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the glittering Dining Room; and the
delicate Garden Room, with views
over the formal garden. The collect­
ions of its last owners, Louisa
Holthuysen and her husband, Abraham
Willet, are displayed throughout –
paintings, glass, ceramics, silver. The
top floor tells the story of the Willets
and their art collection. It was the
widowed Louisa who left the house
and its contents to the city. She died
a lonely death in 1885.
Albert Cuypmarkt
3
MAP D6 • Albert Cuypstraat
• Tram 4, 16, 24 • Open 9am–5pm
Mon–Sat • www.albertcuyp
markt.com
Shabby but vibrant, De Pijp is a
district where a wide mix of
immigrants, artists, students and
young couples create a heady
atmosphere. Albert Cuypmarkt,
which has been trading since 1905,
is its bustling hub. The street it
Interior, Museum Van Loon occupies, once a canal, was named
after Dutch landscape painter Albert
Museum Van Loon
1 Cuyp. With around 260 stalls, backed
by all manner of shops and ethnic
A chance to see inside a
private canal house, whose grand yet restaurants, its an unmissable
welcoming 18th­century interior experience. Typic ally Dutch food
recreates a bygone age (see pp36–7). stalls – cheese, fish, waffles – jostle
merrily with clothes, fabrics, shoes
Museum Willet-
2 and bags.
Holthuysen
Rembrandtplein
MAP P6 • Heren gracht 605 4
• Tram 4, 9, 14 • 020 523 1822 MAP N6, P6 • Tram 4, 9, 14
• Open 10am–5pm Mon–Fri, This former butter market, named
11am–5pm Sat, Sun and hols after the famous Dutch master
• Closed 27 Apr, 25 Dec, painter, has what you might call a
1 Jan • Admission charge split personality. In its centre is a
• www.willetholthuysen.nl 19th­century statue of
Though it lacks the lived­ Rembrandt set in a tranquil
in feel of the Museum garden, but around its
Van Loon, this 17th­ sides are neon­lit, low­
century canal house brow and, at night,
has its own special high­octane bars and
atmosphere. An air cafés, packed with
of stiff formality Amsterdammers and
tinged with melan choly visitors alike. This is a great
pervades its stately place for an early evening
rooms: the Ballroom; drink; try grand cafés
the Blue Room, Schiller (see p117) and De
reserved for the men of Kroon (see p66), as popular
the house, with painted Clock, Museum at the turn of the 20th
ceiling by Jacob de Wit; Willet-Holthuysen century as they are now.

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