Today's (mostly) bike and #walkaroundthecity covered 40.7km, and another sizeable segment of the present-dayAmsterdam boundary.

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And now it's time to catch a ferry! Today's #walkaroundthecity is finished! It was a slower, pokier walk... but I still managed to clock 20km.

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Today's #walkaroundthecity took about 12.5 hours and covered 47.92 km, (about 49k) steps.

Time now for a bit of rest. I'm exhausted!

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For now, my walk will head north east starting with the Durgerbammerdijk. My near term goal is to get to the north east corner of the city before curling westward across the top of the #Amsterdam municipality.

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Obligatory #Amsterdam boundary selfie.

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Good morning! There are more boundaries to explore today in my #walkaroundthecity. Yesterday, I covered the 11th-14th centuries of Amsterdam's growth. Today, it will be segments from the 15th-18th centuries.

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I'll use the Zeedijk ("sea dike") for the boundary here... which gives me the opportunity to take a snap of this gem - the second of two remaining wooden buildings in #Amsterdam.

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At this point, the boundary picks up at either Nieuwebrugsteeg or the Zeedijk - I'm not sure which. I'll start with the former for this boundary loop.

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My boundary walk starts at the SE corner, at Landbrugsteeg - "land bridge alley", and Rokin. One obligatory selfie to kick things off - and then our first loop.

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My plan is to do trace the early growth of the city by walking counter clockwise around several of Amsterdam's historical boundary lines. But first, I will start at the Amstel.

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When the scale of the buildings is relatively constant, the difference of their age seems to disappear. They cohabit the street amiably, each offering a bit of their personality to passersby - no one building overwhelms the other.

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Across from where I am staying, the buildings of Bosboom Toussaintstr. are chamfered. The 'opening' creates an opportunity for a small plaza.

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I'm in #Amsterdam for a few days. It's the city's 750th birthday.

To mark the occasion, I thought it could be fun to to take a #WalkAroundTheCity, explore how the boundaries have changed, and see what I find along the way. #wandelenrondomdestad #walkaroundamsterdam