A great interactive exhibition featuring the wondrous artifacts of art, pop culture and the animal kingdom. If you tell your family and friends about what you’ve seen, learned and done at Ripley’s Amsterdam, they probably won’t believe you.
This building in the middle of the old centre, at Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40, doesn’t stand out. But a great secret is hidden behind its façade. If you climb the narrow stairs and pass its age-old rooms, you will discover a real church in the attic. …
The whole of the Netherlands in one breathtaking hour. ‘This is Holland’ shows all in a fun exhibition and great 5D Flight Experience about tulip fields, cities, water and land. Ready for take-off?
This attraction is for slightly older children (you must be at least four feet, or 120 centimetres, tall) and only those with iron nerves. At the A’DAM Lookout you swing over the edge of the top floor of the A’DAM Toren for a few minutes. …
If mice deserve a museum, so do cats. Het Kattenkabinet (The Cat Cabinet) is located in the Gouden Bocht (the Golden Bend), the most expensive part of Herengracht. You can see a tribute by the Spanish artist, Pablo Picasso, to his cat, a beautiful one by …
In this beautiful building you can see antique dollhouses, lavish 17th-century furniture and original painted walls. But the most impressive thing about the exhibition at Grachtenmuseum (Canal Museum) is the interactive show in which the development of Amsterdam can be followed in a lightshow on a …
The Netherlands is famous for its cheese, clogs and…….? Correct: windmills! Mills were used in the Netherlands to pump water away from the land, but also to grind things – such as grain to make bread. At de Zaanse Schans you can see some of the most beautiful of …
Well… here’s a building you did not expect in the centre of Amsterdam. This Buddhist temple is called The Lotus Flower in Chinese and was built for the large Asian community in the area. As you pass by, you catch the scent of incense. Inside, …
It isn’t the biggest or most important bridge, nor was it the most expensive to build. Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge), however, is the most famous one.
Most buildings have one door or gate. Some important ones have two. De Waag (the weighing house) on Nieuwmarkt (New Market) had no less than 10 at a certain point! The building was first constructed as a medieval city gate and was used as a meeting …
Nowadays you can buy a bag of flower bulbs at Flower Market near Mint Square for a few euros and grow the most beautiful tulips at home. But that has not always been the case. In the 17th century, a few years after the introduction …
This tower, which was once part of the Amsterdam’s city wall, is called the Schreierstoren, or Weeping Tower. The building got its name because it was the place where wives and families said goodbye to sailors on their departure to sea. Centuries ago, traveling to …
Unlike other types of fish, herring is not cooked or baked, and you can impossibly use a knife and fork; you have it raw and hold it by its tail. A lot of tourists think that’s just a crazy habit, the Dutch love their so-called …
When he was given the title of King of the Netherlands, after the conquest of the country in the nineteenth century, he immediately had a large balcony built on the palace on Dam Square. From there, he thought, he would be able to greet the …
However, a great secret is hidden behind the beautiful facade: if you follow the narrow stairs, past all the age-old rooms, you will discover a real church in the attic. Completely with beautiful statues, decorated columns, and a large organ. The church has a very …
