Amsterdam marks 25 years since hosting the world's first gay marriages
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“Amsterdam anniversary bells have been ringing throughout the city as the Dutch capital has been marking the 25th anniversary of the world's first gay marriages.”
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— Amsterdam (Dutch: [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ; lit. 'Dam in the Amstel') is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urb…
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— Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Amsterdam may also refer to:
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— New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam, pronounced [ˌniu.ɑmstərˈdɑm]) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial gov…
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“The Dutch capital has been celebrating the 25th anniversary of staging the world's first same-sex marriages in a pioneering move copied by nearly 40 other countries.”
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— 40 Eridani is a triple star system in the constellation of Eridanus, abbreviated 40 Eri. It has the Bayer designation Omicron2 Eridani, which is Latinized from ο2 Eridani and abbreviated Omicron2 Eri …
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— The Dutch Top 40 (Dutch: Nederlandse Top 40) is a weekly music popularity chart compiled by Stichting Nederlandse Top 40. It was first published and broadcast on 2 January 1965 by Radio Veronica, a Du…
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— The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherla…
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“Early on Wednesday, three gay couples tied the knot at City Hall in Amsterdam in a ceremony conducted by Mayor Femke Halsema just after midnight.”
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— Amsterdam Centraal station (Dutch: Station Amsterdam Centraal, lit. 'Amsterdam Central Station', Dutch pronunciation: [staːˈɕɔn ˌɑmstərˈdɑm sɛnˈtraːl], abbreviation: Asd) is the largest railway statio…
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— New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural h…
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— On 6, 7 and 8 November 2024, before and after a UEFA Europa League football match in Amsterdam between Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. and Dutch club AFC Ajax, tensions over the Gaza war escalated …
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“In 2001, one of her predecessors, Job Cohen, married four couples in a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ rights.”
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“Same-sex weddings are now commonplace in the Netherlands, with more than 36,000 couples recording their nuptials, according to the Dutch statistics office.”
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