The Best Performing Arts Venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands

This globally acclaimed concert hall has been home to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, one of the world's greatest, since 1888, and has welcomed an endless stream of top international artists. With a Viennese classicist facade and golden lyre at its peak, this sumptuous example of Neo-Renaissance style, designed by A. L. van Gendt, is a music mecca to more than 700,000 visitors per year. There are three concert halls (each with its own entrance), and you can attend a free lunchtime concert in one of them (usually Wednesday, September through June) while taking in the atmosphere.