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Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Kheldar (Don't hate the media, Become the media) Started conversation Jul 17, 2001
The stadium can be found immediately when one rides into Amsterdam on the south side. It has been used for the Olympics (of course) when they were held in Amsterdam. After that it has been renovated many times, and used for many things as well. The most recent inhabitants were footballclub Ajax (for matches that couldn't be held in their own stadium because it was too small), the American Football club Amsterdam Admirals and nowadays it is being used as an athletics stadium.
It was stripped down of a some features a few years ago, since space was created for some companies to move into it.
The beauty of the stadium however lies in the atmosphere that can be felt whenever one is close to it, and the history that can be read by just looking at it. When inside the stadium (especially when it was still used for main sport events) that atmosphere is even better.
It lies mostly in that certain je-ne-sais-quoi that can never really be put into words, that can only be experienced 
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