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  • AMSTERDAM - OCTOBER 3: Van Gogh museum building outstanding with design architectured in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on October 3, 2015.; Shutterstock ID 415294189; Your name (First / Last): Daniel Fahey; GL account no.: 65050; Netsuite department name: Online Editorial; Full Product or Project name including edition: Van Gogh Museum POI

    Van Gogh Museum

    1.2 MILES

    This wonderful museum traces Van Gogh's life and artistic development via the world's largest collection of his work. More than 200 canvases are onā€¦

  • Picnic in Vondelpark in afternoon light.

    Vondelpark

    0.98 MILES

    Attracting over 12 million visitors per year, Amsterdamā€™s favorite playground is the green expanse of Vondelpark, with its 116 acres (47 hectares) ofā€¦

  • February 13, 2018: Queue of people waiting to enter the Anne Frank museum house, with a passing tour boat on the canal.

    Anne Frank Huis

    0.6 MILES

    Visiting the Anne Frank Huis is one of Amsterdam's most profound experiences. Tragically, of the 107,000 Jewish adults and children deported from theā€¦

  • Rijksmuseum with tulips in Amsterdam..NOTE: dated image - "iamamsterdam" sign has been removed from outside museum.

    Rijksmuseum

    1.01 MILES

    The Netherlandsā€™ top treasure house, the Rijksmuseum (pronounced ā€˜rikesā€™), is among the world's finest art museums. With over 1.5km of galleries, it packsā€¦

  • May 18, 2018: Exterior of the Rembrandt House Museum in the old Jewish quarter of Amsterdam.

    Museum het Rembrandthuis

    0.25 MILES

    Housed in Rembrandt's former home on lively Jodenbreestraat, this evocative museum provides an unparalleled insight into one of the Netherlandsā€™ greatestā€¦

  • Details from traditional fisherman village open-air museum (Zuiderzeemuseum), Netherland.; Shutterstock ID 1233901861; Your name (First / Last): Evan Godt; GL account no.: 65050; Netsuite department name: Online Editorial; Full Product or Project name including edition: Netherlands destination page

    Zuiderzeemuseum

    28.44 MILES

    This captivating museum consists of two sections, 300m apart: open-air Buitenmuseum, with more than 130 rebuilt and relocated dwellings and workshops, andā€¦

  • The famous stained glass windows of Sint Janskerk ( saint John Church )of Gouda abound in political symbolism, reproducing figures and events of the time, and use biblical events to refer to the conflict between Spanish Catholics and Dutch Protestants that led to the Dutch Uprising of 1572.

    Sint Janskerk

    26.21 MILES

    Impressive for both its size and its magnificent stained-glass windows, Sint Janskerk had chequered beginnings: previous incarnations of the buildingā€¦

  • Hermitage Amsterdam

    H'Art Museum

    0.52 MILES

    Formerly a branch of St Petersburgā€™s State Hermitage Museum, H'Art Museum cut ties with Russia and now operates as an independent museum.

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1. Cannabis College

0.01 MILES

This nonprofit centre offers visitors tips and tricks for having a positive smoking experience and provides the low-down on local cannabis laws. There areā€¦

2. Hash, Marijuana & Hemp Museum

0.04 MILES

Simple exhibits here cover dope botany and the relationship between cannabis and religion. Highlights include an impressive pipe collection, anā€¦

3. Oude Hoogstraat 22

0.07 MILES

Property in Amsterdam used to be taxed on frontage. So the narrower your facade, the less you paid. The slender house at Oude Hoogstraat 22 must haveā€¦

4. Kleine Trippenhuis

0.07 MILES

The creamy confection of the Kleine Trippenhuis, just 2.44m wide, looks as if the builders made the most of the infill between two normal-sized canalā€¦

5. Oost-Indisch Huis

0.1 MILES

The mighty Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie; VOC), founded in 1602, was one of the earliest multinational companies, tradingā€¦

6. Trippenhuis

0.11 MILES

Built from the lucrative profits of arms dealing, this elaborate grey stone mansion was designed by young Dutch architect Justus Vingboons in 1660 for theā€¦

7. Trompettersteeg

0.11 MILES

An intriguing place to view the Red Light action is Trompettersteeg, a teeny alley where the women in the windows charge some of the highest pricesā€¦

8. Red Light Secrets

0.12 MILES

Inside a former brothel in a 17th-century canal house, this museum fills a gap by showing curious visitors what a Red Light room looks like and answeringā€¦