An ɗan gajeren motar hawa a kudu na tsakiyar tashar a babban birnin Holland, ɗayan ɗayan keɓaɓɓun yankuna ne masu birgima: bututu.
Da yawa za su yi kokarin yin tunanin abin da ake nufi, amma gaskiya ce, ba wanda ya santa da gaske. Wataƙila saboda sunan dogayen, kunkuntar titunan da suka yi kama da bututu.
Duk wanda ko abin da ke da alhakin wannan sunan ya kamata ya yi alfahari da ƙungiyar. Dayawa suna kiran wannan unguwar ta Amsterdam, "Quartier Latin" (Latin Quarter) wanda aka faro tun karni na 19 tare da tsarin gine-gine mai ban sha'awa da cakuda al'adu daban-daban.
Gidan cin abinci na kabilanci da shagunan shakatawa da yawa suna da iko a wannan gundumar. Hakanan zaku sami cikin sanannen kasuwar titi, Mercado de Albert cuyp, Buɗe Litinin zuwa Asabar. Masana sun ba da shawarar bincika filin Gerard Douplein a kan taswirar Amsterdam, suna isa gidan gahawa da fara bincikenku a can.
Labarin ya ci gaba da cewa masu aiki ne suka fara sasantawa bayan yawan Jordaan ya yi yawa a cikin karni na 19, don haka a yau babu shakka ya zama tukunyar al'adu da ƙasashe. Godiya ga mazaunan baya kamar Heijermans, De Haan, Bordewijk, Mondrian, da kuma ɗalibai daga ɗalibai da ke neman ɗaki mai arha don haya, De Pijp ya ci gaba da numfasa rai kamar unguwar bohemian mai rai da ake kira Latin Quarter (Latin Quarter).
Studentsananan yara, tsofaffi, masu zane-zane, da iyalai sun zaɓi su sanya wannan unguwar gidansu kuma nesa da hayaniyar tsakiyar Amsterdam. A yau, De Pijp yana da mashahuri sosai cewa farashin gidaje sun tashi abin mamaki.
Kamar makwabta Jordaan makwabta, De Pijp cike yake da gidajen shakatawa masu kyau, gidajen cin abinci, kantin shayi, da sanduna. Tabbas, ziyarar Amsterdam ba za ta kasance iri ɗaya ba tare da tafiya zuwa Cuypmarket Albert ba, wanda ke da shaguna sama da 100 kewaye da shi. Idan baƙon ya bi ta cikin manyan titunan ta, za su sami ingantattun ingantattun ingantattun 'yan asalin Moroccan na Siriya, gidajen cin abinci na Surinamese, don kaɗan kaɗan, da kuma mashaya Amsterdam na yau da kullun da za a iya samu a kusan kowane kusurwa.