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Gabled canals, Golden-Age counting houses, a wartime annex and fault-starred pilgrims — Amsterdam compresses four centuries of stories into one walkable centre. These ten famous works span 1630s speculation to modern romance; on StoryTerra you can filter the city's stories by exact era.
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Browse 58 books, 98 movies, 2 TV shows and 4 games set in Amsterdam.
The Fault in Our Stars
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years Hazel has never been anything but terminal her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly…
The Fault in Our Stars
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters…
The Diary of a Young Girl
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In…
Ocean's Twelve
Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
Buena Vista Social Club
In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winning CD in their native city of Havana.…
Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings
Hiding from the Nazis in the "Secret Annexe" of an old office building in Amsterdam, a thirteen-year-old girl named Anne Frank became a writer. The now famous diary of her private life and thoughts reveals only part of…
The Diary of Anne Frank
The true harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who with her family and their friends is forced into hiding in an attic in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam.
Amsterdam
In the 1930s three friends—a doctor a nurse and an attorney—witness a murder become suspects themselves and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
Tulip Fever
An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together.
The Goldfinch
It begins with a boy. Theo Decker, a thirteen-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his…
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