Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #11 in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 6.1 km
Ascend 51 m
Descend 55 m

Explore Amsterdam in Netherlands with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in AmsterdamIndividual Sights in Amsterdam

Sight 1: Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam

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Canal Ring Area of AmsterdamSergey Galyonkin from Berlin, Germany / CC BY-SA 2.0

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.

Wikipedia: Grachtengordel (EN), Website

1010 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Felix Meritis

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Felix Meritis Original uploader was Eriksw at nl.wikipedia / Attribution

Felix Meritis is the name of an intellectual society in Amsterdam, but subsequently used for the building they built for themselves on the Keizersgracht.

Wikipedia: Felix Meritis (EN)

917 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 3: Ryckerbrug

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The Rijckerbrug or Ryckerbrug is a fixed slab bridge between Amsterdam-Centrum and Amsterdam-West and runs over the Singelgracht. The bridge connects the Rozengracht with the De Clercqstraat. The bridge spans the Singelgracht and has its western abutment in the Nassaukade.

Wikipedia: Rijckerbrug (NL)

751 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Boegbeeld

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The figurehead may refer to:Het boegbeeld (Amsterdam), a work of art in Amsterdam-West by Leonie Mijnlieff Het boegbeeld (novel), a 2002 novel by Dutch writer Mala Kishoendajal

Wikipedia: Het boegbeeld (NL)

377 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: De Krommert

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De Krommert

De Krommert is a neighborhood in the Amsterdam district of West, named after De Watergang de Krommert.

Wikipedia: De Krommert (NL)

775 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 6: El Tawheed

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The El Tawheed Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Wikipedia: El Tawheed Mosque (EN), Website

740 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 7: Westermoskee

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WestermoskeeFaceMePLS from The Hague, The Netherlands / CC BY 2.0

Westermoskee is a mosque located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is situated on the bank of the canalized river Schinkel in the Chassébuurt in De Baarsjes in the borough of Amsterdam-West. With a floor surface of 800 m2 and a capacity of 1700 people, it is the largest mosque in the Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Westermoskee (EN), Website

303 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Het Sieraad

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Het Sieraad is a multifunctional school building on the Postjesweg in Amsterdam. It is owned by the Ymere housing corporation. It is largely surrounded by the waters of the Admiralengracht, the Postjeswetering and the Kostverlorenvaart and is built on a pentagonal plot. Since 20 January 2003, the building has been a national monument.

Wikipedia: Het Sieraad (NL)

202 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Europa

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Europe is a sculpture by Hans Kuyper.

Wikipedia: Europa (beeld) (NL)

1021 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 10: Jeruzalemkerk

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The Jerusalemkerk is a Protestant church building on Jan Maijenstraat in the Amsterdam district of Amsterdam, in the De Baarsjes district, near the Mercatorplein.

Wikipedia: Jeruzalemkerk (Amsterdam) (NL), Website

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