Netherlands
Amsterdam
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What to see in Amsterdam
Culture1Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.jpg)
Rijksmuseum
Rembrandt's Night Watch is so big it gets its own wall. The queues get their own zip code.
~1.5 km away
Culture2Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Van Gogh Museum.jpg)
Van Gogh Museum
850 works by a painter who sold almost nothing in his lifetime. The market corrected itself.
~1.9 km away
Culture3Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Amsterdam (Paises Bajos) (15316045410).jpg)
Anne Frank House
The secret annexe is smaller than you expect. Somehow that makes it hit harder than you expect.
~1.6 km away
Sightseeing4Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Palacio Real, Ámsterdam, Países Bajos, 2016-05-30, DD 07-09 HDR.jpg)
Royal Palace of Amsterdam
Built as a town hall in 1655, repurposed as a palace. Amsterdam has always had a talent for flipping real estate.
~1.1 km away
Culture5Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Rembrandshuis.jpg)
Rembrandt House Museum
The house where Rembrandt went bankrupt painting masterpieces. His art is priceless; his finances, less so.
~0.3 km away
Nature6Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Amsterdam, Vondelpark, at the pond-2.jpg)
Vondelpark
Amsterdam's living room: rollerskates, saxophones, and a suspicious number of people eating stroopwafels.
~2.8 km away
Culture7Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Iglesia Nueva, Ámsterdam, Países Bajos, 2016-05-30, DD 10-12 HDR.jpg)
Nieuwe Kerk
Royal coronations happen here. It's a church that no longer holds services but still holds your attention.
~1.1 km away
Culture8Photo: Wikimedia Commons (De nieuwe vleugel van het Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.jpg)
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The bathtub extension divided local opinion. The Mondrian and Matisse inside are beyond argument.
~2 km away
Culture9Photo: Wikimedia Commons (NEMO (Amsterdam).jpg)
NEMO Science Museum
Renzo Piano built a green-copper ship prow and put the roof on the guest list. It worked brilliantly.
~0.9 km away
Sightseeing10Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Zaanse schans - il borgo.jpg)
Zaanse Schans
Working windmills, painted houses, free cheese samples: the Dutch did not invent the tourist trap, they refined it.
~13.2 km away
Shopping11Photo: Wikimedia Commons (SingelBloemenmarkt.jpg)
Bloemenmarkt
The world's only floating flower market. It smells better than it sounds, and it sounds pretty great.
~0.8 km away
Food & Drink12Photo: Wikimedia Commons (Former Heineken Brewery in Amsterdam.jpg)
Heineken Experience
Four floors explaining how beer gets made, ending in free tastings. Heineken clearly knows its audience.
~1.8 km away
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Sea-Fever
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky, and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.
— John Masefield, 1902