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The Spui is hosts a weekly book market on Fridays and a variety of bookstores on or near the square, including two shops dedicated to English-language literature (the American Book Center relocated to the Spui in October 2006). There is also a weekly Sunday art market.
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canal was dug as an outer moat around the city. A spui is a lockable water discharge. The word is related to the Dutch verbs
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Arti et Amicitiae (1841), an artists' society and art gallery at the corner of Rokin and Spui, designed in part by
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The Spui was originally a body of water that formed the southern limit of the city until the 1420s, when the
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Spui 10 (1891-1892), a former department store building built in eclectic style designed by
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Een vertaling van de ene taal in de andere (A Translation from one language to another)
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and tram lines 4, 14 and 24 and stop at the southern entrance of the
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counterculture movement held weekly gatherings around the statue.
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won third prize in the architects' competition at the 1900
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Spui (Amsterdam) is located in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Rokin
52°22′07″N 4°53′22″E / 52.36861°N 4.88944°E / 52.36861; 4.88944
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Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal
Rokin metro station
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