Why Go?
To see Dutch design, from 17th-century Dutch masters to 21st-century architecture and accessories.
It's not just hookers and pot.
The canals are achingly beautiful.
What to Skip
The entire Damrak, between Centraal Station and Dam Square. If you really want frites stands and sex shops, you can do better elsewhere in town.
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The Rijksmuseum (currently undergoing massive renovation, due to reopen in 2008), in its handsome neo-Renaissance brick building, is best known for...
(Art Collections)
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The house beside the Westerkirk where young Anne Frank hid with her family from the Nazi occupiers in WW2. Now a moving museum. Gets very crowded, so...
(People)
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The 30th of April is one of the most important dates on the Dutch calendar. Marking the birth of former Queen Juliana, this is a day of celebration-...
(Festivals)
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'Orchard with Blossoming Plum Trees is a landscape filled with a green hue, with everything from the grass to the buds and leaves on the trees showing...
(Works of Art)
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Extending 135 km around the city of Amsterdam, this defence line (built between 1883 and 1920) is the only example of a fortification based on the...
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The Muiderslot Castle was originally built by one Count Floris V in 1280. When the Count was murdered by rebellious noblemen, the Bishop of Utrecht...
(Castles & Palaces)
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"Luxurious guesthouse of large suites and unique English-influenced style - immensely popular so book well ahead"
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Funky little hotel with six themed rooms located in one of the oldest parts of the city and the heart of the action Set in a classic 17th-century...
(Small Hotels)
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'Night Watch or The Night Watch (Dutch: De Nachtwacht), is the common name of one of the most famous works by Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van...
(Works of Art)
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This museum features a comprehensive and authoritative collection of works by Van Gogh. There are also a sprinkling of paintings and drawings by his...
(Art Collections)
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It may be small, there may be other things on your mind when visiting Amsterdam and it might not pack the same punch as other zoos around the world,...
(Visitor Attractions)
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The Beemster Polder, dating from the early 17th century, is the oldest area of reclaimed land in the Netherlands. It has preserved intact its...
(Rural Highlights)
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The world"s oldest commodities exchange, and, in fact, its origin. Now exhibition and concert halls, the design brought Amsterdam"s...
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Possibly to confront criticism of boxing as a sport for brutish idiots, but more likely due to people just being plain weird sometimes, chess-boxing...
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A hip but informal boutique hotel that won't burn holes in your pockets - situated in the vibrant De Pijp area southside of the city Owners Mirjam,...
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"Three traditional townhouses with a contemporary twist"
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