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The 22-storey A'DAM Tower used to be the Royal Dutch Shell oil company offices, but has had a makeover to become one of Amsterdam's biggest attractions. Take the trippy lift to the rooftop for awe-inspiring views in all directions, with a giant six-person swing that kicks out over the edge for those who have a head for heights (you're well secured and strapped in).
The tower is also home to the swish bar and restaurant Ma'dam, and the upmarket Moon revolving restaurant on the 19th floor. There is also the basement Shelter nightclub and a hip hotel, Sir Adam. The tower has wheelchair access.
Dar Anne Frank
20 WestermarktAmazing view of Amsterdam from the rooftop, free boat ride to the other side and make sure to have a “swing” while you are looking over Amsterdam. “Most likely this will be your best picture made in Amsterdam”.
A'DAM Lookout
5 OverhoekspleinAmazing view of Amsterdam from the rooftop, free boat ride to the other side and make sure to have a “swing” while you are looking over Amsterdam. “Most likely this will be your best picture made in Amsterdam”.
The Bulldog
86 KabelwegThere have long been links between Russia and the Netherlands – Tsar Peter the Great learned shipbuilding here in 1697 – hence this branch of St Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum. Blockbuster temporary exhibitions show works from the Hermitage's vast treasure trove, while the permanent Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age has formal group portraits of the 17th-century Dutch A-list; the Outsider Gallery also has temporary shows. I Amsterdam and Museum cards allow free entrance or a discount, depending on the exhibition.
Admission includes a free audioguide; come before 11am to avoid the lengthiest queues. There's a pleasant cafe/restaurant inside the museum, as well as Dignita Hoftein in the garden. Flash photography isn't permitted.
The building was formerly a retirement home (for 'elderly' women aged over 50!).
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Hermitage Amsterdam
51 AmstelThere have long been links between Russia and the Netherlands – Tsar Peter the Great learned shipbuilding here in 1697 – hence this branch of St Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum. Blockbuster temporary exhibitions show works from the Hermitage's vast treasure trove, while the permanent Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age has formal group portraits of the 17th-century Dutch A-list; the Outsider Gallery also has temporary shows. I Amsterdam and Museum cards allow free entrance or a discount, depending on the exhibition.
Admission includes a free audioguide; come before 11am to avoid the lengthiest queues. There's a pleasant cafe/restaurant inside the museum, as well as Dignita Hoftein in the garden. Flash photography isn't permitted.
The building was formerly a retirement home (for 'elderly' women aged over 50!).
It's a moving experience to visit this museum, which traces Van Gogh's life and development via the world's largest collection of his work, both familiar paintings and wonderful little-known pieces. It's fascinating to see his work change from tentative beginnings to giddily bright sunflowers, and on to his frenzy of creative brilliance towards the end of his life. There are also paintings by contemporaries Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Monet and Bernard.
While you can try your luck for tickets at the entrance, it's highly recommended to book online and choose a time slot to avoid missing out, as tickets can sell out a few days in advance. I Amsterdam cardholders must reserve online at the I Amsterdam website (www.iamsterdam.com). The museum gets packed and the best times to visit to try to avoid the crowds are before 11am and after 3pm.
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Mużew Van Gogh
6 MuseumpleinIt's a moving experience to visit this museum, which traces Van Gogh's life and development via the world's largest collection of his work, both familiar paintings and wonderful little-known pieces. It's fascinating to see his work change from tentative beginnings to giddily bright sunflowers, and on to his frenzy of creative brilliance towards the end of his life. There are also paintings by contemporaries Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Monet and Bernard.
While you can try your luck for tickets at the entrance, it's highly recommended to book online and choose a time slot to avoid missing out, as tickets can sell out a few days in advance. I Amsterdam cardholders must reserve online at the I Amsterdam website (www.iamsterdam.com). The museum gets packed and the best times to visit to try to avoid the crowds are before 11am and after 3pm.
De Wallen
On the site of the company’s former brewery, Heineken's self-guided 'Experience' provides an entertaining overview of the brewing process, with a multimedia exhibit where you ‘become’ a beer by getting shaken up, sprayed with water and subjected to heat. Prebooking tickets online saves adults €3 and, crucially, allows you to skip the ticket queues. Guided 2½-hour VIP tours end with a five-beer tasting and cheese pairing. Great-value Rock the City tickets include a 45-minute canal cruise to A'DAM Tower.
