Reviewed 1 week ago via mobile. We arrived at the port from the tram system, a lovely site looking down at the port from the station. As it was a nice day we walked around the port looking at the various ships and sites, and down to the warehouse district. There is also a church boat opposite the warehouses.
On January 1, 1999 one of the largest steps toward European unification took place with the introduction of the euro as the official currency in eleven countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain).
On January 1, 1999, eleven European countries have replaced their national currencies and introduced a single European currency, the euro. Today (December 2001) the euro is the official currency in 12 countries. Bills and coins of the national currencies will remain in circulation as subdenominations of the euro until January 1, 2002, when they will be exchanged against new euro coins and bills.