Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #4 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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10.7 km
105 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 AmsterdamSight 1: De muur
The wall is an artistic work of art in Amsterdam-Noord.
Sight 2: Living by Numbers
The HIV/AIDS monument is an artistic work of art on De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam-Centrum that was unveiled on 1 December 2016.
Sight 3: Fo Guang Sha He Hua Temple
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.
Sight 4: Red Light District
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.
Sight 5: Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum
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.
Sight 6: 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 7: De Papegaai
De Papegaai is the lesser of the two parochial churches in the St Nicholas Roman Catholic parish in Amsterdam. The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. It is nicknamed "De Papegaai" because it was originally hidden in a garden behind a regular housefront that belonged to a bird-trader in the days when Catholicism could not be practised publicly. Today there is a narrow, Neo-Gothic facade flanked by statues of St Joseph and a perched parrot. The church is on the busy Kalverstraat just south of Dam Square, and invites people in for quiet, as well as celebrating Sunday Mass in Latin with Gregorian chant.
Wikipedia: Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Amsterdam (EN), Website
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: 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 12: DeLaMar
DeLaMar is a theatre near Leidseplein in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with two auditoriums containing 601 and 939 seats. It is currently in use for musicals, plays and cabaret.
Sight 13: De droom van een hond
A dog's dream is a mosaic in Amsterdam-West.
Sight 14: Europa
Europe is a sculpture by Hans Kuyper.
Sight 15: 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 16: 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 17: 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 18: De Ratelaar
The rattle is a bronze statue in Amsterdam Oud-West.
Sight 19: Running man with violin statue
The Blue Violin Player or De Blauwe Vioolspeler (1982) is a metal sculpture located near the Raampoortbrug bridge in Amsterdam Netherlands. It is also called Man Trying to Catch Tram 10 or Man with Violin Case. The identity of the artist is unknown.
Sight 20: The Catboat
De Poezenboot is an Amsterdam animal shelter for cats. It is located on a houseboat on the Singel. The Poezenboot takes in stray cats and rehomes them. A number of the cats roam freely on the boat, which is open to visitors. At peak times, the Poezenboot houses about 60 cats.
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