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3-day Amsterdam City Guide A preplanned step-by-step time line and city guide for Amsterdam. Follow it and get the best of the city. PromptGuides.com ©
3-day Amsterdam City Guide 2 3-day Amsterdam City Guide 3 Page 5 Page 5 Page 6 Page 6 Page 6 Page 7 Page 7 Delightful experience Very amusing, interactive museum Amsterdam's tourist hub World famous national museum World famous concert hall Green oasis in the center of the city Amsterdam's most upscale and exclusive shopping street PromptGuides.com © Tested and recommended hotels in Amsterdam > hotels in Amsterdam recommended Tested and Take a walk to Leidseplein - 20’ Take a walk to Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat - 5’ Take a walk to Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat Lunch time Take a walk to City Canal Cruise boarding - 20’ Take a walk to Heineken Experience Take Tram Line 2 or 5 to Hobbemastraat stop Take Tram Line 2 - 20’ Take a walk to Concergebouw - 10’ Take a walk to Vondelpark END OF DAY 1 Heineken Experience Leidseplein City Canal Cruise Vondelpark Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat Rijksmuseum Concertgebouw LEAVE HOTEL LEAVE 18:10-18:25 15:50-17:50 14:00-15:30 11:55-12:55 11:20-11:50 10:50-11:10 09:00-10:30 Overview of Day 1 Day of Overview PromptGuides.com © Overview of Day 1 of Overview
3-day Amsterdam City Guide 4 3-day Amsterdam City Guide 5 The hall was reconstructed and enlarged in The hall was reconstructed and enlarged 1980 after it was discovered to be in danger of collapse Audrey Hepburn held a season ticket to Concertgebouw while she lived in Amsterdam after World War II Admire the beautiful building Fantastic concerts are held here. Try to book your tickets for a concert while you are visiting Free lunchtime concerts on Wednesdays Admire the masterpieces on display (the masterpieces on display Admire the it easy to do a self-guided layout makes tour) impressive interior of the Pay attention to the building works: The Milkmaid, Do not miss the major Night Watch The Jewish Bride, and will be Up until 2013, the Rijksmuseum parts are still open to the renovated but most is still worth a visit in public (the museum works) spite of the ongoing for 5 € Audio guide is available a Two audio guide options are available: general overview and a more specific painting-centered one describing the works in detail MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos TIPS & INSIGHTS TIPS & INSIGHTS THINGS TO DO THERE 12.5 € Admission: (Concertgebouwplein 10, 1071 LN, Amsterdam) (Jan Luijkenstraat 1, Amsterdam) (Jan Luijkenstraat PromptGuides.com © Daily: 9am - 6pm • Daily: 9am the smaller recital hall; both of which host daily performances The Amsterdam Concert Hall (Concertgebouw) is one of the world's most prestigious and acoustically perfect concert halls It was built in 1888 in Neo-Dutch Renaissance style with a grand colonnaded Neo-Classical façade It is home to the world renowned Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra The creme de la creme of international musicians and conductors regularly perform here The building has two halls: a main hall and museum in 1808 the Its first home was in the Royal Palace on built Dam; its current monumental home was in 1885 in neo-Renaissance style The protestant king and public first much disliked the building and mocked it "Cathedral" as it bares many Catholic elements thanks to Cuypers, its Catholic architect Pick up a free plan or take an audio guide Rijksmuseum is a national museum Rijksmuseum and history dedicated to arts, crafts, some seven million The collection contains art pieces collection of paintings It has an extensive Age (17th c.) and a from the Dutch Golden of Asian art substantial collection Frans Hals and Jan Rembrandts, Vermeers, walls, including Night Steens hang on the Maid Watch and The Kitchen established the King Louis Napoleon THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS TO DO THERE Concertgebouw Opening hours: YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS Rijksmuseum 10:50-11:10 09:00-10:30 Attraction Details Attraction 13 € Admission: (Pieter Cornelisz Hoofstraat, Amsterdam) Walk along this elegant shopping street Do some shopping or relax in a café Next to the standard English and Dutch options many other languages are available Sit back and enjoy the sightseeing Admire the beautiful traditional merchant houses, the numerous bridges, the typical houseboats and experience the unique vibe of Amsterdam A unique landmark of the park is the Blue of the park A unique landmark built in New (Blauwe Theehuis) Teahouse a giant blue style that looks like Functionalist straw hat people in this Take a walk, watch any time of the year well-tended garden and relax or stop in Find an empty bench for a cup of tea one of the