	northwestern Europe and to tell the story of the Netherlands through the history of
1:20.5	Amsterdam and through a selection of buildings.
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