It is no coincidence that the idea was born in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, as it is regarded as one of the cities with the largest number of nationalities present: 176 out of a total of 811,000 inhabitants (the metropolitan area on the other hand has a population of 1.6 million inhabitants). 
Haikuwa bahati tu kwa wazo hili kuibuliwa huko Amsterdam, mji mkuu wa Uholanzi, Hii ni kwa sababu jiji hili kwa sasa, linachukuliwa kuwa ni moja ya majiji yaliyo na idadi kubwa ya wakazi walio na utaifa tofauti: wakazi 176 kati ya jumla ya wakazi 811,000 (Kwa upande mwingine, eneo la mji mkuu lina wakazi milioni 1.6).