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Kalverstraat
Rokin
7 8 INSIDE THE
The Rokin had
Music shops jostle
with both tacky and its heyday in the 19th KONINKLIJK PALEIS
trendy clothes stores at century, when its broad The ponderous exterior
the Dam end of this ped- sweep was a promenade belies the magnificent
estrian shopping street. for the well-to-do. interior – especially the
dramatic Burgerzaal
(Citizen’s Hall). See fine
sculptures by Artus
Quellien and Rombout
Verhulst, ceilings and
friezes by Rembrandt’s
pupils, and Empire
furn iture owned by Louis
Napoleon. The Vierschaar
(Tribunal) is a macabre
room, still intact, where
judges once pronounced
the death sentence.
Nieuwe Kerk
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Now a venue for
exhi bitions, the Nieuwe
Kerk (left) has hosted
royal events since 1814.
Treasures in clude a
Jacob van Campen organ
case and an elabor ately
carved pulpit by Albert
Vinckenbrinck (see p87).
Plan of Dam Square
5 0 2 3 6
Grand Hotel
9
Krasnapolsky
Adolf Wilhelm NIEUWENDIJK
Krasnapol sky, an emigré DAMRAK
Polish tailor with DAM
ambition, rented the PALEISSTRAAT SQUARE
down-at-heel Nieuwe
Poolsche Koffie huis in KALVERSTR. ROKIN N E S
the 1870s, swiftly
transforming it into a
fashionable hotel (left). 7 1 8 4 9
NEED TO KNOW Open during exhibitions: • Admission €22.50;
MAP M3 11am–5pm daily children 5–15 €18.50;
• Admission charge under 5s free
Koninklijk Paleis: 020
620 4060 • www.paleis MAP N3 • Eat at the cafés in de
amsterdam.nl • Admission: Madame Tussauds Bijenkorf or the Nieuwe
€10; seniors/students €9; Amsterdam: 020 522 Kerk – the latter’s terrace
under 18s free 1010 • www.madame overlooks the Dam.
Open 10am–5pm daily tussauds.nl • Go to one of the
Nieuwe Kerk: 020 638 Open 10am–7pm daily. concerts or exhibitions
6909 • www.nieuwekerk.nl Closed 27 April held at the Nieuwe Kerk.

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