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Plan Your Trip 4 Welcome to ....4 Top Sights ...... 6 Eating ...... 10 Drinking & Nightlife ...... 12 Shopping ...... 14 Museums & Galleries ...... 16 Entertainment ...... 18 Canals...... 20 Cycling ...... 21 For Free ...... 22 Tours ...... 23 For Kids ...... 24 LGBTQ+ ...... 25 Four Perfect Days ...... 26 Need to Know ...... 28 Amsterdam Neighbourhoods ...... 30

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JEAFISH PING/SHUTTERSTOCK © ARCHITECT: KISHO KUROKAWA Van Gogh Museum World’s greatest Van Gogh collection. p106 Plan Your Trip Top Sights Top FOTOGRAAF CRIS TOALA OLIVARES © PORTRETFOTO’S ANNE FRANK, ANNE FRANK STICHTING 2010, Anne Frank Huis Amsterdam’s most poignant history lesson. p60 IVO ANTONIEROOIJ/SHUTTERSTOCKDE ©

Museum het Rembrandthuis Rembrandt’s former house and studio. p148

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Begijnhof Historical central Amsterdam courtyard. p38 SCULPTURE BY MARGARETHA DE GOEDE-TAAL NATALIYA NAZAROVA/SHUTTERSTOCK © Plan Your Trip Top Sights Top WILL SALTER/LONELY PLANET ©

Vondelpark Amsterdam’s best-loved, chilled-out park. p110

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Royal Palace (Koninklijk Paleis) History infuses Amsterdam’s resplendent palace. p36 NATALIYA NAZAROVA/SHUTTERSTOCK © TRAVELERPIX/SHUTTERSTOCK © Plan Your Trip Top Sights Top S4SVISUALS/SHUTTERSTOCK ©

Tropenmuseum Fascinating global artefacts, creatively presented. p136

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