Amsterdam’s Canal Belt
Amsterdam's Canal Belt, World Heritage site since 2010, consists of the area around the four main canals: Prinsengracht, Keizersgracht, Herengracht…
The Palace on Dam Square
This building was designed by architect Jacob van Campen in Dutch Classicist style. Construction started in 1648 and finished in 1665, after…
Bakery Egstorf at Spuistraat 274
A beautiful Art Nouveau building on the corner of Spuistraat 274 and Raamsteeg has been home to bakery Egstorf since 1990. The building…
Het Lieverdje
Het Lieverdje (the Little Darling) is a small bronze statue on Spui square, in front of book store Atheneum. It was created by Amsterdam sculptor…
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’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
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
The Entrepotdok (Warehouse Dock) on Kadijkseiland (Dock Dike Island) in the eastern part of Amsterdam consist of 84 monumental warehouses,…
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
The building of the Portuguese Synagogue, between Meester Visserplein and Jonas Daniël Meijerplein, in the middle of Amsterdam's former…
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.…