De Taart van m’n Tante

This is where locals and tourists alike go for a slice of ‘’Auntie’s cake’’. You can also order entire cakes and have them customized for your next birthday or wedding. Meanwhile, they also open a second location at Ferdinand Bolstraat 10: the confectionery ‘’De (more…)

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Café Chris

At the oldest Café Bruin (these brown cafes are basically pubs), they’ve been serving drinks since 1624, and they’ve been playing pool for ages too. Bloemstraat 42, Amsterdam

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Bird

Chinatown in Amsterdam offers a multitude of good restaurants, for example this Thai restaurant. If you want you find out if it’s worth standing in line, just look directly opposite in the window of ‘’The Bird – Snack’’. Zeedijk 72 – 74, Amsterdam

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Museum Het Schip

Museum Het Schip shows the story of the rise of public housing in1901 and the rise of the Amsterdam School building style. Beautiful workers’ palaces such as Het Schip and De Dageraad were built in this style. This beautiful building is world famous.    

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Cinema

The Virtual Reality Cinema Amsterdam has fifty lounge chairs that can rotate 360° combined with a VR headset: get ready to dive into the world of Virtual Reality Cinema. Now you’re in the middle of the action, surrounded by characters from the story. This world seems so (more…)

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Madame Tussauds

Step into the stunning interactive world of Madame Tussauds, right in Amsterdam’s city centre. Meet spectacular historical persons, film stars, super heroes, major performing artists, and famous artists.

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The Jewish Historical Museum

The Joods Historisch Museum is incredibly interesting and well-designed. The Portuguese Synagogue is worth the visit all by itself as it is a beautiful structure that remains entirely intact and is lit by candlelight.  As many Dutch Jews died in the Holocaust, this (more…)

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NEMO Science Center

The roof of this technology-museum is a popular meeting and viewing point. On four levels below, the exhibition displays objects and interactive experiments from all fields of science. In best conserved shipwreck of the Dutch East Indian Company: the merchant-ship  (more…)

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Het Scheepsvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum)

This representative museum was originally conceived in 1656 as a storehouse for Amsterdam’s naval fleet. Its impressive courtyard, the Open Pleyn, is canopied by a multitude of glass fragments. Come and experience one of the world’s largest maritime collections that includes globes, paintings and ship models. An underlying theme is Holland’s Read more

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Museum van Loon

The Amsterdam canal house that has a secret courtyard is incredibly dreamt. It has period paintings and furniture. Most canal houses aren’t open to the public, so enjoy this museum.

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