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Things to Do in Amsterdam

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Top Attractions in Amsterdam

1. Rijksmuseum

Art Museums

Museum Quarter (Museumkwartier)

Today the museum has over 1 million pieces in its collection and over 8,000 on display dating from the 1200s.

2. Anne Frank House

Speciality Museums • Historic Sites

Centrum

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The museum is housed in the oldest synagogue in Amsterdam.

3. Van Gogh Museum

Art Museums

Museum Quarter (Museumkwartier)

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The museum has a compact, avant-garde structure that houses more than 200 stunning works and manuscripts of van Gogh.

4. The Jordaan

Neighbourhoods

Centrum

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The Jordaan is an island of tranquility in the midst of Amsterdams bizarre center.

5. A'dam Lookout

Observation Decks & Towers

Noordelijke IJ-oevers

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This is the repurposed former Shell Research headquarters, now the most visible landmark in Amsterdam.

6. Body Worlds

Speciality Museums • Science Museums

Damrak

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Admission tickets from £17.87

The exhibit takes you on a journey of the Happiness Project, displaying all aspects of the human body.

7. Vondelpark

Parks

Museum Quarter (Museumkwartier)

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Vondelpark is a verdant, green expanse of beautifully planted and maintained parkland and gardens that is a lively part…

8. Moco Museum

Art Museums

Museum Quarter (Museumkwartier)

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Admission tickets from £17.00

A new contemporary modern art museum sandwiched between the Van Gogh and the Rijksmuseum.

9. Museum Het Rembrandthuis (Rembrandt House)

Historic Sites • Art Museums

Centrum

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This is Rembrandt's original Amsterdam home refurnished in a realistic historical context.

10. ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo

Zoos

Centrum

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Artis Zoo is a 175 year old urban zoo, smack in the center of Amsterdam.

11. Centraal Station

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings

Centrum

The building of Amsterdam Centraal is situated on three man-made islands, themselves resting on 8,687 wooden piles…

12. Museum Ons'Lieve Heer Op Solder

Speciality Museums

Centrum

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Together, these two churches tell a story of the view of religion in Amsterdam, past and present.

13. Royal Palace Amsterdam

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Architectural Buildings

Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde

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It symbolizes the worldwide extent of 17th-century Dutch commerce and interests.

14. Heineken Experience

Breweries

De Pijp

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By Mehrdad-Moloudi

The visit will help you learn how four generations of the Heineken family have launched, expanded, commercialized, and…

15. GVB

Public Transportation Systems

Centrum

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GVB is the company that administers and runs Amsterdams’ transit system.

16. Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum

History Museums

Centrum

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The museum covers different elements linked with maritime - The creation of Amsterdam as a port & trading route…

17. NEMO Science Museum

Science Museums • Children's Museums

Centrum

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The Museum consists of the early years in which science evolve and brief description of the people behind the invention.

18. OBA Library of Amsterdam

Libraries

Centrum

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Imagine a handmade doll house inhabited by mice, with over a hundred different spaces – and its own storybook.

19. Micropia

Speciality Museums

Centrum

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The only exhibition on earth dedicated to microbes, bacteria, viruses.

20. Dam Square

Points of Interest & Landmarks

Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde

It holds our National War Monument, commemorating all civilians and soldiers who died during wars since WWII.

21. Hermitage Amsterdam

Art Museums

Weesperbuurt

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The exhibit contained hundreds of masterpieces by artists who pioneered Modernism, including Matisse, Van Dongen, De…

22. Begijnhof

Historic Sites • Historic Walking Areas

Centrum

This area of a few city blocks houses underrated museums, historic churches and the oldest home in Amsterdam.

23. Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam

History Museums

Centrum

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The exhibits artistically display the chronological sequence of the Nazi movement.

24. Johan Cruyff Arena

Arenas & Stadiums

Amsterdam South-East

Admission tickets from £13.94

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Amsterdam Arena is a modern football stadium combined with multi purposes thanks to the closeable roof.

25. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

Speciality Museums • Art Museums

Museum Quarter (Museumkwartier)

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The Base is their exhibit of hundreds of pieces from their permanent collection in a huge room separated into spaces by…

26. Amsterdam Canal Ring

Neighbourhoods • Bridges

Centrum

It is the work of 17th century city planning and today is a UNESCO World Heritage area that in many ways characterises…

27. De Hallen Amsterdam

Neighbourhoods

Amsterdam West

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It's the concept of an Asian food market implemented in Amsterdam.

28. Portuguese Synagogue

Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings

Centrum

Admission tickets from £14.82

Through the 350 year old synagogue the story of the Jewish community in Amsterdam is told in happy, then sad, tones.

29. Albert Cuyp Market

Flea & Street Markets

De Pijp

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An adventure through cultures, from food to the local pastries.

30. Ripley's Believe It or Not! Amsterdam

Speciality Museums

Red Light District (De Wallen)

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Admission tickets from £17.87

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Ripleys is situated in a small building at the dam in Amsterdam.

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