What is Amsterdam?
{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> <!-- Name and transliteration --> | name = Amsterdam | settlement_type = [[List of cities in the Netherlands by province|City]] and [[List of municipalities of the Netherlands|municipality]] <!-- Images, nickname, motto --> | image_skyline = {{Photomontage|position=center | photo1a = KeizersgrachtReguliersgrachtAmsterdam.jpg | photo2a = Amsterdam - Boat - 0635.jpg | photo2b = Concertgebouw 04.jpg | photo3a = Amsterdam - Rijksmuseum - panoramio - Nikolai Karaneschev.jpg | size = 270 | spacing = 2 | color = #FFFFFF | border = 0 | foot_montage = Images, from top down, left to right: [[Grachtengordel (Amsterdam)|Grachtengordel]], one of [[Canals of Amsterdam|Amsterdam's canals]], [[Concertgebouw|Royal Concertgebouw]], [[Rijksmuseum]]}} | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Amsterdam.svg | flag_size = 100x110px | flag_alt = | image_shield = Wapen van Amsterdam.svg | shield_size = 100x170px | shield_alt = | nickname = [[Mokum]], Damsko | motto = [[Coat of arms of Amsterdam#Motto|Heldhaftig, Vastberaden, Barmhartig]] ''(Valiant, Steadfast, Compassionate)'' <!-- Maps, coordinates --> | pushpin_map = Netherlands | pushpin_mapsize = 265px | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_relief = yes | coordinates = {{coord|52|22|N|4|53|E}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{NED}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of the Netherlands|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|North Holland|name=Noord-Holland}} | parts_type = <!-- defaults to: Boroughs --> | parts_style = coll | parts = Eight districts |p1=[[Amsterdam-Centrum|Centrum]] | government_footnotes =<ref