Sloten, Amsterdam


Sloten is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Amsterdam, and lies about 6 km west of the city centre. Sloten was a separate municipality until 1921. Since then, Sloten became the oldest part of Amsterdam.
During the 1928 Summer Olympics, it hosted the rowing events. Now it is best known for the working windmill, transformed into the Rembrandt Sloten Windmill/Coopery Museum.
File:Rembrandt en Saskia in Sloten.jpg|thumb|right|Statues of Saskia and Rembrandt beside the in Sloten, Amsterdam.

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