"Amsterdam heeft achtentachtig prachtige grachten".

Mmm.. never thought about it, but it does sound like Klingon somewhat!

When I visited Amsterdam a few years ago, the guide that did the guided tour of the canals also had a standard joke.
"Amsterdam has 88 canals, which are all about 3 meters deep. That's 1 meter of water, 1 meter of dirt and one meter of stolen bicycles."
Standard or not, I still thought it was pretty funny.