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L-esperjenza Heineken
78 StadhouderskadeOn the site of the company’s former brewery, Heineken's self-guided 'Experience' provides an entertaining overview of the brewing process, with a multimedia exhibit where you ‘become’ a beer by getting shaken up, sprayed with water and subjected to heat. Prebooking tickets online saves adults €3 and, crucially, allows you to skip the ticket queues. Guided 2½-hour VIP tours end with a five-beer tasting and cheese pairing. Great-value Rock the City tickets include a 45-minute canal cruise to A'DAM Tower.
Perched atop the entrance to the IJ Tunnel is this unmissable slanted-roof green-copper building, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and almost surrounded by water. Its rooftop square has great views and water- and wind-operated hands-on exhibits. Inside, everything is interactive, with four floors of investigative mayhem kids of all ages will enjoy. Experiment with lifting yourself up via a pulley, making bubbles, building structures, dividing light into colours, racing your shadow, watching a chain-reaction display and discovering the teenage mind.
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NEMO Science Center
2 OosterdokPerched atop the entrance to the IJ Tunnel is this unmissable slanted-roof green-copper building, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and almost surrounded by water. Its rooftop square has great views and water- and wind-operated hands-on exhibits. Inside, everything is interactive, with four floors of investigative mayhem kids of all ages will enjoy. Experiment with lifting yourself up via a pulley, making bubbles, building structures, dividing light into colours, racing your shadow, watching a chain-reaction display and discovering the teenage mind.
Dating from the early 14th century, this enclosed former convent is a peaceful haven, with tiny houses and postage-stamp gardens around a well-kept courtyard off Gedempte Begijnensloot. Within the hof (courtyard) is the charming 1671 Begijnhof Kapel, and the Engelse Kerk, built around 1392.
Also here is the Houten Huis, the Netherlands' oldest preserved wooden house, dating from around 1465. There’s another entrance to the Begijnhof near this structure: look for a wooden door on the Spui’s north side, east of the American Book Center.
The Beguines, a Catholic order of unmarried or widowed women who cared for the elderly, lived a religious life without taking monastic vows. The last Beguine died in 1971.
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Begijnhof
1 BegijnhofDating from the early 14th century, this enclosed former convent is a peaceful haven, with tiny houses and postage-stamp gardens around a well-kept courtyard off Gedempte Begijnensloot. Within the hof (courtyard) is the charming 1671 Begijnhof Kapel, and the Engelse Kerk, built around 1392.
Also here is the Houten Huis, the Netherlands' oldest preserved wooden house, dating from around 1465. There’s another entrance to the Begijnhof near this structure: look for a wooden door on the Spui’s north side, east of the American Book Center.
The Beguines, a Catholic order of unmarried or widowed women who cared for the elderly, lived a religious life without taking monastic vows. The last Beguine died in 1971.
Amsterdam's most famous museums cluster around this public square, which has that Amsterdam essential: a skateboard ramp, as well as a playground and ice-skating pond (in winter). Locals and tourists mill around, everyone picnics here when the weather warms up, and there are food and craft stalls on the third Sunday of the month. The space is also used for public concerts and special events.Museumplein was laid out to host the World Exhibition in 1883, but gained its lasting title only when the Rijksmuseum opened two years later.
One of many facelifts raised a triangle of turf at the southern end, dubbed the 'ass's ear' for its shape; it's now a popular spot for sun worshippers. There's a large supermarket concealed below.
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Museumplein
MuseumpleinAmsterdam's most famous museums cluster around this public square, which has that Amsterdam essential: a skateboard ramp, as well as a playground and ice-skating pond (in winter). Locals and tourists mill around, everyone picnics here when the weather warms up, and there are food and craft stalls on the third Sunday of the month. The space is also used for public concerts and special events.Museumplein was laid out to host the World Exhibition in 1883, but gained its lasting title only when the Rijksmuseum opened two years later.
One of many facelifts raised a triangle of turf at the southern end, dubbed the 'ass's ear' for its shape; it's now a popular spot for sun worshippers. There's a large supermarket concealed below.
