Museumplein
Totally redesigned in 2000, the Museumplein is more of a park than a square. On the plein you find the Van Gogh, Stedelijk en Rijksmuseum as well as an Albert Hein shop. Sigourney: Net helemaal opnieuw ingericht, heeft dit plein het hart van Amsterdam verroverd. In de AH eronder kun je boodschappen doen voor een picknick in het gras. ’s zomers worden hier allerlei culturele evenementen georganieseerd. Als er niets te doen is kun je pootjebaden in de vijver of kijken naar de halsbrekende toeren van de skaters in de halfpipe. Op dit plein vindt je ook een van de best geaccorteerde kaartenkraampjes van Amsterdam.
address: Museumplein
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Van Gogh
This is one the most popular museums in Amsterdam and not for nothing. It really is a nice museum. The paintings tell the story of Van Goghs tragic life, from his start in the Netherlands to his brilliant time in France.
The Van Gogh Museum first opened its doors in 1973. The building, designed by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld, houses the world's largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh: some 200 paintings, 500 drawings and 700 letters, as well as the artist's own collection of Japanese prints.
The collection originally belonged to Theo van Gogh (1857-1891), Vincent's younger brother. Following
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)
Zaanstraat 88
1013 RW Amsterdam
+31-20-681 48 18
address: amsterdam
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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