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NEMO Science & Technology Center

Address: Oosterdok 2, Centrum, Amsterdam
Phone: 020/531-3233
www.e-nemo.nl

Category: Educational Institutions
Location: Old City Center

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Fodor's Review:

Opened in 1997, this green copper-clad building looks like a ship sinking into the city's boggy harbor. Designed as an international architectural landmark, Renzo Piano—creator of the Pompidou Center in Paris—created a ship's hull rising colossally out of the middle of the water, over the Coen Tunnel entrance to Amsterdam North. A rooftop café and summer 'beach' terrace offer a superb panorama of the area. No time to see the exhibits inside? Take the free entrance via a staircase on the eastern side or via an elevator just inside the entrance to catch the view.

The museum recently shortened its original name, "NewMetropolis," to NEMO, perhaps in nostalgic reference to Jules Verne's notorious sea captain in the evocative tale The Odyssey, or to refer to Winsor McCay's 100-year-old fantasy comic strip, Little Nemo in Slumberland, depicting the surreal adventures a little boy went on whenever he fell asleep. Kids can enjoy a fantastical, high-tech, hands-on experience at this exploration museum focused on futuristic science. Technical minded smarty pants will love building hydroelectric power stations, constructing a bamboo house, traveling through brains, indulging in dramatic chemistry experiments, playing with a giant domino set, getting charged with static electricity, and working out how to collapse international economies as simulated online bankers.

Cost: EUR 11.50
Open: Oct.-May, Tues.-Sun. 10-5; June-Sept., daily 10-5

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