Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Amsterdam, Netherlands

The Rietlandpark in Amsterdam East was given its name in 2005 and is named after the Stads Rietlanden. Until around 1880, this was an undeveloped, partly swampy and reed-covered area outside the dikes. At the end of the 19th century, trading areas and a railway marshalling yard were built here as the centre of the Eastern Docklands. Until the 1940s, there was also a locomotive depot of the Dutch Railways here. In the 1980s, the site fell out of use and was demolished around 1990.

Wikipedia: Rietlandpark (NL)

The Mien Ruysplantsoen or KNSM-plantsoen is a public park or city park on the KNSM island in the Eastern Docklands of Amsterdam.

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Crane 2868 or Figee crane is a former harbour crane on the KNSM island in Amsterdam East. The object is of the type of rocker crane and has been a municipal monument since November 29, 2011.

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IJ-toren may refer to:IJ-toren (Veemkade), a residential tower built in 1998 in Amsterdam IJ Tower, an office tower built in 2002 in Amsterdam

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Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ is the main concert hall for contemporary classical music on the IJ in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The building opened in 2005 and is located above the IJtunnel, a ten-minute walk from Amsterdam Centraal station. The building was designed by Danish architects 3XN. The Bimhuis is part of and partly integrated in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ.

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Moon over Ameland is an artistic work of art, which is displayed on an architectural work of art in the centre of Amsterdam.

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NEMO Science Museum is a science centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located in the Oosterdokseiland neighbourhood in the Amsterdam-Centrum borough, situated between the Oosterdokseiland and the Kattenburg. The museum has its origins in 1923, and is housed in a building designed by Renzo Piano since 1997. It contains five floors of hands-on science exhibitions and is the largest science center in the Netherlands. It attracts around 670,000 visitors annually, which makes it the eighth most visited museum in the Netherlands.

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The Montelbaanstoren is a tower on bank of the Oudeschans – a canal in Amsterdam. The original tower was built in 1516 as part of the Walls of Amsterdam for the purpose of defending the city and the harbour. The top half, designed by Hendrick de Keyser, was extended to its current, decorative form in 1606. Since then the tower has been 48m tall.

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The Fo Guang Shan He Hua Temple of the Fo Guang Shan is a Buddhist temple on the Zeedijk numbers 108 to 116, Amsterdam Chinatown. The name is pronounced as 'gguh ggwaa', and means lotus flower in Chinese.

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The Oude Kerk is Amsterdam's oldest building and newest art institute. The building was founded about 1213 and consecrated in 1306 by the bishop of Utrecht with Saint Nicolas as its patron saint. After the Reformation in 1578, it became a Calvinist church, which it remains today. It stands in De Wallen, now Amsterdam's main red-light district. The square surrounding the church is the Oudekerksplein.

Wikipedia: Oude Kerk, Amsterdam (EN), Website

De Wallen is the largest and best known red-light district in Amsterdam. It consists of a network of alleys containing approximately 300 one-room cabins rented by prostitutes who offer their sexual services from behind a window or glass door, typically illuminated with red lights and blacklight. Window prostitution is the most visible and typical kind of red-light district sex work in Amsterdam.

Wikipedia: De Wallen (EN)

The Hash, Marihuana & Hemp Museum is a museum located in De Wallen, Amsterdam, Netherlands. According to the museum, more than two million visitors have visited the exhibition since it opened in 1985. Dedicated to cannabis and its many uses, the museum offers visitors information about the historical and modern uses of cannabis for medicinal, spiritual and cultural purposes. The museum also focuses on how hemp can be used for agricultural and industrial purposes, even including clothing accessories and cosmetic products made from hemp fiber. In 2012 the museum opened a second location in Barcelona, the Hash Marihuana Cáñamo & Hemp Museum.

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The Grachtengordel is a neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the Centrum district. The seventeenth-century canals of Amsterdam, located in the center of Amsterdam, were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in August 2010. The Amsterdam Canal District consists of the area around the city's four main canals: the Singel, the Herengracht, the Keizersgracht, and the Prinsengracht. From the Brouwersgracht, the canals are generally parallel with one another, leading gradually southeast into the Amstel river.

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The Rokin Fountain is a work of art in the shape of a fountain in the centre of Amsterdam. The work is part of the major redevelopment of the city centre under the name The Red Carpet.

Wikipedia: Rokinfontein (NL)

Madame Tussauds Amsterdam is a wax museum situated in Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. It is located in the centre of the city on Dam Square, near the Royal Palace of Amsterdam. Founded in 1970, it was the first Madame Tussauds that was opened in mainland Europe as well as being the first foreign branch of the British institution. The collection of Madame Tussauds Amsterdam consists of a collection of wax figures of famous celebrities in different categories such as the Golden Age of Dutch history, music, sport and film.

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The National Monument on Dam Square is a 1956 cenotaph in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A national Remembrance of the Dead ceremony is held at the monument every year on 4 May to commemorate the casualties of World War II and subsequent armed conflicts.

Wikipedia: National Monument (Amsterdam) (EN)

A plaque and thirty-two paving stones on Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam commemorate the victims of the Shooting on Dam Square on 7 May 1945.

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Amsterdam Ordnance Datum or Normaal Amsterdams Peil (NAP) is a vertical datum in use in large parts of Western Europe. Originally created for use in the Netherlands, its height was used by Prussia in 1879 for defining Normalnull, and in 1955 by other European countries. In the 1990s, it was used as the reference level for the United European leveling Network (UELN) which in turn led to the European Vertical Reference System (EVRS).

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The Nieuwe Kerk is a 15th-century church in Amsterdam located on Dam Square, next to the Royal Palace. Formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parish, it now belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam (EN), Website