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Red-Light District |
De Wallen or De Walletjes is the largest, and best-known, Red-Light District in Amsterdam and a major tourist attraction.
It is located in the heart of the oldest part of the city (Amsterdam-Centrum), covering several blocks south of the church Oude Kerk and crossed by several canals.
De Wallen co... |
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Rijksmuseum |
The Rijksmuseum (English: State Museum) is a Dutch national museum in Amsterdam, located on the Museumplein.
The museum is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history. It has a large collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age and a substantial collection of Asian art. It also displays the stern o... |
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Kalverstraat |
The Kalverstraat is a busy shopping street of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands.
It is named after the kalvermarkt (calves market) that was held here until the 17th century. The Kalverstraat is the most expensive shopping street in the Netherlands, with rents of 2200 euros per square meter ... |
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Amsterdam Museum |
The Amsterdam Museum, until 2011 called the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, is a museum about the history of Amsterdam.
Since 1975, it is located in the old city orphanage between Kalverstraat and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal. The museum opened in 1926 in the Waag, a 15th-century building on Nieuwmarkt sq... |
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Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam |
Hortus Botanicus is a botanical garden in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
One of the oldest botanical gardens in the world, it is one of Amsterdam's major tourist attractions.
Hortus Botanicus was founded in 1638 by the city to serve as an herb garden for doctors and apothecaries. It contains more th... |
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Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder |
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder (English: Our Lord in the Attic) is a 17th century canal house, house church, and museum in the city center of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The Catholic Church was built on the top three floors of the canal house during the 1660s. It is an important example of a schuilkerk, or ... |
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Royal Palace of Amsterdam |
The Royal Palace of Amsterdam (originally in Dutch: Koninklijk Paleis Amsterdam or Paleis op de Dam) is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which is at the disposal of Queen Beatrix by Act of Parliament.
The palace was built as city hall during the Dutch Golden Age in the seventeenth century. T... |
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Hash Museum in Amsterdam |
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Centrale Bibliotheek in Amsterdam |
The Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (Public Library Amsterdam) is a collective name for all public libraries in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The first library opened in 1919 at the Keizersgracht. As of 2007, there are 28 public libraries and 43 lending points, such as in hospitals. In 2005, OBA had 1.7 mi... |
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Schreierstoren |
The Schreierstoren is a medieval tower, originally part of the medieval city wall of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
It was built in the 15th century. It was the location from which Henry Hudson set sail on his journey to Northern America. This expedition would lead to the discovery of the island of M... |
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