In 1655, the first large shipment of slaves directly from Africa arrived at New Amsterdam. In 1664 the English seized New Netherland, including the town of New Amsterdam. They renamed the colony ...

When British warships sailed up to the colony in 1664, the Dutch surrendered to the British without firing a shot. New Amsterdam was renamed New York City and retained some Dutch cultural influences ...

The New Amsterdam Theatre was built in 1903 by producers A.L. Erlanger and Marcus Klaw and was designed by architects Herts and Tallent. With 1,702 seats, it was the largest theater on Broadway at ...

New York's linguistic diversity shines, with over 200 languages spoken—truly a melting pot! Yet, US Presidential ballots feature just five languages, English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish and remarkably, ...

The Dutch were the first to discover New York and named it New Amsterdam after the Netherlands’ capital city. The British took the land from the Dutch in 1664 and King Charles II gave it to his ...

Dutch police have made five more arrests over the violence which followed a match involving an Israeli football team in Amsterdam on Thursday ... The five new arrests come on top of 63 announced ...

Amsterdam is a city where you can find old-school, classic spa culture mixed with the latest treatments, depending on taste.

While most of the hundreds of Gaza-related protests in Amsterdam have been peaceful, some have turned turbulent. One disrupted the opening ceremony for the city’s new Holocaust museum.

Coleslaw is the perfect addition to any cookout or picnic, the ideal all-American salad ... right? Actually, a look at the history of coleslaw shows that the dish has European roots, an origin evoked ...

The Thursday attack on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam sent five people to the hospital. JEROEN JUMELET/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock The vicious attack on Jews following a ...

It will soon be illegal to smoke cannabis on the street in Amsterdam's red light district under new regulations unveiled by the city. The laws will come into effect from mid-May and aim to improve ...

The New Amsterdam Theatre, unique in its Art Nouveau architecture, was erected in 1903 at 214 W. 42nd Street. Most notably, Florenz Ziegfeld began presenting his legendary Follies productions here ...