Page 9 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide 2016 - Amsterdam

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EYE Filmilm
EYE F
Institute
Institute
Het IJ
Het IJ
FERRY FERRY
Brouwersgracht
Brouwersgracht
Centraal Station
Centraal Station
JORDAAN TRAM TRAM Stationsplein
JORDAAN
Stationsplein
NIEUWE
NIEUWE
Anne Frank ZIJDE Ons’ Lieve Heer
Anne Frank
ZIJDE
Ons’ Lieve Heer
House
House
op Solder
Nieuwe
Nieuwe op Solder Van Gogh Museum, a must-visit for art lovers; the
Kerk Kerk
Oude K
Westerkerkerk Dam Squareare Oude Kerkerk world’s largest collection of works by the tortured
Westerk
Dam Squ
Red Light District
Konink
Koninklijklijk Red Light District artist is on permanent display here.
Paleis
Paleis
Nieuwmarkt
Nieuwmarkt Grachtengordel (see p15) as the
TRAM TRAM OUDE Key mood suits you. This is the prettiest
OUDE
Amsterdam
Grachtengordeldel Amsterdam ZIJDE Two-day Itinerary
Grachtengor
ZIJDE
Museum
Museum Four-day Itinerary part of Amsterdam and you can get a
Begijnhof
Begijnhof flavour for its history at the Museum
PLANTAGE Van Loon (see pp36–7).
PLANTAGE
AFTERNOON
Set the whole afternoon aside for the
Hor
Hortustus
Botanicus Rijksmuseum (see pp16–19) with its
Botanicus
TRAM TRAM wonderous collection of Golden Age
Leidseplein Amstel Amstel (Dutch) paintings. Take tea here too.
Leidseplein
Museum
Museum The Rijksmuseum Day 3
Van Loon
Van Loon reopened in 2013 after
a 10-year renovation. MORNING
TRAM
TRAM
Don’t miss the much vaunted Van
Vondelpark Rijksmuseum Gogh Museum (see pp20–23) or visit
Vondelpark
Rijksmuseum
Van Gogh
Van Gogh the Stedelijk Museum (see p121) of
Het Blauwe Museum modern art next door. Afterwards,
Het Blauwe
Museum
Theehuis
Theehuis Stedelijk take a stroll through the Vondelpark
Stedelijk
0 metres
Museum 0 metres 500500 (see p121) and lunch at Het Blauwe
Museum
0 yards
0 yards 500500 Theehuis (see p66).
AFTERNOON
Take the tram back to Centraal
Station and then catch the ferry over
the River IJ to the EYE Film Institute
(see p131), from where there are
great views back over the city.
heart of the city, visiting the Day 4
Koninklijk Paleis (Royal Palace; see MORNING
p87) and the Nieuwe Kerk (see p87). Begin the day at the Anne Frank
AFTERNOON House (see pp38–9) and then drop
Take lunch on the Nieuwmarkt by the Westerkerk (see p95), where
(see p81) before exploring the Red Rembrandt was interred, before
Light District, visiting both the viewing the quiet charms of the
Oude Kerk (see pp34–5) and the Begijnhof (see pp26–7).
clandestine church, Ons’ Lieve AFTERNOON
Heer op Solder (see pp24–5). Spend the afternoon visiting the
Amsterdam Museum (see pp30–33),
Day 2 which traces the city’s history. Time
MORNING permitting, round off the day at the
Head up to Brouwersgracht (see city’s botanical gardens, the Hortus
p96) and then stroll through the Botanicus (see p128).
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