Rijksmuseum Gardens

If a great art collection has a garden it can’t just be any old garden. This collection of grass and plants is stylishly arranged in various ways in both the Renaissance and Baroque styles, with flower gardens and hedges directing towards statues and summer houses.

This garden even has its own ruins which have been found all over the country then rebuilt here. It’s like an exhibit of Dutch architecture down the ages, a collection of pillars and gates and ornamental stonework that’s just too good to get rid of. Some of it’s kept inside now to stop any more weathering but the ‘Fragments Building’ is just as free as the garden.

Pick up a free printed guide for more information.