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We’ve compiled the best of the best in Amsterdam - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
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
View Tours and ActivitiesOpened in 1997, this copper-clad building designed by world-renowned architect Renzo Piano (co-creator of Centre Pompidou in Paris, among many...Read More
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
A few miles south of the city, beyond Oud-Zuid and near Amstelveen, the largest of Amsterdam's parks covers 1,000 hectares (almost 2,500 acres...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesThe name of this zoo, the first of its kind in the Netherlands, is short for Natura Artis Magistra (Nature is the Teacher of the Arts). Founded...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesFounded in 1757 by Doede Jansen Kromhout, a carpenter, this is one of Amsterdam's oldest functioning shipyards. Almost 300 ships were built...Read More
This stunning park was built by and named after noted city benefactor Samuel Sarphati (1813–66), whose statue graces the central fountain. It...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesThe country's largest ethnographic museum was first built to educate the Dutch about their colonial history in the East and West Indies, but...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesFrom May 14, 1940, to May 5, 1945, the Netherlands was occupied by Nazi Germany, and this museum looks at the population's response—who resisted...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesOn sunny days, Amsterdam's "green lung" is the most densely populated section of the city. Vondelpark is the place where sun is worshipped,...Read More
View Tours and ActivitiesThere are over 2,250 houseboats in Amsterdam (including one especially for cats—the Poezenboot [Cat Boat] sanctuary opposite Singel 38). This...Read More
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