St. Nicolaaskerk
The new church of St. Nicholas is among the better known of the new Amsterdam churches. The tall and spacious building occupies a prominent place in the city centre, opposite the Central Station and is a rare example of the neo-Baroque style. Most new Roman Catholic Churches, in Holland as well as in other European countries, were built in the neo-Gothic style promoted by Viollet-le-Duc in France, Pugin in England and Cuypers in Holland. Neo-Gothic architecture referred back to the heyday of medieval French Catholicism and its world-famous cathedrals. Therefore, it is all the more remarkable that the architects of the church of St. Nicholas based themselves largely on the international Baroque style.
This marvellous catholic church, hidden into the attic of an old 17th century house, is part of the Amstelkring Museum. The history of this church dates back to 1661 when a wealthy merchant, Jan Hartman, bought a house on Oudezijds Voorburgwal. He and his family lived on the first two floors, while the attic was turned into a catholic church betwen 1661 and 1663. To be continued.
email: info@museumamstelkring.nl
address: Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40
openings: Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: lpm-5pm
tel: 020 6246604
url: www.museumamstelkring.nl
zipcode: 1012 GE
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Amsterdam - Getting There
Amsterdam is easily accessable by rail, bus, boat, car and air depending on which country you are travelling from. Travel is relatively cheap and frequent.
For train travel, visit the website of the Dutch Railways: www.ns.nl
Cheap flights are available to and from Amsterdam. In the UK, I recommend Cheap Flights Online, especially for some good lastminute deals.
If you want to travel by bus which is very cheap, check out Eurolines
Hamam
Turkish bath with full service, massage, peeling, olive soap, towel, tea room, snacks,...
Monday 16:00-22:00h for men,
Tuesday till Sunday for women (12:00 to 20:00h)
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Royal Palace Amsterdam
The Royal Palace (1648-1665) was designed as the most prestigious town hall of its time. It is justly famous for being a large and important cultural and historic building of 17th century Amsterdam.
Amsterdam - Shopping
Amsterdam is no fashion capital like Paris or Duesseldorf. It is more of a place to hunt for bargains and feel comfortable in what ever you wear. Prices are relatively low, compared with other European capitals and has a wide selection to offer. Most shops close at 18:00 and on Thursday nights most shops are open until 21:00.
Shops in the center are open on Sunday, usually between 12:00 and 17:00. The shopping streets get extremely crowded on Sundays as alot of people from around Amsterdam pour in to do their shopping. So your have been warned.
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Spui
On the spui square you find some of the oldest buildings of Amsterdam. Be sure not the miss the Begijnhof.Sigourney: Het Spui was in de jaren '60 de verzamelplaats voor de provos die de samenleving probeerden te ontburgelijken. Nu is het vooral de plaats voor de boekeliefhebber, met een markt op zondag en de Atheneumboekwinkel nog altijd op de meest prominente plek. Als je een boek gevonden hebt kun je op het Begijnhof in alle rust gaan lezen, ofop een van de onliggende terrassen. Jerome: The bookmarket helt here is a great place to find secondhand books about Amsterdam if
