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r Heineken
Experience
Stadhouderskade 78. Map 4 F3. Tel
020-523 9222. v 7, 10, 16. Open
10:30am–7:30pm Mon–Thu, 10:30am–
9pm Fri–Sun (Jul & Aug: 10:30am–
9pm daily). Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec. &
7 = Under 18s with parents only.
∑ heinekenexperience.com
This historic 1867 building once
housed the Heineken brewery.
Now it offers an exhibition of
how beer is made, culminating
in a tasting room where you
can have a drink. Visitors inside the Heineken Experience museum
y Verzetsmuseum
t Huizenblok De against the deportation of the
Jews, are brought to life by
Dageraad Plantage Kerklaan 61. Map 6 D2. exhibits showing where the
Tel 020-6202535. v 9, 14.
Pieter Lodewijk Takstraat. v 4, 12, 25. Open 10am–5pm Tue–Fri, refugees hid and how food for
Closed to the public. 11am–5pm Sat–Mon. Closed 1 Jan, them was smuggled in.
27 Apr, 25 Dec. & 7 8 - 0
One of the best examples of ∑ verzetsmuseum.org
Amsterdam School architecture u De Hallen
(see pp146–7), De Dageraad Previously based in a former Hannie Dankbaar Passage 33.
(the Dawn) housing project was synagogue in Nieuw Zuid v 7, 17. Open 7am–1pm Mon–
developed for poorer families (New South), now at a site in Thu & Sun, 7am–3pm Fri & Sat.
following the Housing Act of the Plantage, the Resistance 8 ∑ dehallen-amsterdam.nl
1901, by which the city council Museum holds a fascinating
condemned slums and collection of memorabilia A huge, unused tram depot
rethought housing policy. recording the activi ties of Dutch has been transformed into an
Architect HP Berlage drew up Resistance workers in World upscale cultural and commercial
plans for the suburbs, aiming War II. It was set up by former centre consisting of a range of
to integrate rich and poor by members of the Resistance designer shops, restaurants, bars
juxtaposing their housing. and focuses on the courage of and international food market,
After Berlage’s death, Piet the 25,000 people actively as well as a cinema complex
Kramer and Michel de Klerk involved in the movement. and a hotel. Visitors can also take
adopted his ideas. From False documents, weap onry, guided tours of De Hallen and
1918–23, they designed this film clips, photographs and its neighbourhood that offer
complex for the De Dageraad equipment are on display. a glimpse into the architecture
housing association. By 1945 there were 300,000 of the area.
people in hiding in the
Netherlands, including Jews i De Pijp/Albert
and anti-Nazi Dutch. Events
organized by the Resistance, Cuypmarkt
like the February Strike
Albert Cuypstraat. Map 5 A5. v 4, 16.
Open 9:30am–5pm Mon–Sat.
The Albert Cuypmarkt, part of
the De Pijp area, began trading
in 1904 and is still going strong,
with over 325 stalls selling
flowers, clothing, poultry, fish
and other items. De Pijp, once
a poor working-class sector,
has turned into one of the city’s
liveliest and most popular
areas. The neighbourhood has
gentrified and now features
designer bars, restaurants and
trendy shops, while Sarphatipark
is a haven of tranquility amid
Imposing corner block of De Dageraad public housing the hustle and bustle.

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