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mediocrity, announces
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protest of sorts by being the
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SCHIPHOL MAY BECOME
FRENCH Schiphol Airport, or
Amsterdam Airport as it is also
known, may become a company
run by the French state. The
Amsterdam City Council announ
ced that it would have no problems
with selling it 's shares in the Dutch
airport to Paris once the merger
talks between KLM and Air France
succeed. Paae 07
POLITICAL ROW OVER NEW
MUSIC HALL A war of words
between the District Councils of
North- and South-East Amsterdam
has erupted over the building of a
new music hall. Both councils are
vying to receive millions in gover
nment funding to build the new
concert hall which should be able
to accommodate 15,000 people.
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It all started here. Two years ago, Technology
Museum NEMO was the first to fill the existing
void: an artificial beach on top of the ship-like
museum. A bold move which put Amsterdam right
up there with cities like Barcelona and Paris. Tired
after a long day at the office or shopping? No pro
blem: just relax with your feet in the water and a
cocktail, ice-cream or snack in your hands. This
year Amsterdam features at least four beaches. In
the western part, near the bungyjump-crane at the
Stenen Hoofd, is the Amsterdam Plage. On the
other side of the IJ-fairway is the small North
Beach, on the sunny side, with a view on the old
city center. And on the newly acquired land of
IJburg in the eastern part of town lies Blijburg, a
superb beach in the middle of a newly built suburb.
With slim girls, tattooed and muscled bodies, G-
strings and little children armed with superso-
akers, spades and buckets.
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