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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Amsterdam, Netherlands! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Amsterdam. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Amsterdam1. Red Light District
De Wallen is the largest and best known red-light district in Amsterdam. It consists of a network of alleys containing approximately 300 one-room cabins rented by prostitutes who offer their sexual services from behind a window or glass door, typically illuminated with red lights and blacklight. Window prostitution is the most visible and typical kind of red-light district sex work in Amsterdam.
2. Old Church
The Oude Kerk is Amsterdam's oldest building and newest art institute. The building was founded about 1213 and consecrated in 1306 by the bishop of Utrecht with Saint Nicolas as its patron saint. After the Reformation in 1578, it became a Calvinist church, which it remains today. It stands in De Wallen, now Amsterdam's main red-light district. The square surrounding the church is the Oudekerksplein.
3. Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Concertgebouw.
4. National Monument
The National Monument on Dam Square is a 1956 cenotaph in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A national Remembrance of the Dead ceremony is held at the monument every year on 4 May to commemorate the casualties of World War II and subsequent armed conflicts.
5. Amsterdam
The Amsterdam from 1990 is a replica of the mirror return ship of the same name of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). When, at the end of the 20th century, interest in the history of the VOC and its role in the history of the Netherlands increased, plans were made to rebuild VOC ships. One of those ships is the Amsterdam. Between 1982 and 1990, a replica of this was built from iroko wood by 400 volunteers of the Stichting Amsterdam Bouwen Oostindiëvaarder (SABO). Since 1990, this replica has been moored at the jetty of the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam, the former 's Lands Zeemagazijn.
6. Anne Frank
The statue of Anne Frank on the Merwedeplein in Amsterdam is a statue of the German-Jewish girl Anne Frank who died during the Holocaust at the age of fifteen. Through her diary, Anne Frank has become the symbol of the victims of the Holocaust worldwide.
7. Dam Square
Dam Square or the Dam is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the best-known and most important locations in the city and the country.
8. Nemo
NEMO Science Museum is a science centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located in the Oosterdokseiland neighbourhood in the Amsterdam-Centrum borough, situated between the Oosterdokseiland and the Kattenburg. The museum has its origins in 1923, and is housed in a building designed by Renzo Piano since 1997. It contains five floors of hands-on science exhibitions and is the largest science center in the Netherlands. It attracts around 670,000 visitors annually, which makes it the eighth most visited museum in the Netherlands.
9. Leidseplein
Leidseplein is a square in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the Weteringschans neighborhood, immediately northeast of the Singelgracht. It is located on the crossroads of the Weteringschans, Marnixstraat and Leidsestraat.
10. Vondel
The Vondel Monument, also known as Vondel Statue, is a large statue to the 17th-century Dutch poet and playwright Joost van den Vondel in Amsterdam's Vondelpark. The statue was unveiled on October 18, 1867, after which the park itself was called Vondel(s)park, which became the official name in 1880.
11. Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum in Amsterdam is a museum that highlights Jewish culture, religion, and history. Since 1987, the museum has been located on the Jonas Daniël Meijerplein in the heart of the old Jewish Quarter. The covered space between four synagogues restored to their 18th-century state forms the entrance at Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1. The museum is part of the Jewish Cultural Quarter.
12. Ziggo Dome
The Ziggo Dome is an indoor arena in Amsterdam, Netherlands, located next to the Johan Cruijff ArenA. It is named after the Dutch cable TV provider Ziggo. In 2014, the Ziggo Dome Awards were announced, recognizing artists who performed at the arena.
13. Fanny Blankers-Koen
Francina Elsje Blankers-Koen was a Dutch track and field athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed there as a 30-year-old mother of two, earning her the nickname "the Flying Housewife", and was the most successful athlete at the event.
14. Concertgebouw
The Royal Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" translates into English as "concert building". Its superb acoustics place it among the finest concert halls in the world, along with Boston's Symphony Hall and the Musikverein in Vienna.
15. De Nieuwe Ooster
The Nieuwe Oosterbegraafplaats is a cemetery in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This is located on the Kruislaan in the Watergraafsmeer in Amsterdam East and has an area of 33 hectares. The cemetery opened on May 1, 1894. It is now called De Nieuwe Ooster, because of the construction of a crematorium in 1994, after a design by R. van Liesveld.
