In Amsterdam and throughout the Netherlands, residents use the National public transport chip card (named: OV-chipkaart) for traveling on trams, buses, metros and trains. It is also possible for visitors to purchase an OV-chipkaart, but we advise not to do that.
We recommend tourists to use one of the above mentioned cards. These are generally easier to buy, and moreover usually cheaper.
The Red Light District in Amsterdam is located in the streets: Oudezijds Voorburgwal, Oudezijds Achterburgwal and Warmoesstraat. A map of the area can be found on the following page: https://amsterdam.org/en/red-light-district.php#map
The Red Light District is within walking distance from Dam square and Amsterdam Central Station.
The 'The Fault in our Stars' bench is located in the street: Leidsegracht. It’s placed where Herengracht and Leidsegracht meet.
The IKEA Vilshult picture of Amsterdam was taken in the spring of 1999 by photographer Fernando Bengoechea on Brouwersgracht in the direction of the Herengracht.
IKEA has sold this photo more than 500,000 times worldwide.
In 2021 it was announced that a Suriname Museum would be realised in Amsterdam at Zeeburgerdijk 19. As far as we know, the opening of the Suriname Museum in Amsterdam is scheduled for 2024.
More information: https://www.facebook.com/surinamemuseum/
The canal house on the Singel 140-142 in the center of Amsterdam is used as the Hunter house in the Nickelodeon TV-series Hunter Street.
Hunter Street is a comedy adventure television series that premiered on Nickelodeon on March, 2017. The series stars Stony Blyden, Mae Mae Renfrow, Kyra Smith, Thomas Jansen, and Daan Creyghton as a group of five foster children who must solve a mystery in order to find their missing foster parents. Wilson Radjou-Pujalte and Kate Bensdorp join the cast in the series' second season.
No, the house is private property and can’t be visited (to view the interior).
Display Oudezijds Voorburgwal