Pastry shop and dessert shop
During the day, the 116 acre park is filled with couples, families and friends. Ponds, fields and playgrounds are connected by winding paths, which run by an open-air theater, rose garden, cafes, statues and sculptures.
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Leidseplein/Vondelpark
Artifacts in the house where 15-year-old Anne Frank penned her journal include Frank's original diary, historical documents, photographs and belongings from those in hiding and those who assisted them.
€10,00 ()
Tickets can only be purchased online.
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Anne Frank / Westermarkt
The world's largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings, including "Sunflowers" and "Almond Blossom." The museum does not house some of the artist's more famous paintings.
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Museum District
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Museumplein
Free entry
For a tamer alternative to Amsterdam's Red Light District, Leidseplein is filled with nightclubs, movie theaters, concert venues, casinos and coffee shops.
24/7 daily; shops and restaurants operate individual hours
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Leidseplein / Vondelpark
Known for its 19th-century architecture and its collision of different cultures, ethnic restaurants, eclectic shops and the tranquil Sarphatipark.
24/7 daily; shops and restaurants operate individual hours
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De Pijp
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Heineken Experience
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Heineken Experience
Between Prinsengracht and Singel canals are vintage clothing shops nestled along accessories stores and design boutiques. Pop into Nielsen cafe for an apple tart or Pompadour for some homemade chocolate.
24/7 daily; shops and restaurants operate individual hours
The ornate building contains mostly Dutch works from the 15th-17th centuries, including Rembrandt and Vermeer, though its collection stretches across 800 years. After touring, step outside and enjoy the gardens.
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Museum District
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Museumplein
Free entry
The Heineken Experience is a must-do for fans of the fermented beverage. Among the attractions housed in the century-old factory are a virtual-reality ride, a history of the Heineken family and a free beer tasting.
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De Pijp
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Vijzelgracht
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Heineken Experience
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Albert 3 Market
25% discount
Rembrandt once lived here, so you see the most complete collection of his etchings and objets d'art, from musical instruments to Roman busts. Watch the etching demonstrations to get a comprehensive understanding of the art.
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Gassan Diamonds
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Gassan Diamonds
Free entry
Fly over the Dutch countryside during the THIS IS HOLLAND flight experience. See the Dutch world heritage sites, bulb fields, and other iconic Dutch scenes.
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This is Holland
25% discount
This beautiful wooden drawbridge was once so narrow that it was hard for two pedestrians to pass each other. Thousands of lights romantically illuminate it at night.
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Gassan Diamonds
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Gassan Diamonds
Situated in the former Jewish quarter, the Waterlooplein market and dates back to 1885, when it was open every day except the Sabbath.
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Waterlooplein
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Waterlooplein
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Amsterdam Icebar
Delftware is found in many Dutch households and is enormously popular with tourists. Heinen Delfts Blauw has more than 1300 different delft blue products - including tiles, plates, vases and hand-painted earthenware.
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Gassan Diamonds
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Gassan Diamonds
This formerly steam-powered diamond factory, originally built in 1879, is the oldest diamond factory in Amsterdam.
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Gassan Diamonds
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Gassan Diamonds
Free entry
Since 1905, the 'Cuyp' has fascinated Amsterdam's residents, home cooks, tourists and anyone looking for a bargain.
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Albert Cuyp market
Embark on a journey to find out about Amsterdam’s longest standing distilled spirit brand. Taste the complexities of the brand’s 42 liqueurs, including traditional genever, mixed into delicious cocktails.
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Museum District
8
Museumplein
25% discount
During your trip to the Amsterdam Diamond Museum you will find out about the carbon atom, meet specialists who transform a rough stone into a sparkling jewel and see the smallest brilliant diamond in the world.
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Museum District
8
Museumplein
Free entry
In the tasting room, you can test and evaluate the taste, aroma and qualities of Reypenaer cheeses under the supervision of an expert cheese taster.
Monday and Tuesday: 12.00, 14.00 and 16.00. Wednesday to Sunday: 12.00, 13.30, 15.00 and 16.30
25% discount
Coster Diamonds was commissioned by Prince Albert of England to re-polish the "Koh-I-Noor" blue-white diamond which belongs to England's crown jewels and can be seen at the Tower of London.
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Museum District
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Museumplein
You can also relive the history of cheese making and experience the unique flavor of the Holland cheese. See the most expensive cheese slicer of the world and have fun dressing up like a traditional Dutch cheese farmer.