16. Homomonument
The Homomonument is a memorial in the centre of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. It commemorates all gay men and lesbians who have been persecuted because of their sexual orientation. Opened on 5 September 1987, it was the first monument in the world to commemorate gays and lesbians who were killed by the German Nazi regime.
17. AFAS Live
AFAS Live is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands, near the Johan Cruyff Arena. The big hall, named "Black Box" has a capacity of 6,000 and is 3000 m2; a smaller hall for after parties has a capacity of 700.
18. New Church
The Nieuwe Kerk is a 15th-century church in Amsterdam located on Dam Square, next to the Royal Palace. Formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parish, it now belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.
19. Rijksmuseumgebouw
The Rijksmuseum building in Amsterdam from 1885 houses the main part of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. It was specially designed for this purpose by the Dutch architect P.J.H. Cuypers. The building is owned by the State of the Netherlands and is managed by the Central Government Real Estate Agency.
20. Sint-Agneskerk
The Sint-Agneskerk in Amsterdam is a Catholic parish church, located on the corner of Amstelveenseweg 163 and Cornelis Krusemanstraat, on the Haarlemmermeer circuit and on the edge of the Willemspark neighborhood. The church, which is dedicated to the martyr Saint Agnes, was built between 1919 and 1932 to a design by architect Jan Stuyt and was designated a national monument in 1996. The Agnes was the first church in Amsterdam with a free-standing bell tower.
21. This is Holland
THIS IS HOLLAND is a tourist attraction with panorama flight simulator in Amsterdam. The attraction opened in 2017 in Amsterdam-Noord, next to the Eye Film Museum, in a 24-metre-high cylindrical pavilion on the former Shell site Overhoeks, above the underground parking garage of the A'DAM Tower.
22. Haarlemmerpoort
The Haarlemmerpoort on the Haarlemmerplein in Amsterdam is officially called Willemspoort but is never called that in the city. It is, in fact, the fifth gate on the Haarlem side that appears in the history of Amsterdam. The earlier gates were part of the fortifications of Amsterdam. With each urban expansion, the city gate moved a little to the west, towards Haarlem.
23. Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum
The Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum is a museum located in De Wallen, Amsterdam, Netherlands. According to the museum, more than two million visitors have visited the exhibition since it opened in 1985. Dedicated to cannabis and its many uses, the museum offers visitors information about the historical and modern uses of cannabis for medicinal, spiritual and cultural purposes. The museum also focuses on how hemp can be used for agricultural and industrial purposes, even including clothing accessories and cosmetic products made from hemp fiber. In 2012 the museum opened a second location in Barcelona, the Hash Marihuana Cáñamo & Hemp Museum.
24. Normaal Amsterdams Peil
Amsterdam Ordnance Datum or Normaal Amsterdams Peil (NAP) is a vertical datum in use in large parts of Western Europe. Originally created for use in the Netherlands, its height was used by Prussia in 1879 for defining Normalnull, and in 1955 by other European countries. In the 1990s, it was used as the reference level for the United European leveling Network (UELN) which in turn led to the European Vertical Reference System (EVRS).
25. W.H. Vliegenbos
The W.H. Vliegenbos is located in Amsterdam-Noord, between the Meeuwenlaan, Nieuwendammerdijk, Nieuwendammerkade and the Zamenhofstraat. It is the oldest urban forest in the municipality of Amsterdam.
26. Beatrixpark
The Beatrixpark is a city park in the south of Amsterdam, between the Boerenwetering, the Amsterdam RAI, the Ringweg-Zuid (A10), the Beethovenstraat, the Zuider Amstelkanaal and the Diepenbrockstraat. The park is located in the Prinses Irene neighbourhood.
27. Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam
The Grachtengordel is a neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the Centrum district. The seventeenth-century canals of Amsterdam, located in the center of Amsterdam, were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in August 2010. The Amsterdam Canal District consists of the area around the city's four main canals: the Singel, the Herengracht, the Keizersgracht, and the Prinsengracht. From the Brouwersgracht, the canals are generally parallel with one another, leading gradually southeast into the Amstel river.
