Spui 10A, Amsterdam

The Building at Spui 10A

At Spui 10A you find a building created in 1891-1892 for furniture and carpet shop H.F. Jansen, designed in Eclectic (new French Renaissance) style…
Amsterdam town patroness, Vondelpark, Amsterdam

Amsterdam’s Town Patroness

A virgin or maiden (in the sense of an un­married independent woman) as a represen­tation of a town has been a theme since ancient times —…
Oude Kerk, Amsterdam

Oude Kerk

Located on the Oude­kerks­plein in the Red Light District, the Oude Kerk (Old Church) is the city’s oldest surviving building. Around 1213 there…
Entrepotdok gate, Amsterdam

Entrepotdok

The Entrepot­dok (Ware­house Dock) on Kadijks­eiland (Dock Dike Island) in the eastern part of Amsterdam consist of 84 monu­mental ware­houses,…
House On Three Canals, Amsterdam

The House on Three Canals

Near the entrance of the former Binnen­gast­huis (until 1981 the biggest inner city hospital, now part of the University of Amsterdam), you can…
Portuguese Synagogue, Amsterdam

Portuguese Synagogue

The building of the Portuguese Syna­gogue, between Meester Visser­plein and Jonas Daniël Meijer­plein, in the middle of Amsterdam's former…
Church De Papegaai (The Parrot), Kalverstraat, Amsterdam

De Papegaai

On the busy shopping street Kalver­straat (Calf Street) at number 58 you can find a former Catholic hidden church (schuil­kerk), nick­named…

De Hallen

The complex of De Hallen (The Halls) in the Kinker­buurt neigh­bour­hood is a cultural center inside a former tram depot from early 1900.…
Bellamyplein, Kinkerbuurt, Amsterdam

Bellamyplein

The triangular Bellamyplein (Bellamy Square) in the western part of town, between Bilder­dijk­kade and Ten Kate­straat, was constructed…
Accijnshuis, Amsterdam

Accijnshuis

On the Oude­brugsteeg 7, corner with the Damrak, lies the Accijns­huis (Excise House) from 1638. It once stood on the open water…
Sint Olofskapel, Amsterdam

Sint Olofskapel

The Sint Olofs­kapel (Saint Olof's Chapel) at Zee­dijk 2A, near the Sint Olofs­poort alley, is one of the oldest chapels in Amsterdam.…
P.W. Janssenhofje, Amsterdam

P.W. Janssenhofje

This court­yard in the Da Costa neighbour­hood opened in 1895. Created to house poor families and single persons of all creeds,…