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FLOWER POWER
The Dutch adore flowers, particularly
tulips (below). They are everywhere.
You can buy bulbs at the Bloemenmarkt,
visit the vast flower auction at Aalsmeer
and the spring spectacle at Keukenhof,
and cycle through the bulb fields near
Leiden. While you won’t find the
mythical black tulip, you can get
something very close to it – a
FOAM photography museum stunning very dark purple breed
called “Queen of the Night”.
FOAM
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MAP D5 • Keizersgracht 609
• Tram 16, 24 • 020 551 6500 • Open
10am–6pm daily, to 9pm Thu & Fri
• Admission charge • www.foam.org
Since it first opened in 2001, FOAM
(short for Fotografiemuseum) has
established an excellent reputation,
displaying the work of photographers
from every corner of the world,
though Dutch work is often given
prominence. The premises are
interesting too – this was once one of architectural influences – lives on.
of the city’s grandest canal houses. During an extensive renovation,
hitherto unknown paintings of
Tuschinski Theater
6 Vogue-style ladies were un covered
and the theatre was returned to its
MAP N6 • Reguliers breestraat
26–34 • Tram 4, 9, 14, 16, 24 former glory. Now a Pathé Cinema,
• 0900 1458 it retains its original charm. Be
Amsterdam’s most elaborate cinema sure to buy a ticket for Screen One
was the extraordinary creation of to admire the main theatre before
Abraham Tuschinski, a self-made the lights go down.
Jewish tailor from Poland. Obsessed
Munttoren
by film and the belief that it could 7
change lives, he built this cinema in MAP N5 • Tram 4, 9, 14, 16, 24
1921. He later perished in Auschwitz, Take a close look at the Mint Tower
but his wonderful creation – termed (it was briefly used as the city mint in
Tuschinski Style for its unique mixture 1673). Its bottom half is the remnant
of a gate in the medieval city wall.
When the gate burned down in 1618,
Hendrick de Keyser slapped one of
his clock towers on top of the
remains. The carillon of 1699 rings
every 15 minutes. Today, there is a
gift shop on the ground floor.
Bloemenmarkt
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MAP M5 • Singel, between
Koningsplein and Muntplein
• Tram 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 14, 16, 24
Undoubtedly one of Amsterdam’s
most picturesque sights, the flower
market is a magnet for tourists.
Tuschinski Theater There are local shoppers too, buying

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