28. Dutch East Indian Company
The Oost-Indisch Huis is an early 17th-century building in the centre of Amsterdam. It was the headquarters of the Amsterdam chamber of the Dutch East India Company. It is a listed Dutch national heritage site (rijksmonument).
29. Museum Het Schip
Amsterdam School Museum Het Schip is a museum in Amsterdam-West, located in the block of houses of the same name. The museum is dedicated to the Amsterdam School. The building, designed by architect Michel de Klerk, is considered a prime example of this architectural style.
30. Max Euwe
The Max Euwe Center (MEC) is a chess center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It consists of a small museum about the chess career and the life of the Dutch world champion Max Euwe (1901-1981) and a meeting centre annex library with about eleven thousand books and magazines.
31. Scheepvaarthuis
The Shipping House is a building on the western tip of the Waalseiland near Amsterdam harbour that is one of the top 100 Dutch heritage sites and generally regarded as the first true example of the Amsterdam School, a style characterised by "expressive dynamism, lavish ornamentation and colourful embellishments". It is situated on the Prins Hendrikkade and was erected on the spot where Cornelis Houtman's first trip to the East Indies had begun in 1595. The first part was built 1913 - 1916 ; the second part was built 1926 -1928. Originally, it was the headquarters of six leading Amsterdam shipping companies: the Netherlands Steamship Company (SMN), the Royal Packet Navigation Company (KPM), the Java-China-Japan Line (JCJL) and the Royal Dutch Steamboat Company (KNSM) with subsidiary New Rhine Navigation Company (NRM) and acquired in 1912 Royal West India Mail Service (KWIM).
32. Monument Indië-Nederland
The Monument Indië-Nederland is located near the Olympiaplein in the southern part of Amsterdam. The monument was originally a memorial for General J. B. van Heutsz, who was the commandant of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army and is also known for conquering Aceh for the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1903 following the Aceh War. Because of political pressure the name was in 2004 changed to Monument Indië-Nederland.
33. English Reformed Church
The English Reformed Church is one of the oldest buildings in Amsterdam, situated in the centre of the city. It is home to an English-speaking congregation which is affiliated to the Church of Scotland and to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.
34. Huis Bartolotti
The Bartolotti House is a canal house at Herengracht 170-172 in Amsterdam. It was built around 1617 for Willem van den Heuvel tot Beichlingen, one of the richest Amsterdammers at the time, who had inherited a lot of money from a childless uncle by marriage, Giovanni Battista Bartolotti, a merchant from Bologna. In this uncle's will, it was stipulated that he had to call himself "Bartolotti". The name is sometimes also "From the Hill to Beichlingen Said Bartolotti". His mother Maria Pels (?-1592) married Willem Bartolotti in Stade in 1589. Her son Jan Baptist Bartolotti van den Heuvel (1590-1624) married Leonora Hellemans Arnoudsdochter (1594-1661) in 1612. In 1639, Jacoba Victoria, daughter of Guillelmo (1602-1658), was born in the house.
35. Fo Guang Sha He Hua Temple
The Fo Guang Shan He Hua Temple of the Fo Guang Shan is a Buddhist temple at Zeedijk numbers 108 to 116, Amsterdam Chinatown in Amsterdam. The name is pronounced "gguh ggwaa", and means lotus flower in Chinese.
36. Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder is a 17th-century canal house, house church, and museum in the city center of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Catholic Church was built on the top three floors of the canal house during the 1660s. It is an important example of a "schuilkerk", or "clandestine church" in which Catholics and other religious dissenters from the seventeenth century Dutch Reformed Church, unable to worship in public, held services. The church has been open as a museum since 28 April 1888, and has 85,000 visitors annually.
37. Haarlemmermeerstation
The Haarlemmermeer station, called Willemspark Station until 1933, was built in 1915, with H. van Emmerik as architect, but originally designed by Karel de Bazel. The station is located on the Amstelveenseweg, corner Havenstraat. Until the arrival of the bus station of Maarse & Kroon, which replaced the train, there was a small park in front of the station.
38. Muiderpoort
The Muiderpoort in Amsterdam is a city gate on the Alexanderplein, at the intersection of the Plantage Middenlaan and the Sarphatistraat. The gate was part of the fortifications of Amsterdam. On either side of the gate are bridge 264 and bridge 265. It is a national monument.
