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. …
This beautiful building on Dam Square is one of the biggest churches in Amsterdam. It’s now used as an exhibition area (check online for what’s being exhibited), for royal weddings and the coronation of new kings and queens.
This beautiful green place is almost four hundred years old and was built as a nursery garden for herbs for pharmacists and doctors in the city.
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 …
Beautiful model ships, original cannons, swords, pistols and other weaponry, as well as impressive paintings of naval battles…. Swashbuckling times from the 17th century come to life in Amsterdam’s Scheepvaartmuseum (maritime museum), which has the second largest collection of maritime objects in the world. The …
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, …
This is the largest church with the highest tower in Amsterdam. Visit the church in the morning when the sunlight shines through the large windows. Enjoy the spectucular view from Westertoren in the digital tour.
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 just drink from the tap in Amsterdam. And if you are out with your parents, you can buy a bottle almost everywhere for a euro or just a little more. It is therefore difficult to imagine that less than two hundred years …
But nothing could be further from the truth, the Amsterdam city coat of arms with its recognizable red and black stripes on which three white crosses are placed one above the other, was conceived hundreds of years ago. In fact, it is so old that …
One even more beautiful and imaginative than the other. The so-called facing bricks however were not placed because they look good, but mainly served as a landmark. Before postal codes and house numbers were invented, postmen in the city had great difficulty finding the right …
The ones responsible for all the hubbub in the largest park in Amsterdam are so-called ring-necked parakeets. Almost 4,000 of such birds live in the trees and shrubs. And because they have a good time in the capital (though it is a bit too cold …
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 …
Almost 150 years ago, life in the big city was not very good. Most of the houses were small and in very bad shape, the water was polluted, and poor people did not have enough food to eat. Sarphati who worked as a general practitioner …
