stad

The tunnel is nowhere close to large enough for any oil tankers, and laden tankers have no problem passing Stad even in bad weather.

Legally, the term 'city' ('stad') doesn't even exist nowadays here, so it mostly a term used intuitively and according to historical legacy.

It is also a closed source thing, but unlike this Stockholm Stad system, it’s basically a success story from the end user perspective.

Although we can't trust the cognates, as 'stad' is related to English 'stead', which meant a settlement of any size.

I always struggle with the difference between a town and a city, because Dutch has only one word for them: stad.

A: Amsterdam Q: In welke provincie ligt die stad?

There is nothing legal or illegal there, just a matter of tradition and therefore not having one makes you stad out, not necessarily in a good way.

> I would look to the Netherlands as a model Amsterdam, de grote stad Die is gebouwd op palen Als die stad eens ommeviel Wie zou dat dan betalen?

A stad (plural "steden" is something that in the middle ages had city rights (or is it town rights?), a dorp (village) does not.

In The Netherlands we had something called “The Digital City” (de Digitale Stad) which Mastadon reminds me of, combined with the IRC geekiness.

> This annoyed Stockholm, so in 1983, Stockholm municipality simply renamed itself "Stockholm Stad" (Stockholm City).

"Stede", besides German Stadt, Swedist stad, etc.

Stad for wheelchair people, but not a bad thing to acknowledge...