39. FOAM
Foam or Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam is a photography museum located on Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The museum has four different exhibitions at any given time in which different photographic genres are shown, such as documentary, art and fashion. Next to large exhibitions by well-known photographers, Foam also shows the work of young and upcoming photographers, in shorter running exhibitions.
40. Sint-Josephkerk
St. Joseph's Church is a former Roman Catholic parish church on the Erik de Roodestraat in Amsterdam Bos en Lommer. The building was used as a church from 1952 to 1990. Subsequently, it was used as a climbing gym from 1996 to 2012. After a period of vacancy, the building was squatted and became nationally known as De Vluchtkerk. Asylum seekers who had exhausted all legal remedies without a residence permit lived there. After their departure and another period of vacancy, the building was reopened as a children's playground in May 2016 after a renovation.
41. Heilige Nikolaas van Myrakerk
The Tichelkerk or Tichel is a church building on the corner of the Lijnbaansgracht and the Tichelstraat in the Jordaan district of Amsterdam. It was built in 1912 as a Roman Catholic St. Anthony's Church. In 2005 it became the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas of Myra. In the same year, the building was designated a municipal monument. Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the parish seceded from the Moscow Patriarchate and joined the Orthodox Archdiocese of Belgium, Exarchate of the Netherlands and Luxembourg under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
42. De Schreeuw
De Schreeuw is a sculpture in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam that commemorates the assassinated Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh. The monument was designed by Jeroen Henneman as a symbol of freedom of speech.
43. Madame Tussauds Amsterdam
Madame Tussauds Amsterdam is a wax museum situated in Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. It is located in the centre of the city on Dam Square, near the Royal Palace of Amsterdam. Founded in 1970, it was the first Madame Tussauds that was opened in mainland Europe as well as being the first foreign branch of the British institution. The collection of Madame Tussauds Amsterdam consists of a collection of wax figures of famous celebrities in different categories such as the Golden Age of Dutch history, music, sport and film.
44. De Bloem
De Bloem or De Blom is a windmill in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The mill is also known as the 400 Roe, after the distance of 400 rod from the Haarlemmerpoort, which is about one and a half kilometers.
45. Oosterpark
The Oosterpark is the first large park laid out by the municipality of Amsterdam. Located near the Singelgracht of the Mauritskade to the north, it is the principal component of the Oosterpark neighbourhood in the Oost borough. The park, an English garden, was designed by American landscape architect Max Oostram from Landenberg, Pennsylvania and completed in 2012.
46. Dutch Equestrian School Museum Hollandsche Manege
The Hollandsche Manege in Amsterdam is the oldest riding school in the Netherlands, dating back to 1744. The current building, inspired by the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, was constructed in 1882.
47. Muziekgebouw
Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ is the main concert hall for contemporary classical music on the IJ in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The building opened in 2005 and is located above the IJtunnel, a ten-minute walk from Amsterdam Centraal station. The building was designed by Danish architects 3XN. The Bimhuis is part of and partly integrated in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ.
48. Sint-Franciscus Xaveriuskerk
De Krijtberg Kerk is a Roman Catholic church in Amsterdam, located at the Singel. The church was designed by Alfred Tepe and was opened in 1883. The exuberant interior was made by Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg.
49. Diemerpark
The Diemerpark is a landscape park of 90 hectares, located between the Diemerzeedijk and the IJmeer in Amsterdam-Oost, near the IJburg district. There are cycling and hiking trails in the park, and there is a sports park with football and hockey fields. There is also a sandy beach on the IJmeer with a view of IJburg. The park is connected with bridges to the Riet Islands of IJburg, and can also be reached via the Nesciobrug over the Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal or via the Diemerzeedijk.
50. Spinhuis
The Spinhuis in Amsterdam was a penitentiary for women, on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal. It was founded in 1597 in part of the former Saint Ursula convent. Spinning houses also existed in other cities.
51. Het Sieraad
Het Sieraad is a multifunctional school building on the Postjesweg in Amsterdam. It is owned by the Ymere housing corporation. It is largely surrounded by the waters of the Admiralengracht, the Postjeswetering and the Kostverlorenvaart and is built on a pentagonal plot. Since 20 January 2003, the building has been a national monument.