many cafés are held in the open-air Free performances theatre with kids on a summer Perfect place to go playgrounds, puppet day with paddling pool, shows and face painting MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos TIPS & INSIGHTS TIPS & INSIGHTS TIPS & INSIGHTS THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS TO DO THERE (Stadhouderskade 30, 1017 MA, Amsterdam) (Vondelpark 3, 1071 AA, Amsterdam) (Vondelpark PromptGuides.com © Apr - Sept, daily : 10am - 7pm, Oct - Mar, daily: 10am - 5pm • canal system crossed by 1281 bridges The unique Amsterdam canal houses, waterside cafés, pretty bridges and houseboats make exploring the canals fun and enjoyable both on foot and boat A canal cruise is an absolute must when visiting Amsterdam Boat tours offer a different perspective on the city and feature audio systems that help experience Amsterdam in a way that you could not do on your own have luxurious brands are present here such have luxurious brands are present here as Vuitton, Armani, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, or Gucci Amsterdam has a 75-km-long (47 miles) come here Concerts and plays are held in the open-air theater; the park is filled with joggers, or skaters, and performers such as jugglers or fire-eaters; many play football, badminton Frisbee Pieter Cornelisz Hoofstraat is Amsterdam's most elegant shopping street It is a relatively short street but all the must Vondelpark is the largest (44 ha, 109 ac) is the largest (44 Vondelpark popular park in Amsterdam and most somebody best place to go if This is the and relaxation wants peace, quietness 1864 by a few It was established in the park was named philanthropic citizens; Joost van den Vondel after the 17th c. poet, needed to The park features everything benches overlooking make it a lovely place: gardens, walking and small ponds, flower biking trails especially lively on The place becomes many summer Sundays when the dense city and Amsterdamers escape City Canal Cruise Opening hours: THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Pieter Cornelisz Hooftstraat THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Vondelpark YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS 11:55-12:55 11:20-11:50 14:00-15:30 Attraction Details Attraction
3-day Amsterdam City Guide 6 3-day Amsterdam City Guide 7 15 € Attraction Details Attraction Admission: This building was a forerunner of the later Amsterdam School of architecture Enjoy the fun atmosphere of the square Have a cup of coffee in a nearby café Come back in the evening. Nightspots De are Melkweg, Paradiso, and Holland Casino close at hand Visitors get a free Heineken beer at the end a free Heineken beer Visitors get glass as and receive a Heineken of the tour a souvenir former brewery Tour around this informative theater, the games and Do not miss the 4D the interactive videos enjoy the free beer in At the end of the tour the top of the museum the Heineken bar at a beer fan the museum Even if you are not is still an amusing experience MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info TIPS & INSIGHTS TIPS & INSIGHTS THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS TO DO THERE (Stadhouderskade 78, Amsterdam) (Stadhouderskade PromptGuides.com (Leidseplein, Amsterdam) © Daily: 11am - 7pm, Jan 1, Apr 30, Dec 25 and 26: Closed • 30, Dec 25 and 26: - 7pm, Jan 1, Apr Daily: 11am nightlife The square and its vicinity are full of bars, outdoor cafés, coffee shops, restaurants, theaters, and dance clubs The square's liveliness is best experienced such in the evening when street performers, as fire-eaters, dancers, singers, family bands, and acrobats start to appear and entertain the crowds Art Leidseplein's most famous landmark is Nouveau American Hotel (1902) by Willem Kromhout (on the corner of Leidseplein and Leidsekade) historic promotional drays loaded with Heineken beer barrels a In one amusing attraction, standing on moving floor and facing a large video to be screen, visitors can sense what it's like a beer bottle riding on a conveyor belt Leidseplein is a tacky, loud and fun square in the center of the city The area is the center of Amsterdam's The Heineken Experience is a historic Experience is a The Heineken sold Dutch the internationally brewery for pilsner, Heineken beer around 1897; The brewery was built in 1988 production ceased here story of Netherlands' The museum tells the most famous beer are still in place: the All brewing equipments tanks (each copper stills, the fermentation million glasses of beer), capable of holding a and more the multistory malt silos stable that gives home The tour includes the that pull Heineken's to robust Shire horses Leidseplein THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS Heineken Experience Heineken Opening hours: 15:50-17:50 18:10-18:25 PromptGuides.com © See all fun activites in Amsterdam. Click here > See all fun activites in Amsterdam. Click
