Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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9.7 km
87 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: Badhuistheater
The Badhuistheater is a theater venue located in a former bath house on the east-side of Amsterdam.
Sight 2: Oosterparkkerk
The Oosterparkkerk is located on the west side of the Oosterpark in Amsterdam, in the Oosterpark neighborhood.
Sight 3: Albert
Police dog Albert is a figurine from 1924 that is placed in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam. The statuette consists of a granite tombstone on a stone pedestal.
Sight 4: Oosterpark
The Oosterpark is the first large park laid out by the municipality of Amsterdam. Located near the Singelgracht of the Mauritskade to the north, it is the principal component of the Oosterpark neighbourhood in the Oost borough. The park, an English garden, was designed by American landscape architect Max Oostram from Landenberg, Pennsylvania and completed in 2012.
Sight 5: De Bokkenrijder
The Buck Rider is a bronze sculpture by Gerrit Bolhuis. The statue is placed in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam East.
Sight 6: De Schreeuw
De Schreeuw is a sculpture in the Oosterpark in Amsterdam that commemorates the assassinated Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh. The monument was designed by Jeroen Henneman as a symbol of freedom of speech.
Sight 7: Monument voor de Tachtigers
The monument for the Eighties is a work of art in Amsterdam East.
Sight 8: Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
The Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, founded in 1864 as the Colonial Museum, is a Dutch ethnological museum located on the Linnaeusstraat in Amsterdam. It has a large collection of ethnographic artifacts from tropical and subtropical regions, especially from the former Dutch overseas territories. It was part of the Royal Tropical Institute until 2014, today the museum is part of the National Museum of World Cultures.
Sight 9: Baksteen sculptuur en vijver
On the Hildo Kropplein in Amsterdam East there is an untitled artistic artwork by the Danish artist Per Kirkeby.
Sight 10: Man en Schaap
Man and sheep is an image in Amsterdam East. It is located in a pond surrounded by the Flevoparkweg, the Zeeburgerdijk and the Zuiderzeeweg.
Sight 11: De Worstelaars
The Wrestlers is a work of art in Amsterdam East.
Sight 12: Angstig konijn
Anxious rabbit, popularly known as Angsthaas, is a work of art in Amsterdam East. The artist himself calls it Anxiety rabbit.
Sight 13: Flevopark
Flevopark is a park located in the Indische Buurt, in the eastern portion of the city of Amsterdam, in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.
Sight 14: Leeuwen van Zeeburg
Lions of Zeeburg is a sculpture group on both sides of the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal.
Sight 15: Herberg Zeeburg
Herberg Zeeburg is a former inn in Amsterdam East. The inn was built in 1675 on what was then still Diemen's territory near Fort Zeeburg. Ships could moor at the inn at the so-called "Mussel Jetty". There was a lively trade in cattle, which were disembarked and sometimes fattened, and in fish. The inn had stables, barns, a haystack and later a berth for the harbour steamship service. The inn was given its current appearance in 1766. In the second half of the 19th century, six bathhouses were installed, but they were not successful. In addition, horse racing competitions also took place. In 1887 the cattle trade disappeared to the then new Veemarkt. In 1896, the inn was annexed from the territory of Diemen, for the construction of the Indische buurt, to Amsterdam territory. The building remained in use as an inn until 1915.
Sight 16: De Wokkel
The wokkel is an artistic work of art on an architectural work of art, which is located on the territory of the municipality of Amsterdam, but is not part of the same municipality. The statue is located on the national highway 10, the territory of which is managed by the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management.
Sight 17: Het Palenhuis
The Palenhuis, or Ode to the pile, is an artistic work of art in Amsterdam East. It was unveiled in September 2021 in the northwest plane of the Zuiderzeeweg and IJburglaan intersection, north of the entrance/exit of the Piet Hein tunnel.
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