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Oudemanhuispoort
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MAP N4 • Oudemanhuispoort,
off Kloveniersburgwal • Book stalls:
open 9am–5pm, Mon–Sat
Once an almshouse complex for
elderly men, the Oudemanhuispoort
is now no more than a covered
passageway off Kloveniersburgwal.
It has, however, been re-purposed
to accommodate a series of second-
hand bookstalls, a suitable location
as the university is close by. Van Zuuk’s striking Arcam building
Zandhoek
5 benches at the junction with
Kalkmarkt overlook a charming
MAP D1 • Zandhoek
In a pretty location on the Western stretch of the Oudeschans canal, the
Islands, Zandhoek is an appealing site of Amsterdam’s first shipyards.
little street with a string of old sea
Arcam
captains’ houses that once had 8
uninter rupted views over the MAP G3 • Prins Hendrikkade
harbour. The wall plaque on No. 14 600 • 020 620 4878 • www.arcam.
(De Gouden Reael) sports a golden nl/en • Open Tue–Sun 1–5pm
coin after which the house is named. Inhabiting a striking modern
building designed by René van Zuuk,
Arcam (Amsterdam’s Centre for
Architecture) has a small display
area devoted to temporary
exhibitions on the city and its
buildings. Arcam also produces
several excellent architectural
guides (in English) and consults on
planning for new city developments.
De Appel
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MAP R3 • Prins Hendrikkade
142 • 020 625 5651 • Open 11am–
6pm Tue–Sun • www.deappel.nl
Zandhoek This adventurous and enterprising
contemporary art gallery hosts
Nieuwe Keizersgracht 58
6 temporary exhibitions in a variety of
media from collage to film and
MAP Q6 • Nieuwe Keizersgracht
It was here at luxurious No. 58, beyond. There are usually four
with its Neo-Classical double exhibitions on at any one time.
doorway, that the Judenrat (the
Lloyd Hotel
Jewish Council through which the 0
Germans managed the ghetto) met Oostelijke Handelskade 34
from 1940 onwards. There’s no • 020 561 3607 • www.lloydhotel.com
plaque outside as the role of the Opened in 1921, the Lloyd Hotel
Judenrat is still controversial. (see p145) was built beside the
IJhaven dock for the transit
Binnenkant
7 passengers of a major shipping
company. It subsequently saw
MAP Q3 • Binnenkant
Well off the tourist-beaten track, service as a refugee centre and a
this appealing side canal is lined detention centre. An interesting
with houseboats and fine old exhibition inside the hotel explores
merchants’ houses. Well-placed its turbulent past.

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