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.
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.
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…)
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…)
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…
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.
If you’re in no mood for visiting Russia at the moment, here’s an alternative. At the biggest branch of St. Petersburg’s famous Hermitage, you can get to know a swath of Russian history, art and culture. There are also temporary exhibitions changing on (more…)
Whether or not you know Anne’s story, there is something very powerful about being in the same space as her family lived in. Be sure to reserve in time (up to 2 months ahead) as they’ve increased the number of tickets that are reservation only and the line can take Read more…
Everything on the 400-year history from the most beautiful to hardest of all hems. Besides documentaries about formation, mining, processing and trade, they also have films on the most spectacular diamond heist of all time. The main attractions are of course the (more…)