Currently self-organised groups of artists are working on presentations for the space located in the Warmoesstraat, in the centre of Amsterdam. Each group embraces the principles of W139 and is actively working on W139's ambition to present worlds which one has never seen or experienced. W139 explores the unknown, valuing the freedom not to know.
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W139
139 WarmoesstraatCurrently self-organised groups of artists are working on presentations for the space located in the Warmoesstraat, in the centre of Amsterdam. Each group embraces the principles of W139 and is actively working on W139's ambition to present worlds which one has never seen or experienced. W139 explores the unknown, valuing the freedom not to know.
Uit eten
The supermarket in the street where my apartment is located. Very good prices to have a breakfast at home. I have made some pictures myself. Openings times 930AM-930PM daily.
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Dirk van den Broek
25 Marie HeinekenpleinThe supermarket in the street where my apartment is located. Very good prices to have a breakfast at home. I have made some pictures myself. Openings times 930AM-930PM daily.
Reachable via a couple of pedestrian/bike bridges from the NEMO Science Museum, this cool, laid-back waterside cafe is built from recycled materials and has a fantastic leafy beer garden. Join the arty crowd enjoying the sunshine at brightly coloured picnic tables under the trees. If the weather's no good, cosy into a vintage armchair by the fire inside.
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Hannekes Boom
4 DijksgrachtReachable via a couple of pedestrian/bike bridges from the NEMO Science Museum, this cool, laid-back waterside cafe is built from recycled materials and has a fantastic leafy beer garden. Join the arty crowd enjoying the sunshine at brightly coloured picnic tables under the trees. If the weather's no good, cosy into a vintage armchair by the fire inside.
Loetje Centraal
10 StationspleinWith wow-factor views whatever the weather, this bar offers a 360-degree panorama of Amsterdam from the 11th floor of the DoubleTree Amsterdam Centraal Station hotel – and it gets better when you head out to its vast SkyTerrace, with an outdoor bar. Toast the view with a huge range of cocktails, craft beers and spirits. DJs regularly hit the decks from 9pm.
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SkyLounge Amsterdam
4 OosterdoksstraatWith wow-factor views whatever the weather, this bar offers a 360-degree panorama of Amsterdam from the 11th floor of the DoubleTree Amsterdam Centraal Station hotel – and it gets better when you head out to its vast SkyTerrace, with an outdoor bar. Toast the view with a huge range of cocktails, craft beers and spirits. DJs regularly hit the decks from 9pm.
Open since the 1940s, Van Dobben has a cool diner feel, with white tiles and a siren-red ceiling. Traditional meaty Dutch fare is its forte: low-priced, finely sliced roast-beef sandwiches with mustard are an old-fashioned joy, or try the pekelvlees (akin to corned beef) or halfom (if you're keen on pekelvlees mixed with liver).
The meat kroketten (croquettes) are up there with the best in town and are almost compulsory after a late-night Rembrandtplein booze-up. White-coated staff who've worked here for decades specialise in snappy banter.
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Eetsalon Van Dobben
5-7-9 Korte ReguliersdwarsstraatOpen since the 1940s, Van Dobben has a cool diner feel, with white tiles and a siren-red ceiling. Traditional meaty Dutch fare is its forte: low-priced, finely sliced roast-beef sandwiches with mustard are an old-fashioned joy, or try the pekelvlees (akin to corned beef) or halfom (if you're keen on pekelvlees mixed with liver).
The meat kroketten (croquettes) are up there with the best in town and are almost compulsory after a late-night Rembrandtplein booze-up. White-coated staff who've worked here for decades specialise in snappy banter.
Burger Bar Warmoesstraat
21-H Warmoesstraathttps://www.burgerbar.nl/
Wok To Walk
96 LeidsestraatGrizzly American Restaurant
64-H WarmoesstraatIn the heart of Amsterdam, is located the restaurant La paella. Very friendly atmosphere that makes you feel at home. Totally Spanish has a menu and a very affordable price
La Paella
43 WarmoesstraatIn the heart of Amsterdam, is located the restaurant La paella. Very friendly atmosphere that makes you feel at home. Totally Spanish has a menu and a very affordable price
Clubbing
Supperclub
460 SingelOne of the best clubs in Amsterdam
It's been around a while, but super-luxe Jimmy Woo is still the go-to place for a crowd of beautiful young things. Its sultry look is by designer Thijs Murré, and the lower floor has a ceiling covered in tiny lights that pulsate to the music. Queues are extremely long, and the door policy strict – you have to look the part.
