The ancient Greeks had many different gods and goddesses â hundreds of them â and they are reflected through us through our language on an everyday basis. Letâs take a look at 7 companies that use the ancient Greek mythology as their business name and logo. The Tennessee Titans.
The Amstel (. [ËÉmstÉl]) is a river in the Netherlands which runs through the city of Amsterdam. The river's name is derived from Aeme-stelle, old Dutch for water-area, namely, an area abounding with water.The well-known bridge Magere Brug in Amsterdam crosses the river, as do the bridges Blauwbrug, Hoge Sluis and Berlagebrug.msterdam has a street named Amstel (along the river), a square named Amstelveld and a train station named Amsterdam Amstel. In the former Dutch colonies in North America, a town was captured from the Swedes in 1655 and renamed Nieuw-Amstel (New Amstel).
The Amsterdam canals. Amsterdam has more than one hundred kilometers of canals in Amsterdam, about 90 islands and 1500 bridges. The three main canals Herengracht, Prinsengracht, and Keizersgracht, dug in the 17th century, during the Dutch Golden Age, form a concentric belt around the city, known as the grachtengordel.uch of the Amsterdam canal system is the successful outcome of city planning. In the early part of the 17th century, with immigration at a height, a comprehensive plan was put together, calling for four main, concentric half-circles of canals with their ends resting on de IJ bay.