The market is one of the main suppliers of flowers to central Amsterdam.
It is a rail junction 12 miles (19 km) west of central Amsterdam near the North Sea coast.
After his father's death from tuberculosis in 1939, the family moved to central Amsterdam, close to the city theatre.
"Rents are very high in central Amsterdam and space is limited," said Mr. Boswijk of the 17th-century inner city.
The narrow, canal-threaded and, in some cases, vehiclefree streets of central Amsterdam are ideal for bicycles, a fact that locals cottoned on to long ago.
The story is commemorated with an annual silent procession through central Amsterdam.
The museum, near the Liedesplein in central Amsterdam, is closed on weekends.
Train to central Amsterdam.
The area is located north of the IJ, the body of water which separates it from central Amsterdam and the rest of the city.
The Leidseplein is a square in central Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