3-day Amsterdam City Guide 8 3-day Amsterdam City Guide 9 Page 11 Page 11 Page 11 Page 12 Page 12 Nice riverside Free guided tour van The world's largest Gogh collection The only floating flower market in the world Magnificent canal house PromptGuides.com © Tested and recommended hotels in Amsterdam > hotels in Amsterdam recommended Tested and Take a walk to Museum Van Loon - 10’ Take a walk to Museum Van Loon - Take a walk to Amstel River - 15’ Take Tram Line 2 or 5 to Hobbemastraat stop Take Tram Line 2 Gogh Museum - 5’ Take a walk to Van Lunch time or 5 from Hobbemastraat stop to Take Tram line 2 Koningsplein stop END OF DAY 2 Museum Van Loon Amstel River Bloemenmarkt Coster Diamonds Van Gogh Museum LEAVE HOTEL LEAVE 17:10-17:40 15:55-16:55 15:00-15:45 10:05-13:05 09:00-10:00 Overview of Day 2 Day of Overview PromptGuides.com © Overview of Day 2 of Overview
3-day Amsterdam City Guide 10 3-day Amsterdam City Guide 11 to avoid buy your ticket online garden supplies Buy ready-to-travel packets of tulip bulbs It is the best place to buy souvenirs here First of all long queues Admire the masterpieces on display (the layout makes it easy to do a self-guided tour) Audio guide is available for 5 € On Fridays the museum is open until 10pm and live music makes the visit even more unforgettable Take a walk on this colorful street full of flowers Just take a stroll through the stunning array of flowers and bulbs in the market You can buy cut flowers, bulbs, seeds and Many diamonds come from South Africa come from South Many diamonds or a free guided tour Opt for a self-guided the process of cutting (30 min.) to discover and polishing diamonds diamond and jewelry Admire the impressive collection Van Gogh committed suicide in 1890 MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info TIPS & INSIGHTS TIPS & INSIGHTS TIPS & INSIGHTS THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS Free 14 € (Paulus Potterstraat 7, Amsterdam) Admission: Admission: (Paulus Potterstraat 2-6, 1071 CZ, Amsterdam) 2-6, 1071 (Paulus Potterstraat (Singel 1013, Amsterdam) PromptGuides.com © Mon - Sat: 9am - 5:30pm, Sunday: 11am - 5:30pm Mon - Tue, Sat, Sun: 10am - 6pm, Fri (with the exception of Friday Dec 24 and Mon - Tue, Sat, Sun: 10am - 6pm, Fri (with Daily: 9am - 5pm • Daily: 9am Hundreds of different flowers in multitude of colors can be found here The market is a good place to buy tulip bulbs sold in ready-to-travel packets Bloemenmarkt is a flower market in central Amsterdam that floats on water The stalls are set up on a row of barges along canal Singel As the barges are permanently fixed no rocking or movement is sensible any more Originally flower farmers sailed up the Amstel river from their nurseries to this spot and sold their flowers from their boats The place is a delight with its color explosion especially on a rainy day paintings The collection was amassed by this brother, Theo, who was also his art dealer Van Gogh had dramatic shifts in style and color as years passed by and he changed his places of stay; this is very well represented on the 2nd floor of The museum also showcases a number other impressionist painters such as Monet, Seurat, Pissarro, Gauguin, and Toulouse-Lautrec cutters and polishers work with the stones cutters and polishers Van Gogh Museum is housed in a 4-story building and is the largest collection of Vincent Van Gogh's work in the world Over 200 paintings, 580 drawings and 700 letters make up the collection 10 Van Gogh's painting career lasted only years while he created more than 900 Coster Diamonds, founded in 1840, is a founded in Coster Diamonds, that offers guided tours diamond workshop (mountain of light), The Koh-i-Noor diamond Jewels and once part of the British Crown in the world, was the largest known diamond re-polished here in 1852 the center of the Amsterdam became the 16th century when diamond business in Inquisition and move Jews fled the Spanish to the city how diamond graders, Visitors can observe Opening hours: THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Bloemenmarkt Van Gogh Museum Opening hours: 31): 10am - 10pm, Jan 1: Closed • THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Opening hours: YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS Coster Diamonds Coster 15:00-15:45 10:05-13:05 09:00-10:00 Attraction Details Attraction Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge) is an 18th is century wooden double drawbridge that very popular among Amsterdamers of The river banks are lined with ships, many which are houseboats, and offer an excellent place for a nice stroll Take a nice walk along the river Walk through Magere Brug The museum houses painstakingly restored houses painstakingly The museum with that are richly filled period