52. De Boom die alles zag
De Boom Die Alles Zag is a grey poplar tree located in Bijlmermeer, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that survived the crash of El Al Flight 1862 on 4 October 1992. Due to the eye-shaped patterns on its trunk, the tree was considered to be an eyewitness of the accident and its aftermath. An official memorial was built next to the tree, where the accident is commemorated every year on its anniversary. It is a part of a larger monument, Het Groeiend Monument.
53. Hortusplantsoen
The Hortusplantsoen is a park and street in the center of Amsterdam. The park is located on the south side of the Hortus Botanicus, between the Nieuwe Herengracht and the Nieuwe Keizersgracht. In the Hortus tunnel under the Weesperstraat, which belongs to the Nieuwe Herengracht, there is an entrance to the Waterlooplein metro station.
54. Riekermolen
The Riekermolen is a polder mill near the Kalfjeslaan near the Amstel river. Next to the mill is a statue of Rembrandt made by Han Wezelaar, as a reminder of the fact that the painter made many drawings along the banks of this river. It was unveiled in 1969 on the 300th anniversary of his death.
55. Nelson Mandelapark
The Nelson Mandela Park, until 23 October 2014 called the Bijlmerpark, is a city park in the middle of the Bijlmer district in Amsterdam-Zuidoost. The Bijlmerpark was originally built in 1969 and 1970. Since 1975, the annual Kwakoe Summer Festival has been organized here.
56. cats museum
The KattenKabinet is an art museum in Amsterdam devoted to works depicting cats. The museum collection includes paintings, drawings, sculptures and other works of art by Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Corneille, Sal Meijer, Théophile Steinlen, Ed van der Elsken and Jože Ciuha, among others.
57. Noorderkerk
The Noorderkerk is a 17th-century Protestant church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Noorderkerk is located along Prinsengracht canal, on Noordermarkt square. The church is used for Dutch Reformed Church services and is also used regularly for classical music concerts.
58. Collectie Six
The Six Collection is the common name for the Six family's patrimony, which, in addition to family portraits, includes the family archive and art and antiques relating to the family. The Six Foundation, the Stella Duce Foundation, the Jan Six Foundation and the Amstel 218 Foundation together form the Six Collection.
59. Jewish WW2 resistance memorial
The Monument Jewish Resistance 1940-1945 is a monument in Amsterdam that has stood since 1988 on the corner of the Amstel and the Zwanenburgwal, on the side of the Stopera. It was erected in memory of all Jewish resistance fighters who died in the Second World War.
60. Gerard Dou Synagogue
The Gerard Doustraat Synagogue in Amsterdam's De Pijp district was built in 1892 by order of Ashkenazi chevre Teshu'at Israel. Architect E.M. Rood (1851–1929) opted for a neo-Renaissance architectural style.
61. Python Bridge
Python Bridge, officially known as High Bridge, is a bridge that spans the canal between Sporenburg and Borneo Island in Eastern Docklands, Amsterdam. It was built in 2001 and won the International Footbridge Award in 2002. The bright red bridge spans 90 meters and was designed by Adriaan Geuze of the architectural firm West 8. The bridge only carries pedestrians.
62. TOP Middelpolder
A Tourist Transfer Point (TOP) is a 'natural junction', where various cycling, sailing, skating and walking routes start. Each TOP is recognizable by its landmark, a kind of obelisk is used in the east of the country, a blade of grass in the Green Heart and a remarkably large information column in the Gooi & Vecht region and the Rivierenland region. At TOPs there are often also some seats, a bicycle rack and a signpost. TOPs in the Gooi & Vecht region are also always equipped with bicycle rental, catering, (free) toilets, an ANWB Bicycle Service Box and a VVV information point.
63. Royal Theater Carré
The Royal Theater Carré is a Neo-Renaissance theatre in Amsterdam, located near the river Amstel. When the theatre was founded in 1887, it was originally meant as a permanent circus building. Currently, it is mainly used for musicals, cabaret performances and pop concerts. Carré is located next to the Amstel, close to Waterlooplein. Its address is Amstel 115 and has approximately 1,700 seats.
