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Amsterdam, the official capital of the Netherlands, lies on the banks of two bodies of water, the IJ Bay and the Amstel river. Founded in the late 12th century as a small fishing village, it is now the largest city in the country and is a financial and cultural centre.
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ALBERT CUYP MARKETThe Albert Cuyp Market is a street market in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on the Albert Cuypstraat between Ferdinand Bolstraat and Van Woustraat, in the De Pijp area of the "Oud-Zuid" district of the city. The street and market are named for Albert Cuyp, a 17th century painter ... |
ANNE FRANK HOUSEThe Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank, who hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the building. It opened on 3 May 1960 with the aid of public subscription ... |
BLOEMENMARKTThe Bloemenmarkt is the world's only floating flower market.[1] Founded in 1862, it is sited in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on Singel between Muntplein and Koningsplein in the city's southern canal belt. It includes 15 florists and garden shops as well as a range of souvenir gifts ... |
CENTRAAL STATIONAmsterdam Centraal is the central station of Amsterdam. It is one of the main railway hubs of the Netherlands and is used by 166,000 passengers a day. It is also the starting point of Amsterdam Metro lines 51, 53, and 54. The station building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and A. L. van Gendt, and opened in 1889 ... |
DAM SQUAREDam Square, or simply the Dam is a town square in Amsterdam. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the most well-known and important locations in the city. Dam Square lies in the historical center of Amsterdam, approximately 750 meters south of the main transportation hub, Centraal Station ... |
DE WALLEN (Red Light District)De Wallen is the largest and best-known red-light district in Amsterdam and a major tourist attraction. It is located in the heart of the oldest part of Amsterdam, covering several blocks south of the church Oude Kerk and crossed by several canals. De Wallen is a network of alleys containing tiny one-room cabins ... |
NEMO MUSEUM & SCIENCE CENTERNEMO is the largest science center in the Netherlands. It is located in Amsterdam. The architecture is by Renzo Piano. NEMO is located right next to the Amsterdam central station and the Maritime museum. The main concepts on the first floor are DNA and Chain Reactions which include a room with giant dominoes ... |
NIEUWE KERKThe Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) is a 15th-century church in Amsterdam. The church is used for royal inaugurations, most recently the inauguration of Queen Beatrix in 1980, and royal weddings, most recently the wedding of Willem-Alexander, Prince of Orange, to princess Máxima in 2002 ... |
OUDE KERKThe Oude Kerk (old church) is Amsterdam's oldest parish church, consecrated in 1306 by the bishop of Utrecht. It stands in De Wallen, now Amsterdam's main red-light district. The square surrounding the church is Oudekerksplein. The church covers an area of some 3,300 square meters ... |
REMBRANDT HOUSE MUSEUMThe Rembrandt House Museum is a house in Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where Rembrandt lived and painted for a number of years. It is now a museum. Rembrandt purchased the house in 1639 and lived there until he went bankrupt in 1656, when all his belongings went on auction ... |
REMBRANDT TOWERThe Rembrandt Tower is an office skyscraper in Amsterdam. It has a height of 135 meters, 35 floors and it has a spire which extends its height to 149.85 meters. It was constructed from 1991 to 1994. The building's foundation required piles 56 meters long and two meters in diameter ... |
RIJKSMUSEUMThe Rijksmuseum Amsterdam or Rijksmuseum (English: State Museum) is a Dutch national museum in Amsterdam, located on the Museumplein. The museum is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history. It has a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and a substantial collection of Asian art ... |
VAN GOGH MUSEUMThe Van Gogh Museum is a museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, featuring the works of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries. It has the largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world. The main exhibition chronicles the phases of Van Gogh's life, from his childhood to his death ... |
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