Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Experience Amsterdam in Netherlands in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.
Activities in AmsterdamIndividual Sights in AmsterdamSight 1: Levensboom
The Tree of Life is a work of art in the centre of Amsterdam.
Sight 2: Dutch East Indian Company
The Oost-Indisch Huis is an early 17th-century building in the centre of Amsterdam. It was the headquarters of the Amsterdam chamber of the Dutch East India Company. It is a listed Dutch national heritage site (rijksmonument).
Sight 3: Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam
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.
Sight 4: Spinhuis
The Spinhuis in Amsterdam was a penitentiary for women, on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal. It was founded in 1597 in part of the former Saint Ursula convent. Spinning houses also existed in other cities.
Sight 5: Tobacco Theater
The Tobacco Theater is a national monument, located on the "theaterstraat" Nes in Amsterdam.
Sight 6: Equestrian statue of Queen Wilhelmina
The equestrian statue of Queen Wilhelmina in Amsterdam is located on Rokin street, at the corner with Langebrugsteeg alley. The statue of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was sculpted in bronze by Theresia R. van der Pant.
Sight 7: Mirakelkolom
The Miracle Column is a column on the Rokin in Amsterdam in memory of the Holy City, a church building that was located on the Rokin at the time. The word 'miracle' refers to the Miracle of Amsterdam, which is said to have taken place in 1345.
Sight 8: Heilig Hartbeeld
The Sacred Heart statue is a statue in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Sight 9: English Reformed Church
The English Reformed Church is one of the oldest buildings in Amsterdam, situated in the centre of the city. It is home to an English-speaking congregation which is affiliated to the Church of Scotland and to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.
Sight 10: Houten Huis
The Houten Huys is a building on the Begijnhof in Amsterdam dating from 1528 or shortly thereafter. It is one of the oldest houses in Amsterdam and, next to a building at the beginning of the Zeedijk, one of the two remaining houses with a wooden façade of Amsterdam.
Sight 11: Rasphuispoort
The Rasphuis was a "tuchthuis" or prison in Amsterdam that was established in 1596 in the former Convent of the Poor Clares on the Heiligeweg. In 1815 it was closed, and in 1892 the building was demolished to make way for a swimming pool. On the site today is the Kalvertoren shopping centre.
Sight 12: Torture Museum
The Torture Museum, Amsterdam is located in Amsterdam, near the Bloemenmarkt overlooking the Singel. It exhibits historical instruments of torture.
Sight 13: Singelkerk
The Singelkerk is a church of the Mennonite congregation (VDGA) in Amsterdam, located between the Singel and the Herengracht. It is a so-called hidden church, a church that is not recognizable as a church from the outside.
Sight 14: Sint-Franciscus Xaveriuskerk
De Krijtberg Kerk is a Roman Catholic church in Amsterdam, located at the Singel. The church was designed by Alfred Tepe and was opened in 1883. The exuberant interior was made by Friedrich Wilhelm Mengelberg.
Sight 15: Cromhouthuis
The Cromhouthuis is a patrician house and one of the Cromhouthuizen on Herengracht in Amsterdam. Until 2020, the house housed the Biblical Museum and an annex of the Amsterdam Museum. The building was taken over by Stadsherstel that year.
Sight 16: Huis Marseille
Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography is the oldest photography museum in Amsterdam, opened in 1999. Huis Marseille was the first photography museum in the Netherlands when it opened in 1999; the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam, the Fotomuseum Den Haag in The Hague, and FOAM in a nearby building have opened since. The museum is housed in a residence built around 1665 for a French merchant, and contains 13 exhibition spaces and a restored room in Louis XIV style; the building was restored and the museum extended into the adjacent building in 2007–2013.
Wikipedia: Huis Marseille, Museum for Photography (EN), Website
Sight 17: Nine Streets
De Negen Straatjes is a neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the Grachtengordel, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Sight 18: Felix Meritis
Felix Meritis is the name of an intellectual society in Amsterdam, but subsequently used for the building they built for themselves on the Keizersgracht.
Sight 19: regular customer
A regular customer is a bronze sculpture by the Groningen artist Albert Zweep.
Sight 20: Standing Stone
Standing stone is an artistic work of art in Amsterdam-West. It consists of a boulder on a pedestal, lying in front of Overtoom 16.
Sight 21: Roosje
Roosje is a mural by Dutch artist Rombout Oomen, named after the erotic poem of the same name by Jacob van Lennep.
Sight 22: De Ratelaar
The rattle is a bronze statue in Amsterdam Oud-West.
Sight 23: P.W. Janssen
The Peter Wilhelm Janssen Monument is a memorial on the Bellamyplein in Amsterdam-West.
Sight 24: De Hallen
De Hallen is a cultural centre in the Kinkerbuurt in Amsterdam-West, with a library, theatre, cinema, restaurants, TV studios and crafts centre. The centre is located in the former Tollensstraat depot of the Amsterdam Municipal Tram, built in 1902-'05 and was used by the Amsterdam Municipal Transport Company until 1996, after which the buildings were still in use by various tenants, including the Amsterdam Public Transport Museum until 2005. The complex is located between Kinkerstraat, Bilderdijkkade, Bellamyplein and Ten Katestraat.
Sight 25: Boegbeeld
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
Sight 26: De droom van een hond
A dog's dream is a mosaic in Amsterdam-West.
Sight 27: Het Sieraad
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.
Sight 28: Europa
Europe is a sculpture by Hans Kuyper.
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