64. Geuzenbos
The Geuzenbos is a nature reserve in the Groote IJpolder between the Spaarnwoude recreation area, the De Heining business park and the Spaarndammerdijk northeast of Halfweg in the Amsterdam district of Westpoort. The area with an area of 60 hectares is divided in two by the Alderman van Essenweg. One of the entrances to the Geuzenbos is located next to the Boezemgemaal Halfweg.
65. Lange Bretten
The Bretten, and sometimes also called the Lange Bretten, is a nature reserve in the Amsterdam district of Nieuw-West with an area of 130 ha. It is a green strip north of the Haarlemmertrekvaart and south of the Western Docklands on the polder grounds of the Spieringhorner Binnenpolder. The area is named after the House of Bretten, one of the manors that once stood along this canal. This house stood west of Sloterdijk along the Spaarndammerdijk and was demolished for the construction of the first railway line in the Netherlands, from Amsterdam to Haarlem. It is possible that the name of this country house is derived from Borch in Bretten near Katwijk and/or the 'Brittenburg', a Roman fort near Katwijk.
66. Moco Museum
The Moco Museum (Modern Contemporary Museum) is an independent museum located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Barcelona, Spain, dedicated to exhibiting modern and contemporary art. The museum was founded with the mission of attracting broader and younger audiences, and making art accessible to the public.
67. Hofkerk
The parish church of the Holy Martelaren of Gorcum is a Roman Catholic Church in Amsterdam-Watergraafsmeer. As "Hofkerk", she is part of the complex of the Linnaeushof designed by architect Alexander Kropholler.
68. Museum Van Loon
Museum Van Loon is a museum located in a canalside house alongside the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The museum is named after the family Van Loon that lived in the house from the 19th century.
69. Het Huis met den Hoofden
The House with the Heads is a large canal house on the Keizersgracht 123 in Amsterdam, named after the six ornaments shaped as heads, which are on the façade. The house is a rijksmonument and is listed on the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites.
70. Rasphuispoort
The Rasphuis was a "tuchthuis" or prison in Amsterdam that was established in 1596 in the former Convent of the Poor Clares on the Heiligeweg. In 1815 it was closed, and in 1892 the building was demolished to make way for a swimming pool. On the site today is the Kalvertoren shopping centre.
71. Huis Marseille
Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography is the oldest photography museum in Amsterdam, opened in 1999. Huis Marseille was the first photography museum in the Netherlands when it opened in 1999; the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam, the Fotomuseum Den Haag in The Hague, and FOAM in a nearby building have opened since. The museum is housed in a residence built around 1665 for a French merchant, and contains 13 exhibition spaces and a restored room in Louis XIV style; the building was restored and the museum extended into the adjacent building in 2007–2013.
Wikipedia: Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography (EN), Website
72. Lekstraatsynagoge
The Lekstraat synagogue is located at Lekstraat 63 in the Rivierenbuurt in Amsterdam. This synagogue is an important center of the Hareidi Jews living in Amsterdam and the surrounding area. Several hundred chareidim live in Amstelveen and Amsterdam, especially in the Rivierenbuurt and Buitenveldert.
73. De Kleine Komedie
De Kleine Komedie is today the oldest theatre in Amsterdam, dating from 1788. Situated on the Amstel near the Halvemaansteeg, the building offers a stage for both upcoming and established Dutch talents. The theatre has 503 seats.
74. Het Veem Theater
Veem House for Performance is a production house, workshop, stage, laboratory and expertise centre of contemporary mime theatre, located in Werkgebouw Het Veem in Amsterdam. The building is located on the Van Diemenstraat and the Oude Houthaven along the IJ, west of Central Station.
75. Olympiahuis
The Olympiahuisje, also known as the Porter's House, or Northern Service House, is a former porter's house on the grounds in Amsterdam, where the 1928 Olympic Games took place. During these games, it served as a post office. Like the Olympic Stadium, it was designed by architect Jan Wils.
76. Natuurpark Vrije Geer
The Vrije Geer Nature Park is a small green area near the village of Sloten with an area of more than 4 hectares. It is located between the Plesmanlaan, the Nieuw Sloten district and the village of Sloten. It is the last remnant of the peat meadow area that used to stretch between Amsterdam and Sloten.