The tulip was introduced in the Netherlands in the 16th century and remains one of the symbols of the country. This museum shows the history tulip and sells bulbs.
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Anne Frank / Westermarkt
Free entry
The Catholic Church was built on the top three floors in the 1660s. It is an example of a "schuilkerk" (clandestine church) where Catholics and Dutch Reformed dissenters, unable to worship in public, held services.
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Lovers Boat Company
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Central Station
Free entry
The Oude Kerk (c. 1305) is Amsterdam’s oldest building and the city’s youngest art institution, a religious monument where contemporary art takes centre stage.
Free entry
Located across from the Amsterdam Royal Palace on Dam Square, this 15th-century church has hosted countless events over the years.
Free entry
Designed along classical lines, to counter Amsterdam’s sand, the building stands on 13,659 wooden piles. Inside, Atlas perches atop the palace, holding the 1000 kg weight of the world on his shoulders.
The majority of people have heard about Amsterdam’s Red Light District well before their visit. Leaving nothing to the imagination, some stereotypes about this area are true.
There are food stalls, restaurants and shops galores, including the trendy Bijenkorf and Magna Plaza and the Amsterdam Diamond Centre.
Muiderslot’s legacy dates way back to 1280 when Count Floris V commissioned the construction of a stone fortress. Part of the UNESCO-listed Defence Line of Amsterdam, the castle and gardens are a hit with visitors of all ages.
Free entry
The island fort on an artificial island was once part of the Defense Line of Amsterdam, a 135-kilometer-long system of fortifications that defended the city by means of flooding.
Hourly ferry to Pampus Island at 12.30, 13.30 and 14.30 and return at 13.00, 14.00, 15.00 and 16.00
The museum tells the stories of the Nazi occupation and the atrocities of WWII. Through authentic objects, photos and documents, film and sound fragments, visitors will learn how the resistance manifested.
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NEMO Science Museum
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Amsterdam Icebar
Free entry
The Moco Museum aims a wide, international audience by featuring works created by ‘rock stars’ of the art world, such as Banksy.
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Museum District
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Museumplein
25% discount
The Flessenscheepjes Museum contains the world's most extensive collection of bottles and ship types. More than 1000 copies, including from early sailing and the VOC era. but also of fishing, whaling and rescue.
25% discount
After realising how many people were interested in this unique way of living, the houseboat was turned into a museum in 1997.
Free entry
The Pianola Museum is a small museum of automatic pianos playable by hand as well as reproducing music using paper rolls with punched holes for each music note.
Friday and Saturday 13.00 - 17.00, Sunday 13.00 - 16.00
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Anne Frank / Westermarkt
The Dutch Costume Museum shows the craftsmanship, artistry, and passion of traditional costumes. The collection is a cross-section of local traditional dresses and folk art from each region.
Free entry
Walking through the Dungeon, you see short performances of historical scenes like medieval torture, the plague, or a journey on a Dutch Far East Company ship.
25% discount
Body Worlds
Body Worlds will take you on a fascinating journey through the human body. The exhibition displays real plastinated bodies, giving you a unique peek into our anatomy and how our bodies work.
25% discount
This small museum located in Herengracht is entirely devoted to cats.
25% discount
Zuiderzeemuseum Enkhuizen, located in a beautiful fishing village by IJsselmeer lake, brings the stories of the people living around the Zuiderzee in the past to life.
25% discount
The visit to the museum begins a documentary then walk through the interiors in which sex workers work. Sit in the window and watch the crowd walking by, the way the prostitutes see it.
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Gassan Diamonds
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Gassan Diamonds
25% discount
Since 1999, this museum has occupied a gorgeous, 17th-century canal house in the centre of Amsterdam. Huis Marseille takes its name from a stone tablet attached to the exterior of the first building, depicting the French port of Marseille.
Free entry
In a modest patrician house at one of the small streets of Old Amsterdam centre, there is a museum dedicated to one of the most celebrated Dutch writers. Eduard Douwes Dekker, who took the penname Multatuli.
Free entry
One of the most expressionist apartment blocks is called The Ship. It was designed for the housing association Eigen Haard by the architect Michel de Klerk and featured 120 apartments and public buildings.
Free entry
Located in the historic De Bazel building, it houses a topographical collection that includes millions of maps, drawings and pictures, a library and extensive audio, film and photo archives.
Free entry
Travel through time and fashion as you explore the collection of handbags and accessories. As the world’s only museum with such an extensive and specialised collection, it tells the story of the handbag from the Middle Ages to present day.
