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Rijksmuseum Jan Luijkenstraat 1, Amsterdam, 1071 ZD |
Amateurs and connoisseurs of Dutch Fine Arts expected the New Rijksmuseum to open in 2009. The Dutch press announces that the opening will only be in the summer of 2010! Opening Rijksmuseum weer later AMSTERDAM - Het ver... more
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Koninklijk Paleis Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 147, Amsterdam, 1012 RJ |
The entire building was constructed of white stone, though the weathering of the centuries has left none of it visible. On 20 July 1655, the burgomasters and the magistrates opened the first section. The Royal Palace is ... more
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Hollandsche Schouwburg Plantage Middenlaan 24, Amsterdam, 1018 |
The Schouwburg was very cramped. The Jewish prisoners were packed together in the large performance hall, and on the stairs and on the balconies. This is why children up to the age of 13 were taken to a day care centre a... more
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Amstelkring Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40, Amsterdam, 1012 GE |
This is one of several clandestine “secret” churches established after the Calvanist coup or the so-called Alteration in 1578. The Calvanists were a fanatical Protestant movement who roamed from city to city under the ni... more
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Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum 148 Oudezijds Achterburgwal, Amsterdam, 1012 |
Well, it wouldn't really be Amsterdam, would it, without its fascination with intoxicating weeds. This museum will teach you everything you ever wanted to know, and much you didn't, about hash, marijuana, and related pro... more
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Bijbels Museum Amsterdam Herengracht 368, Amsterdam, 1016 |
Taking the Good Book as a starting point, you move on to explore biblical history and geography in objects, images, and installations. The setting -- twin patrician canal houses from 1662, designed by noted architect Phi... more
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Nieuwe Kerk Dam Square, Amsterdam, 1012 NL |
Begun in the 14th century, the Nieuwe Kerk is a soaring Late Gothic structure whose spire was never completed because the authorities -- preoccupied with the building of Het Koninklijk Paleis, the city palace next door -... more
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Molen van Sloten Akersluis 10, Amsterdam, 1066 EZ |
is a tower mill, with an octagon from 1847. It is the only mill in Amsterdam that is accessible to the public. The mill lies on the outskirts of Amsterdam, at the ring canal and sees to it that the water level in the low... more
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Museumplein Museumplein, Amsterdam, 1071 |
The renovated building, at the southwestern corner of Museumplein, will reopen in 2009 with a new, modern addition designed by Bentham Crouwel Architects. The jury awarding the commission to the firm commented that If th... more
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Agnietenkapel Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, Amsterdam, 1012 EZ |
One of Amsterdam's few surviving medieval convents, this Gothic chapel was built in the 1470s. However, it has been emphasizing the secular since 1632, when it became part of the original University of Amsterdam, and the... more
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