77. Houten Huis
The Houten Huys is a building on the Begijnhof in Amsterdam dating from 1528 or shortly thereafter. It is one of the oldest houses in Amsterdam and, next to a building at the beginning of the Zeedijk, one of the two remaining houses with a wooden façade of Amsterdam.
78. Botanical Garden Zuidas
The Botanic Garden Zuidas is a botanical garden belonging to Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was established in 1967 for the purpose of education and research for the Biology faculty. It is situated behind the University Medical Centre, and includes a garden area of about 1 hectare of which about 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft) is occupied by glass-houses. Since 1988, the garden no longer has an educational function, but the property is still owned and supported by the university.
79. Bijlmerweide
The Bijlmerweide is a park in Amsterdam-Zuidoost. The park is located east of the low-rise districts of Kantershof and Geerdinkhof, west of the Gaasp river and the Diemerpark, north of the Gaasperpark and Gaasperplas and south of the Verrijn Stuartweg industrial area in Diemen. The Veeneikbrug, a bicycle and pedestrian bridge, connects the Bijlmerweide over the Gaasp with the Diemerbos.
80. Zigeunermonument - Hel en Vuur
The Gypsy Monument Hell and Fire on Amsterdam's Museumplein is a bronze sculpture of a man, woman and two children fleeing from a blazing fire. The statue stands on a masonry pedestal and is 3.50 m high. The creator is sculptor Heleen Levano.
81. Embassy of the Free Mind
The Embassy of the Free Mind is a museum, library and platform for free thinking, inspired by the philosophy of the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica collection. The museum focusses on the European culture of free thinking of the past 2.000 years, with Hermetic wisdom as the source of inspiration: insight into the connection between God, cosmos and man. This connection is reflected in the Hermetic, alchemical, astrological, magical, mystical, kabbalistic and Rosicrucian texts and images in the collection.
Wikipedia: Embassy of the Free Mind (EN), Website, Facebook, Instagram
82. Diamond Museum Amsterdam
The Diamond Museum Amsterdam is a museum located at the Museumplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The museum was founded in 2007 by Ben Meier of Coster Diamonds. The permanent collection consists of diamond jewelry and gives background information about diamonds.
83. Multatuli Museum
The Multatuli Museum is a 17th-century museum in the Jordaan neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is dedicated to Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887), whose pen name was Multatuli. Multatuli is best known for his 1860 novel Max Havelaar, inspired by time spent in Indonesia while serving in the Dutch civil service. Eduard Douwes Dekker was born in the Multatuli House and he died 67 years later in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany on a red sofa that can be seen here to date.
84. Mirakelkolom
The Miracle Column is a column on the Rokin in Amsterdam in memory of the Holy City, a church building that was located on the Rokin at the time. The word 'miracle' refers to the Miracle of Amsterdam, which is said to have taken place in 1345.
85. Cromhouthuis
The Cromhouthuis is a patrician house and one of the Cromhouthuizen on Herengracht in Amsterdam. Until 2020, the house housed the Biblical Museum and an annex of the Amsterdam Museum. The building was taken over by Stadsherstel that year.
86. Entrepotdok
The Entrepotdok, formerly Nieuwe Rapenburgergracht, is a canal in Amsterdam, and a street and row of former warehouses with the same name along the northeast side of the canal. They were constructed between 1708 and 1829, used for storage, squatted in the 1990s and are now converted into apartments. Entrepotdok is the largest inhabited warehouse complex in Amsterdam. The canal runs between the Kadijksplein and Sarphatistraat, and is parallel to Hoogte Kadijk, Laagte Kadijk, Plantage Doklaan and Natura Artis Magistra zoo.
87. The Catboat
De Poezenboot is an Amsterdam animal shelter for cats. It is located on a houseboat on the Singel. The Poezenboot takes in stray cats and rehomes them. A number of the cats roam freely on the boat, which is open to visitors. At peak times, the Poezenboot houses about 60 cats.
88. Zagertje
The Tree Sawyer, or The Sawyer, is a small inconspicuous sculpture in the Leidsebosje in Amsterdam. The sculpture consists of a male sawing in a thick overhanging branch; Until October 2019, he did so in the southernmost plane tree. He does so bending over, between his legs.
