Aerial view of Amsterdam Canal Belt (grachtengordel)

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…
Royal Palace, Dam square, Amsterdam

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…
Egstorf, Spuistraat 274, Amsterdam

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 statue on Spui, Amsterdam

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…
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.…