Sights
The Van Gogh Museum has the world’s largest collection of paintings, drawings, and letters by famous Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. This influential artist likely needs no introduction, as his extensive body of work is amongst some of the most well-known in the history of modern art. A trip to the Van Gogh Museum is an essential part of your experience in ...
Anne Frank is one of Amsterdam’s most well known former residents. The Anne Frank House at Prinsengracht 263 in Amsterdam is where she lived in hiding with her family for more than two years during World War II. Now converted into a museum it contains a sobering exhibition about the persecution of the Jews during the ...
The Stedelijk Museum is an international institution in Amsterdam dedicated to modern and contemporary art and design. The Museum aims to provide a home for art, artists and a broad range of publics, where artistic production is actively fostered, presented, protected, reconsidered and renewed. With a notable collection that’s comparable in style to The ...
The Royal Palace on Dam Square in Amsterdam is one of three palaces still in use by the Dutch royal family. It is used for state visits, award ceremonies and other official receptions. When the palace is not being used by the royal family, it is open to the public. Visitors can explore the magnificent interior and discover the rich history of the ...
The former Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam, a national monument and listed in the European Route of Industrial Heritage, offers some 3000 square metres of special exhibition space. Millions of hectolitres of Heineken beer were brewed here until 1988, when the Heineken brewery in Zoeterwoude took over production from the ...
The Hermitage Amsterdam is the Dutch branch of the world-famous Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Located on the banks of the Amstel River, the Hermitage Amsterdam is an exhibition space and cultural education centre with a focus on Russian history and culture. Collection Hermitage Amsterdam displays rotating selections of pieces from the ...
After ten years of rebuilding, renovation and restoration, the Rijksmuseum has opened its doors again. For the first time in history the museum underwent a complete transformation of both its building and the presentation of its collection. For the very first time, visitors can follow a chronological journey through the collection, and experience the sense of beauty and time this ...
The Dutch Costume Museum is a unique attraction in the center of Amsterdam which features an impressive collection of garments from different places and periods in Dutch history. Discover how fashion culture developed in the Netherlands and how Dutch people dressed in the past. The Dutch Costume Museum is housed in a beautiful 17th-century canal house on the ...
Beautiful ritual objects, seventeenth-century prints and paintings and by a Unesco protected library. The Portuguese Synagogue houses one of the most special Jewish heritage collections in the world. From the end of the sixteenth century, Jews of Spanish and Portuguese origin (Sephardic Jews) came to the flourishing trade city of Amsterdam. Since the ...
One of the best and exciting free attraction in Amsterdam are the ferries across the IJ. These ferries provide a great view over the IJ, passing ships and the skyline of Amsterdam, especially when it’s nice weather. These ferries are in fact no touristic sights but public transport. They transport passengers to the other side in about 6 minutes. The ferries leave from the jetties, which can ...
The world famous and former brothel Yab Yum opens its doors to a wider audience. The wellknown 17th-century building with the green lantern on the ‘Singel’ in Amsterdam has been transformed into a fascinating concept: YAB YUM Unlocked. Exhibition YAB YUM Unlocked Recently, the genuine YAB YUM feeling is brought back to life. YAB YUM Unlocked is a wonderful ...
Blue°Amsterdam is a café and restaurant with an amazing 360-degree view of the city. Located in a futuristic glass tower in the middle of the city centre, Blue offers a a view of Amsterdam you have never seen before. A lot of Amsterdam's highlights can be seen from here: Rijksmuseum, Munttoren, ...
See the best of Amsterdam with the fun Amsterdam Walking Tour! This fascinating walking tour of the city will show you the most interesting things in Amsterdam—both the famous and the normally overlooked. The Amsterdam Walking Tour has a duration of approximately two and a half hours during which you will be accompanied by an expert tour guide who will give you interesting information along the ...
Amsterdam is all the more spectacular seen from the water. The #1 Canal Cruise in Amsterdam takes you to many of the city’s highlights within one hour. The Westerkerk, the Anne Frank House, the narrowest house in Amsterdam: you’ll be able to see all of them during this canal cruise. It’s the most relaxing way to get to know ...
An old warehouse in the middle of Red Light District, with red neon above the entry, which says - Erotic Museum. Much higher on the façade of the 17th century canal house, you may notice an old stone plate with a proud sentence: - God is mijn Burgh (God is my Castle), a typical Amsterdam contrast - you might ...
Museum Geelvinck has a floor with an exuberant interior where styles from the 18th and the first half of the 19th century refers to the history of its residents. In conjunction with an extensive colorful garden and the former coach house is this a historic Amsterdam city palace. In the style rooms you can see how the rich of Amsterdam ...
If there is one terrace in Amsterdam where we can breathe in the city, as it were, then it's the city's enormous and atmospheric rooftop terrace of Skylounge, on top of the roof of Double Tree Hotel by Hilton. It is the perfect place where we can get away from all the noise and hustle and bustle of the city that stretches out in ...
Amsterdam has been known worldwide as the 'City of Diamonds' for four hundred years. For instance the 'brilliant' is a typical Amsterdam cut of diamond which is sometimes just referred to as the 'Amsterdam Cut'. For those who want to know everything about carats, colors, brightness, cuts and shapes (and also ...
In Amsterdam you can visit a museum that is dedicated to the canals of Amsterdam from the 17th century, the Canal House Museum. Canal house and Canal-belt history The building in which the Canal house museum is located, makes part of the world heritage list since 2010, ever since then the doors ...
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