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Jimmy Woo
18 Korte LeidsedwarsstraatIt's been around a while, but super-luxe Jimmy Woo is still the go-to place for a crowd of beautiful young things. Its sultry look is by designer Thijs Murré, and the lower floor has a ceiling covered in tiny lights that pulsate to the music. Queues are extremely long, and the door policy strict – you have to look the part.
Big names like Pete Tong cut loose at Air, which has interiors – including a tiered dance floor – by Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. Despite the awesome setup and sound system, a night out at Air is not what it used to be due to high entry prices, unfriendly staff and a problematic card payment system.
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AIR Amsterdam
24 AmstelstraatBig names like Pete Tong cut loose at Air, which has interiors – including a tiered dance floor – by Dutch designer Marcel Wanders. Despite the awesome setup and sound system, a night out at Air is not what it used to be due to high entry prices, unfriendly staff and a problematic card payment system.
Running since the '90s, this huge club gets busy with a happy crowd of 20-somethings, here for the cream of local and international DJs, who rock several dance floors with a soundtrack of house, electro, techno and pop. Escape regularly hosts theme nights such as House Rules and Brainwash. There's a video-screen-filled studio and an adjoining cafe.
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Escape
11 RembrandtpleinRunning since the '90s, this huge club gets busy with a happy crowd of 20-somethings, here for the cream of local and international DJs, who rock several dance floors with a soundtrack of house, electro, techno and pop. Escape regularly hosts theme nights such as House Rules and Brainwash. There's a video-screen-filled studio and an adjoining cafe.
Shopping
De Bijenkorf
1 DamShopping
Some 260 stalls fill the Albert Cuypmarkt, Amsterdam's largest and busiest market. Vendors loudly tout their array of gadgets, homewares, flowers, fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices. Many sell clothes and other goods, too, and they're often cheaper than anywhere else. Snack vendors tempt passers-by with raw-herring sandwiches, frites (fries), poffertjes (tiny Dutch pancakes dusted with icing sugar) and caramel syrup-filled stroopwafels. If you have room after all that, the surrounding area teems with cosy cafés (pubs) and restaurants.
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Suq Albert Cuyp
Albert CuypstraatSome 260 stalls fill the Albert Cuypmarkt, Amsterdam's largest and busiest market. Vendors loudly tout their array of gadgets, homewares, flowers, fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices. Many sell clothes and other goods, too, and they're often cheaper than anywhere else. Snack vendors tempt passers-by with raw-herring sandwiches, frites (fries), poffertjes (tiny Dutch pancakes dusted with icing sugar) and caramel syrup-filled stroopwafels. If you have room after all that, the surrounding area teems with cosy cafés (pubs) and restaurants.
Park
A private park for the wealthy until 1953, Vondelpark now occupies a special place in Amsterdam's heart. It's a magical escape, but also supplies a busy social scene, encompassing cycle ways, pristine lawns, ponds with swans, quaint cafes, footbridges and winding footpaths. On a sunny day, an open-air party atmosphere ensues when tourists, lovers, cyclists, in-line skaters, pram-pushing parents, cartwheeling children, football-kicking teenagers, spliff-sharing friends and champagne-swilling picnickers all come out to play.
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Vondelpark
A private park for the wealthy until 1953, Vondelpark now occupies a special place in Amsterdam's heart. It's a magical escape, but also supplies a busy social scene, encompassing cycle ways, pristine lawns, ponds with swans, quaint cafes, footbridges and winding footpaths. On a sunny day, an open-air party atmosphere ensues when tourists, lovers, cyclists, in-line skaters, pram-pushing parents, cartwheeling children, football-kicking teenagers, spliff-sharing friends and champagne-swilling picnickers all come out to play.
