Sights in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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1. Amsterdam Museum

Centrum | Museum/Gallery

Any city that began as a boggy swamp in the 13th century and went on to become a worldwide mercantile powerhouse by the 17th is going to have...Read More

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2. Anne Frankhuis

Western Canal Ring | Museum/Gallery

In the pages of The Diary of Anne Frank (published posthumously in 1947 by her father as The Annex —the title she had chosen) the young Anne...Read More

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3. Begijnhof

Centrum | Religious Building/Site/Shrine

This tree-filled courtyard is a residential hideaway where women of the Beguine order lived a chaste, spiritual life from the 14th century onward...Read More
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4. Brouwersgracht

Jordaan | Neighborhood/Street

Regularly voted Amsterdam's most beautiful street, this wonderful canal at the northern border of the Jordaan is lined with residences and former...Read More

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5. EYE Film Institute Netherlands

Arts/Performance Venue

In an eye-popping, proto-futuristic waterfront structure designed by Viennese architects Delugan Meissl, this cutting-edge museum and archive...Read More
6. Hermitage Amsterdam

Plantage | Museum/Gallery

Taking advantage of 300 years of historical links between Amsterdam and St. Petersburg, the directors of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg...Read More

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7. Het Scheepvaartmuseum

Oosterdok | Museum/Gallery

Designed by Daniël Stalpaert in 1656 as an arsenal for the Admiralty of Amsterdam, this excellent example of Dutch Classicism became the new...Read More
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8. Magere Brug

Eastern Canal Ring | Bridge/Tunnel

Of Amsterdam's 60-plus drawbridges, this is the most famous and it provides gorgeous views of the Amstel and surrounding area. It's said to...Read More

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9. Museum het Rembrandthuis

Nieuwmarkt | Museum/Gallery

This is the house that Rembrandt, flush with success, bought for 13,000 guilders (a princely sum) in 1639, and where he lived and worked until...Read More

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10. Museum van Loon

Eastern Canal Ring | Museum/Gallery

Once home to one of Rembrandt's most successful students, Ferdinand Bol, this house and its twin (No. 674, next door) were built in 1672 by...Read More

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11. NEMO Science Center

Oosterdok | Museum/Gallery

Opened in 1997, this copper-clad building designed by world-renowned architect Renzo Piano (co-creator of Centre Pompidou in Paris, among many...Read More
12. Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder

Red Light District | Museum/Gallery

With its elegant gray-and-white facade and spout gable—the block atop the building that looks like a funnel, which used to signify a warehouse...Read More

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13. Rijksmuseum

Museum District | Museum/Gallery

The famed Rijksmuseum houses the largest concentration of Dutch masterworks in the world, as well as paintings, sculpture, and objects from...Read More

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14. Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art

Museum District | Museum/Gallery

Amsterdam's celebrated treasure house of modern art, the Stedelijk reopened in September 2012 following a massive refurbishment of the wedding...Read More
15. Suykerhoff-hofje

Jordaan | Religious Building/Site/Shrine

Suykerhoff-hofje. For a moment of peace and quiet, visit the Suykerhoff-hofje and take in its abundantly green courtyard. These houses opened...Read More
16. Van Gogh Museum

Museum District | Museum/Gallery

Opened in 1973, this remarkable light-infused building, based on a design by famed De Stijl architect Gerrit Rietveld, venerates the short and...Read More

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17. Westergasfabriek

Arts/Performance Venue

This former gas factory from 1885 is now an arts and cultural center comprising 13 monumental buildings of various shapes and sizes, which house...Read More
18. Westerpark

Park/Playground

Just beyond the Jordaan and across from the main canal that borders the Western Islands is one of contemporary Amsterdam's most cherished spaces...Read More
19. Willet-Holthuysen Museum

Eastern Canal Ring | Museum/Gallery

Visit this house museum for a chance to imagine what it was like to live in a gracious mansion on the Herengracht in the 19th century. In 1895...Read More
20. Albert Cuypmarkt

De Pijp | Market/Bazaar

Over 100 years old, the Albert Cuypmarkt (named for a Golden Age painter) is said to be one of the biggest street markets in Europe. From Monday...Read More