De Pijp
Vibrant, multicultural neighbourhood of working-class origins, known for its daily street market and bohemian character.
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This guide to De Pijp in Amsterdam begins at a bronze statue of singer Andre Hazes on the corner of Albert Cuypstraat, in the market where he grew up. It follows him from a boy singing between the stalls in 1959, when the comedian Johnny Kraaykamp stopped to listen, through the long years of factory jobs and market work that followed. Best heard standing among the stallholders on a market day.
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