Travel Around the city
MacBike Bike Rental has been renting out bicycles in Amsterdam for over 30 years. We have bicycles in all models and sizes. Solid city bikes, bikes with and without gears, bikes with child seats, parent-child tandems and cargo bikes, but also electric bikes and hybrid tour bikes.
Rent a bike to make the most of your visit to Amsterdam. On the bike you cycle easily, cheap, fast and sustainable from one hotspot to another. Or just out of the city, for example for a trip through the beautiful landscape around the city: the rural Waterland or the green Amstelland, along the Amstel River. All at your own pace and at your own departure time. With five bike rental locations in the center of Amsterdam, there’s always a MacBike nearby. Come and visit us and choose the bike that suits you, or make a reservation in advance.
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MacBike | Bike Rental Amsterdam | Central Station
34 De RuijterkadeMacBike Bike Rental has been renting out bicycles in Amsterdam for over 30 years. We have bicycles in all models and sizes. Solid city bikes, bikes with and without gears, bikes with child seats, parent-child tandems and cargo bikes, but also electric bikes and hybrid tour bikes.
Rent a bike to make the most of your visit to Amsterdam. On the bike you cycle easily, cheap, fast and sustainable from one hotspot to another. Or just out of the city, for example for a trip through the beautiful landscape around the city: the rural Waterland or the green Amstelland, along the Amstel River. All at your own pace and at your own departure time. With five bike rental locations in the center of Amsterdam, there’s always a MacBike nearby. Come and visit us and choose the bike that suits you, or make a reservation in advance.
Krusa tal-Baħar tal-Amsterdam
226 Oudezijds Voorburgwalhe self serving luggage lockers (Dutch: bagagekluizen) at the Central Station are in the East wing of the station (right side of the building looking from the city centre), in a separate area open daily 5am to 1am. Convenient but not cheap.
The self-operated lockers at central station are in two sizes. The smaller is 90x45x40 cm and the bigger is 90x60x40 cm.
The rate for a small locker is €7 for the first 24 hours. The bigger locker is more expensive, with first 24 hours at €10. And there is extra charge for leaving it there for longer. Maximum length of storage is 9 days.
You place your luggage in a selected locker, get a special ticket in a vending machine (accepting major credit cards) and close the locket. Memorize the number of your locket. Do not lose the ticket as it will cost you an extra fee of €10.
Bagagekluizen
1e Stationspleinhe self serving luggage lockers (Dutch: bagagekluizen) at the Central Station are in the East wing of the station (right side of the building looking from the city centre), in a separate area open daily 5am to 1am. Convenient but not cheap.
The self-operated lockers at central station are in two sizes. The smaller is 90x45x40 cm and the bigger is 90x60x40 cm.
The rate for a small locker is €7 for the first 24 hours. The bigger locker is more expensive, with first 24 hours at €10. And there is extra charge for leaving it there for longer. Maximum length of storage is 9 days.
You place your luggage in a selected locker, get a special ticket in a vending machine (accepting major credit cards) and close the locket. Memorize the number of your locket. Do not lose the ticket as it will cost you an extra fee of €10.
Bezienswaardigheden
The National Monument on Dam Square (Dutch: Nationaal Monument op de Dam) is a 1956 monument 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.
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Monument Nazzjonali
DamThe National Monument on Dam Square (Dutch: Nationaal Monument op de Dam) is a 1956 monument 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.
Flowers are not treats, but essentials in Amsterdam. Ever since 1860, this famous flower market has been located at the spot where nurserymen and women, having sailed up the Amstel from their smallholdings, would moor their barges to sell their wares directly to customers. No longer floating (it's now perched on piles), the market has plenty of high-kitsch miniature clogs, fridge magnets and wooden tulips; it's also a good place to buy (real) tulips in season and bulbs year-round.
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Bloemenmarkt
SingelFlowers are not treats, but essentials in Amsterdam. Ever since 1860, this famous flower market has been located at the spot where nurserymen and women, having sailed up the Amstel from their smallholdings, would moor their barges to sell their wares directly to customers. No longer floating (it's now perched on piles), the market has plenty of high-kitsch miniature clogs, fridge magnets and wooden tulips; it's also a good place to buy (real) tulips in season and bulbs year-round.
Condomerie
139 Warmoesstraat