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City snapshot: the Zuidas in 2004
Zuidas · 2 min
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City snapshot: protests at Hotel Okura in 1971
De Pijp · 2 min
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City snapshot: the end of Club RoXY after a fire
City centre · 2 min
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City snapshot: a sea of flowers after the murder of Theo van Gogh in 2004
East · 2 min
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City snapshot: vandalised phone boxes on Leidseplein
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