![Spui 10A, Amsterdam](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-spui-10a-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
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](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-stedemaagd-02-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
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](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-oude-kerk-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
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](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-entrepotdok-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
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](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-house-three-canals-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
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](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-portuguese-synagogue-01-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
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](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-papegaai-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
De Papegaai
On the busy shopping street Kalverstraat (Calf Street) at number 58 you can find a former Catholic hidden church (schuilkerk), nicknamed…
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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](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-bellamyplein-1664x936-q20.jpg?x48679)
Bellamyplein
The triangular Bellamyplein (Bellamy Square) in the western part of town, between Bilderdijkkade and Ten Katestraat, was constructed…
![Accijnshuis, Amsterdam](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-accijnshuis-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
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](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-sint-olofskapel-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
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](https://mforamsterdam.com/wp-content/uploads/ftd-blog-p.w.jansenhofje-1664x936-q30.jpg?x48679)
P.W. Janssenhofje
This courtyard in the Da Costa neighbourhood opened in 1895. Created to house poor families and single persons of all creeds,…