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1. Amsterdam Museum
Centrum | Museum/GalleryAny 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/GalleryIn 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/ShrineThis 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/StreetRegularly 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 VenueIn an eye-popping, proto-futuristic waterfront structure designed by Viennese architects Delugan Meissl, this cutting-edge museum and archive...Read More
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6. Hermitage Amsterdam
Plantage | Museum/GalleryTaking 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/GalleryDesigned 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/TunnelOf 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/GalleryThis 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/GalleryOnce 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/GalleryOpened in 1997, this copper-clad building designed by world-renowned architect Renzo Piano (co-creator of Centre Pompidou in Paris, among many...Read More
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12. Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder
Red Light District | Museum/GalleryWith 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/GalleryThe 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/GalleryAmsterdam's celebrated treasure house of modern art, the Stedelijk reopened in September 2012 following a massive refurbishment of the wedding...Read More
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15. Suykerhoff-hofje
Jordaan | Religious Building/Site/ShrineSuykerhoff-hofje. For a moment of peace and quiet, visit the Suykerhoff-hofje and take in its abundantly green courtyard. These houses opened...Read More
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16. Van Gogh Museum
Museum District | Museum/GalleryOpened 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 VenueThis 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
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18. Westerpark
Park/PlaygroundJust 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
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19. Willet-Holthuysen Museum
Eastern Canal Ring | Museum/GalleryVisit 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
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20. Albert Cuypmarkt
De Pijp | Market/BazaarOver 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
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