rooms fireplaces, furnishings, stuccowork mirrors, chandeliers, rugs, and porcelain, medallions, more the house is its Another highlight of imposing marble staircase and watch the Go first to the basement of the family and what video that tells stories for the rooms were used discovering the house Continue your visit by beautiful formal garden Finish the tour in the MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos TIPS & INSIGHTS TIPS & INSIGHTS THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS TO DO THERE (Keizersgracht 672, 1017 ET, Amsterdam) 672, 1017 ET, (Keizersgracht PromptGuides.com 8 € © Mon, Wed - Sun: 11am - 5pm, Tuesday: Closed, Jan 1, Apr 30, Dec 25: Jan 1, Apr 30, Dec Tuesday: Closed, - Sun: 11am - 5pm, Mon, Wed Admission: Muntplein, in the center of the city A fishing village was established at the Amstel's mouth in the 12th century In 1222 a dam, Amsterdam, was built and the village turned from fishing to trade This is when the expansion of a city began that evolved into one of the most powerful trading empire by the 17th century VOC clearly outperformed all its competitors combined both in number of people employed and tons of traded goods The company made huge profits from its spice monopoly Amstel is the river running through Amsterdam The river used to flow into the IJ bay, at Amsterdam's waterfront, but now ends Museum Van Loon, a 17th-century canal Loon, a 17th-century Museum Van elegant home of the house, used to be the Van Loon family wealthy and prestigious between 1884-1945 one of the founders of Willem van Loon was trading company, the extremely successful Company or VOC in Dutch United East India Dutch founded in 1602 and The enterprise was first multinational became the world's the first company to corporation and also issue stock Amstel River THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Closed • YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS Museum Van Loon Museum Opening hours: 15:55-16:55 17:10-17:40 Attraction Details Attraction
3-day Amsterdam City Guide 12 3-day Amsterdam City Guide 13 PromptGuides.com © Page 16 Page 16 Page 17 Page 17 Page 18 Page 18 Page 19 Page 19 Impressive Dutch royal palace The city's oldest house Amsterdam's oldest monument Famous and unique district Very moving and emotional experience Atmospheric neighborhood Amsterdam's main square National church of the Netherlands Tested and recommended hotels in Amsterdam > hotels in Amsterdam recommended Tested and PromptGuides.com © Take a walk to Oude Kerk - 15’ - 5’ Take a walk to the Red Light District Take a walk to Nieuwe Kerk Lunch time Take a walk to Koninklijk Paleis Take a walk to Begijnhof - 15’ Take Tram Line 13, 14 or 17 to Westermarkt stop Take Tram Line 13, neighborhood - 5’ Take a walk to Jordaan Square - 20’ Take a walk to Dam Oude Kerk Red Light District END OF DAY 3 Nieuwe Kerk Koninklijk Paleis Begijnhof LEAVE HOTEL LEAVE Anne Frankhuis Jordaan neighborhood Dam Square 16:35-17:05 15:15-15:45 16:00-16:30 14:00-15:00 11:30-11:45 11:45-12:15 09:00-10:30 10:35-11:10 Overview of Day 3 Day of Overview
3-day Amsterdam City Guide 14 3-day Amsterdam City Guide 15 Overview of Day 3 of Overview PromptGuides.com © - especially buy your ticket online Read the diary before you go Take a long stroll in this lovely neighborhood up and down its beautiful tree-fringed canals Look at the buildings and the houseboats and then stop for a strong coffee at a neighborhood café Drop in your way the following streets: Bloemgracht, Egelantiersgracht, Tichel straat, Karthuizersplantsoen, Lindengracht First of all avoid long queues in summer time - to offices, secret Walk through the warehouse both levels of the entry bookcase, and Anne and Fritz Secret Annex including Pfeffer's room the rooms remain As Otto Frank intended, are unfurnished and artifacts/explanations sparse with an The tour ends downstairs explanation of the current mission of the Anne Frank Center with the requisite bookshop selling mementoes and videos If you do not have an online ticket, go early or late in the afternoon to avoid queues MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos MORE Info and Photos > TIPS & INSIGHTS TIPS & INSIGHTS THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS TO DO THERE 8.5 € Admission: (Prinsengracht 263-267, 1000 AS Amsterdam) 263-267, 1000 (Prinsengracht PromptGuides.com © Sept 15 - March 14, Sun - Fri: 9am - 7pm, Sept 15 - March 14, Sat: 9am - - March 14, Sat: 9am - 7pm, Sept 15 March 14, Sun - Fri: Sept 15 - The area is peppered with art galleries and all sorts of interesting shops Jordaan is one of Amsterdam's most interesting neighborhoods with an intimate and easy-going atmosphere Many successful artists, intellectuals, and slightly older yuppies live in the area Small-scale streets, tiny canals with numerous bridges, centuries-old almshouses (hofjes) and inviting canal side cafés lend charm and an unforgettable character to the districts The only survivor of the family was Otto, the The only survivor of father; Anna died from typhoid shortly before the her camp was liberated near the end of war Apart for a number of protective Plexiglas panels, the rooms were left unchanged; Anna's original diary is on display Miep Gies, one of the people hiding the Franks, found the diary on the day the family was arrested and handed it to Otto on his return from Auschwitz then Otto published the diary in 1947; since it has been printed in more then 60 languages The Anna Frank Museum is the house The Anna Frank Museum family took refugee where the Jewish Frank World War II in total silence during old Anna begun to This is where the 13-year diary in 1942 write her world famous 25 months of hiding In August 1944, after family was betrayed; from the Nazis, the house and deported Nazi forces raided the camps the Franks to concentration Jordaan neighborhood THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Opening hours: Sat: 9am - 10pm, July 15 - Sept 14, - Fri: 9am - 9pm, March 15 - Sept 14, Sun 9pm, March • daily: 9am - 10pm and August TO KNOW THINGS YOU NEED Anne Frankhuis Anne 10:35-11:10 09:00-10:30 Attraction Details Attraction
3-day Amsterdam City Guide 16 3-day Amsterdam City Guide 17 Attraction Details Attraction Its treasures include a Jacob van Campen by organ and an elaborately carved pulpit Albert Vinckenbrinck, or the carved gilded ceiling above the choir Walk around and admire the altar, the organ and the beautiful stained-glass windows The New Church holds the title of national holds the title The New Church Dutch the Netherlands where Church of are crowned monarchs for a great view of Walk around the square Kerk and the Koninklijk Paleis, Nieuwe National Monument going on here, There is always something theater, living statutes, whether it be street and lots of pigeons organ grinders, protests, MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info TIPS & INSIGHTS TIPS & INSIGHTS THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS 15 € Admission: PromptGuides.com (Gravenstraat 17, 1012 NL, Amsterdam) (Dam, Amsterdam) © Daily: 10am - 5pm • It was originally built in the 14th c., after the It was originally built in the 14th c., after congregation outgrew the Oude Kerk It burnt down many times, but some original parts survived such as the choir It was consecrated to Our Lady and St. Catherine, but has always been called Oude Nieuwe Kerk - to distinguish it from the Kerk In the 19th c. it received the title of National Church of the Netherlands, Dutch monarchs are crowned here since then Queen Beatrix the The National Monument commemorates Dutch who died in World War II. The wall soil behind the obelisk contains urns holding from Dutch colonies and provinces New Church (Nieuwe Kerk), Amsterdam's second church, is a gracious Neo-Gothic church Dam Square or "the Dam" (as locals call it) or "the Dam" (as Dam Square main square is Amsterdam's 13th c. dam site of the original It marks the around which the city on the Amstel River was built include the New Highlights of "the Dam" the Royal Palace Church (Nieuwe Kerk), the National (Koninklijk Paleis) and Monument became the By the 17th c. this square Dutch trading empire center of the powerful built as a town hall in The Royal Palace was of the 17th c., and the Dutch golden ages palaces that belong to now is one of three Nieuwe Kerk Opening hours: THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Dam Square YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS 11:45-12:15 11:30-11:45 Today the houses are privately owned. The entrance can be found on Gedempte Begijnensloot like Enter the wooden door and you will feel in an oasis of silence Walk around and look around in the peaceful courtyard Enter the Chatolic chapel to see a stained glass window of the Pilgrims praying before boarding the Mayflower Please respect the tranquility of the place The royal family does not own the royal family does not own The royal a budget state does and makes estates; the € available for there of 4 million earns an maintenance. The Queen of 750.000 € additional net income guide Pick up a free audio rooms, halls and Walk around in the the Empire collection, galleries that feature ceilings, grand as well as hand-painted sculptures and marble floors and epic and 18th centuries paintings from the 17th to visitors during The palace is closed periods of royal residence and state receptions MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos TIPS & INSIGHTS TIPS & INSIGHTS THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS TO DO THERE Free 7.5 € Admission: Admission: (Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 147, 1012 RJ Amsterdam) Voorburgwal 147, (Nieuwezijds • Official site PromptGuides.com (Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 373, 1012 RM, Amsterdam) (Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 373, 1012 RM, © Daily: 9am - 5pm • See:: The central church is the English Church (Engelse Kerk) epicenter of the city from which it expanded The houses belonged to Begijn, a lay Roman Chatolic sisterhood living in a loose semi-monastic community but without formal vows No. 34, Het Houten Huis, is the city's oldest house and one of two remaining timber houses. Timber houses were banned in 1521 after a series of catastrophic fires No. 30 is the Begijn Chaple (Begijnhofkapel) the sisterhood's chapel built in 1671 Begijnhof remained active even arter 1578 when the city converted from Catholicism to Protestantism. The last Begijn died in 1971 with early-19th-century furniture, chandeliers, and marble floors A unique feature of the Burgerzall (Citizens' Chamber) is the maps inlaid on the marble of floors depicting Amsterdam as the center the World Begijnhof is a leafy garden courtyard in central Amsterdam that is the original Koninklijk Paleis (Royal Palace) is an Paleis (Royal Palace) Koninklijk at the palace located imposing Classical Dam square facade The edifice and its neoclassical power in the 17th symbolize Amsterdam's century built as a town hall The palace was originally later turned into a royal (1648-55) and only palace (1808) of the royal family, It is the official residence to live in The but Queen Beatrix prefers Hague interior filled The palace has a breathtaking Begijnhof Opening hours: THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS Koninklijk Paleis Koninklijk Opening hours: 15:15-15:45 14:00-15:00 Attraction Details Attraction
3-day Amsterdam City Guide 18 3-day Amsterdam City Guide 19 Admission: Attraction Details Attraction The women have diverse backgrounds: some are professionals but many are young students earning money for college or housewives trying to raise some extra cash Walk around the district (Oudezijds Achterburgwal street) that offers a fascinating window into the world's oldest profession Walk around and take a look at the painted and take a look Walk around the impressive organ wooden ceiling and and marvel at its Visit the Maria Kapel stained glass the inscription Saskia Find vault 28K with wife lies Juni 1642 where Rembrandt's Vater-Müller Take a look at the fascinating oak-encased organ and note its magnificent wood statues and gilded pipe work, marbled carving tower tour Participate in the guided You can climb the church tower on a half-hourly guided tour (in English) for a great view of Old Amsterdam MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos > MORE Info and Photos TIPS & INSIGHTS TIPS & INSIGHTS THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS TO DO THERE THINGS PromptGuides.com © (Oudekerksplein, 1012 GX Amsterdam) (Oudekerksplein, Mon - Sat: 11am - 5pm, Sunday: 1pm - 5pm, Jan 1, Apr 30 and Dec 25: Closed • 1, Apr 30 and Dec 1pm - 5pm, Jan 11am - 5pm, Sunday: Mon - Sat: prostitution The health department strictly regulates the sex industry requiring all kinds of rules to be followed such as the temperature prostitutes must wash their underwear Rosse Buurt (Red Light District) occupies Amsterdam's oldest quarter, de Walletjes (meaning the little walls) It is one of Amsterdam's most famous tourist attractions with prostitutes sitting in windows The district emerged in the 13th c. when Amsterdam became one of Europe's leading ports; and sailors coming back from long journeys were desperate for female attention The sex industry amounts to approximately a $1 billion business in the Netherlands To this day debates are ongoing about the right approach to and regulations on its creator and renovator, Christian Vater and Johann Caspar Müller The massive wooden vaulted ceiling is touted as Western Europe's largest; its beautiful 15th c. paintings were revealed only during restoration work in 1955 The building stands in the Red Light District; the 2007 statue in front of the church shows for a hooker standing in a doorway calling "respect for sex workers all over the world" Oude Kerk (Old Church) is a Protestant Oude Kerk oldest monument church and Amsterdam's as a small stone parish Originally it was built in 1306 church consecrated a number of The building went through and evolved into a reconstructions since, basilica by 1566 mighty Late-Gothic (1566) the Catholic During Reformation treasures were discarded ornamentation and and a stark interior remained a grandiose 18th c. The building features organ named after organ called Vater-Müller THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Red Light District 5 € YOU NEED TO KNOW THINGS Oude Kerk Oude Opening hours: 16:35-17:05 16:00-16:30 PromptGuides.com ©
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