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Amsterdam
“All you’ve got to do is decide to go and the hardest part is over. So go!” TONY WHEELER, COFOUNDER – LONELY PLANET
CATHERINE LE NEVEZ, KATE MORGAN, BARBARA WOOLSEY Contents
PlanPlan Your Your Trip Trip page 1 4
Welcome to If You Like...... 20 Museums & Amsterdam...... 4 ...... Month by Month...... 23 Galleries 40 Amsterdam’s Top 10...... 6 ...... Travel with Kids...... 26 Eating 43 What’s New...... 13 By Bike...... 29 Drinking & ...... Need to Know...... 14 Nightlife 48 Like a Local...... 31 ...... First Time Entertainment 55 For Free...... 33 Amsterdam...... 16 Shopping...... 57 Canals...... 35 Top Itineraries...... 18
Explore Amsterdam 60
Neighbourhoods Southern Oosterpark & at a Glance...... 62 Canal Ring...... 118 East of the Amstel...... 189 Medieval Centre & Jordaan & the West....136 Amsterdam Noord.....198 Red Light District...... 64 Vondelpark & Daytrips Nieuwmarkt, Plantage the South...... 151 from Amsterdam.... 206 & the Eastern Islands.....87 De Pijp...... 175 Sleeping...... 217 Western Canal Ring....104
Understand Amsterdam 229
Amsterdam Today....230 Dutch Painting...... 242 Dutch Design...... 258 History...... 232 Architecture in Amsterdam...... 250
Survival Guide 261
Transport...... 262 Language...... 272 Directory A–Z...... 267 Index...... 280
Amsterdam Maps 288 WILL SALTER/LONELY PLANET © CLAIRE BISSELL/LONELY PLANET © e t s