89. De Hallen
De Hallen is a cultural centre in the Kinkerbuurt in Amsterdam-West, with a library, theatre, cinema, restaurants, TV studios and crafts centre. The centre is located in the former Tollensstraat depot of the Amsterdam Municipal Tram, built in 1902-'05 and was used by the Amsterdam Municipal Transport Company until 1996, after which the buildings were still in use by various tenants, including the Amsterdam Public Transport Museum until 2005. The complex is located between Kinkerstraat, Bilderdijkkade, Bellamyplein and Ten Katestraat.
90. De Otter
De Otter is a paltrok mill in Amsterdam, Netherlands which has been restored to working order. As all Dutch paltrok mills it is a windpowered sawmill. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 1198.
91. De Papegaai
De Papegaai is the lesser of the two parochial churches in the St Nicholas Roman Catholic parish in Amsterdam. The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. It is nicknamed "De Papegaai" because it was originally hidden in a garden behind a regular housefront that belonged to a bird-trader in the days when Catholicism could not be practised publicly. Today there is a narrow, Neo-Gothic facade flanked by statues of St Joseph and a perched parrot. The church is on the busy Kalverstraat just south of Dam Square, and invites people in for quiet, as well as celebrating Sunday Mass in Latin with Gregorian chant.
Wikipedia: Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Amsterdam (EN), Website
92. Arcam
Amsterdam Centre for Architecture (Arcam) is an organisation that was founded in 1986 that "concentrates its activities in Amsterdam and the surrounding area." Arcam focuses on architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture. Arcam is the oldest and largest of more than forty local Dutch architecture centers.
93. Huis aan 3 grachten
The Huis aan de Drie Grachten or Huis op de Drie Grachten is a 17th-century canal house in Amsterdam, at the southeastern end of the Wallen district. The name is a reference to the fact that the building faces three different Amsterdam canals. The south facade faces Grimburgwal, the west facade faces Oudezijds Voorburgwal and the east facade faces Oudezijds Achterburgwal. The address is Oudezijds Voorburgwal 249.
94. Equestrian statue of Queen Wilhelmina
The equestrian statue of Queen Wilhelmina in Amsterdam is located on Rokin street, at the corner with Langebrugsteeg alley. The statue of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was sculpted in bronze by Theresia R. van der Pant.
95. Singelkerk
The Singelkerk is a church of the Mennonite congregation (VDGA) in Amsterdam, located between the Singel and the Herengracht. It is a so-called hidden church, a church that is not recognizable as a church from the outside.
96. Figure découpée
Figure découpée or L'oiseau is an abstract sculpture by Pablo Picasso: there are a total of three Figure découpée sculptures. There is one located in Vondelpark NL, another on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States and another is in Helsingborg Sweden. The sculpture is a depiction of a bird, but it is commonly referred to as flat bird, flat fish or fish statue.
97. Afrikahuis
The Africa House is the former church building of the Roman Catholic parish of St. Willibrodus in the Amsterdam district of De Pijp. The municipal monument has not been used as a place of worship since 2008, but it is still owned by the diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam. Since 2008, it has been used by temporary tenants.
98. Buiksloterkerk
The Buiksloterkerk is the (former) village church of the dike village of Buiksloot in Amsterdam-Noord. The church building is not located along the Buiksloterdijk, but a little lower on the Buiksloterkerkpad. The church is located in the countryside and is surrounded by a cemetery. The building was included in the register of national monuments in 1970.
99. Micropia
Micropia is a museum in Amsterdam based on the idea of distributing information about microbes, which are often associated with illness and disease despite their essential function in the daily functioning of human life. The museum opened on 30 September 2014. It claims to be the first of its kind.
100. Frederik Hendrikplantsoen
Frederik Hendrikplantsoen is a park in Amsterdam West, on the edge of the Jordaan in one of the greenest historic neighbourhoods of Amsterdam. The park is located in the Frederik Hendrikbuurt Neighbourhood and has recently undergone extensive investment and redevelopment in consultation with the local community. It is notable for its sculpture group 'De Stam' or 'The Tribe' by Atelier van Lieshout.
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