Free entry
Located at the 100-year-old "De Nieuwe Ooster" cemetery, this small museum has as its subject Dutch funerary rituals, human memory of the deceased and emotions related with the inevitability of death.
Free entry
Located off city centre in Amsterdam Oost, Tropenmuseum often remains forgotten. However, if you are interested in other cultures, other countries and distant lands, do no miss it.
Free entry
An impressive patrician house like many in the center of Amsterdam, still privately owned by the aristocratic Van Loon family, which about thirty years ago decided to open it to the public.
Free entry
In 1895 Mrs. Willet-Holthuysen bequeathed her 17th-century canal house to the City of Amsterdam in her will, on the condition that it would be preserved and opened to the public as a museum.
Free entry
Get a unique look behind the scenes of AFC Ajax. Visitors on the 75-minute guided tour get a peek at all the areas normally reserved just for players and officials and the Ajax Gallery of Fame.
Free entry
With a strict ban on smoking in Amsterdam, this museum about the pleasures of smoking seems like defiance. But really this is a scientifically systematic exhibit of more than 2000 pipes from pre-Columbia and ending with Western civilization.
Free entry
Visiting Het Grachtenhuis is a great way to learn about Amsterdam’s Canal Ring. The museum looks at the 17th-century city expansion projects that led to Amsterdam’s ring of canals which received UNESCO world heritage status in 2010.
Free entry
The museum about the world of just one book is housed in the heart of the old Amsterdam at the Herengracht canal. Interesting exhibits show objects from Judeo-Christian tradition, and the influence of the Bible on the society and fine arts.
Free entry
The museum is home to a collection of works by artists from the avant-garde Cobra art movement. The museum presents interesting exhibitions from this unique collection, as well as temporary exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.
Free entry
In 2012, the Queen opened the new museum on Amsterdam’s waterfront behind Central Station, easily accessible with a free ferry. The institute has immediately become one of the main attractions of the Dutch capital.
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This is Holland
Free entry
Stedelijk strives to be one of the most innovative and interesting museums of modern art. The museum reopened in 2012 and drew controversies for its artistic choice, its policy and its financial decisions, but the new museum is yet again interesting and fun to visit.
Free entry
FOAM is located in a century-and-a-half-old canal house with a mix of original architectural features and modern chrome and glass that provide an artistic ambiance for museum goers.
M-W 10.00 - 18.00, Th-F 10.00 - 21.00
Free entry
Follow the tracks of Egyptians, Greek and Romans in the University of Amsterdam's Pierson Museum. Housed in a grandiose former bank on the southern fringes of the Red Light District, the Pierson is the city’s leading archaeological museum.
Free entry
A high-profile museum occupies four monumental synagogue buildings in the Jewish Cultural Quarter and provides a unique picture of past and present Dutch Jewish life in all its facets.
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Waterlooplein
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Waterlooplein
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Amsterdam Icebar
Constructed in 1888, this is one of the world's busiest concert venues. If you're hoping to attend one of the free concerts, plan to arrive early. The annual Summer Concerts series features more than 80 concerts.
€10,00 () for 75-minute guided tour
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Museum District
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Museumplein
25% discount
20 miles west of the city center is Zandvoort, a strip of sand along the North Sea. Zandvoort also boasts a variety of trendy beach clubs, including the popular Tijn Akersloot and Safari Lounge.
30-minute train ride from Amsterdam's Centraal station
The Hermitage Museum is one of Amsterdam’s major museums and the largest international branch of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
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Waterlooplein
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Amsterdam Icebar
Free entry
Many original furnishings of the city orphanage are on display, as are artifacts from the Rasp house, the former house of correction in Amsterdam where the prisoners were forced to rasp wood to make sawdust.
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Hermitage Museum
Free entry
Shows how shipping has determined Dutch culture. Discover over 500 years of Dutch maritime history, visit a real VOC ship or make a trip on the famous icebreaker Christiaan Brunings.
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NEMO Science Museum
Contains five floors of hands-on science exhibitions and is the largest science center in the Netherlands.
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NEMO Science Museum
Free entry
A tranquil haven containing over 6,000 different trees and plants with outdoor gardens, a tropical hothouse and butterfly greenhouse.
Free entry
ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo is home to some 750 species of animals, including zebras, giraffes, elephants and chimpanzees.
Free entry
Royal Theatre Carré first opened its doors in 1887 as a circus theatre. Over the years, Carré has branched out to become one of the most diverse venues in town.
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Gassan Diamonds
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Gassan Diamonds
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