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‘Centrum’

grape district – wine store chain

de blauwe druif – the blue grape

de vries – a common family name referring to ‘from Friesland’ – the north of Holland and pronounced ‘frees’ with a long E sound

weteringcircuit – a huge roundabout by the Heineken brewery

sneeuw in Amsterdam – snow Icebreaker clearing a path for the electric cargo delivery boat. Meerkoets ran across the ice to get into the open water