Amsterdam Historic sites

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Recommended Historic sites in Amsterdam

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  • Dec 2, 2004: ... I wandered around the city and took in the sights - Anne Frank House, Amsterdam Historical Museum, the Rijks and Van Gogh ...
  • Apr 30, 2008: ... and there was no line at all. I had toured the Anne Frank house before but I was reading the book again because I knew I'd ...
  • Aug 16, 2003: ... zoo, where Julia bought postcards for friends, visiting the Anne Frank house, going to the flower market where they bought ...
  • Jun 20, 2008: ... in the ticket line, a big contrast to the Anne Frank House which definitely had a line visible from 100 yards away.  ...
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  • Sep 4, 2003: ... :30 there are free concerts at the orchestra hall - the Concertgebouw. Since Melanie had to work that day, Chris took Carol ...
  • May 20, 2009: ... for an open (and free!) dress rehearsal of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, where we heard Jean-Yves Thibaudet play Edvard ...
  • Feb 1, 2004: ... in June. I also went to see a performance at the Concertgebouw, the A'dam Symphony, one Sunday morning. It was great. ...
  • Apr 9, 2007: ... just having their kids run around the park. The Concertgebouw Attended a concert there on friday night, performed by ...
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  • Feb 24, 2007: ... of its canals.  Our next stop was at the Amstelkring museum, which is a traditional tall skinny 17th Century house where ...
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  • Jun 14, 2009: ... : the flower market and the quiet little Begijnhof area that has the oldest house in Amsterdam. Then it was time to bring it ...
  • Sep 12, 2005: ... home, and walk towards Leidseplein. Unassuming entrance to Begijnhof Leidseplein has lots of café's and bars and is ...
  • Aug 8, 2009: ...  have a church.   This complex was called Begijnhof.  We pedaled across bridges over the canals, Van Gogh ...
  • Apr 12, 2008: ... .  Caught the tram, upon arrival at Centraal Station, Amsterdam and headed to The Canal House, on the Keizergracht Canal ...
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  • Jul 8, 2003: ... Martha's last day in town, we visited a large Willet-Holthuysen Museum. It It is the only fully furnished patrician house ...
  • Feb 21, 2008: ... with the Van Loon museum, followed by the Willet-Holthuysen museum, both old canal houses which are fairly preserved in the ...
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  • Dec 2, 2008: ... .    I wanted to climb the tower at the nearby Westerkirk (West Church) which is the church we can see from our ...
  • Jul 23, 2008: ... upper part, the South Church, built in 1611; the West Church built in 1631, where Rembrandt is buried; the Trippenhuis, ...
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  • May 2, 2009: ... finish up and head down Oude Kerks Plein. Somewhere near Herengracht Canal, we resting and people watching, when two older ...
  • Apr 19, 2004: ... answer you are looking for. *** When arriving in the Netherlands, people say "welcome in the Netherlands" instead of " ...
  • May 20, 2003: ... apartment together thereafter. The address is: Herengracht XXX XXX Amsterdam The Netherlands When we have a phone ...
  • Aug 10, 2003: ... It is very spacious and modern inside. They are on the Herengracht Canal with wonderful views out their living room window. ...
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  • Jan 27, 2007: ... Do Ray Me Fah So La Teeeeeeee :) Abby outside the Royal Palace waiting for our horse and carriage ride In our horse ...
  • Sep 23, 2007: ... , we managed to cover lots of Amsterdam on foot - we saw Dam Square, Westerkerk, Royal Palace, Red Light District, and ...
  • Jul 5, 2009: ... strapped into.  We are looking for the Dam or Royal Palace Amsterdam, don’t find it, so leave it for tomorrow.& ...
  • May 5, 2009: ... today. It is also the home square for the Royal Palace as the Netherlands still has a constitutional monarchy today. It is a ...
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  • Aug 16, 2003: ... to Edam where they make the famous Edam cheese. In a very old church in Edam they saw the world's biggest church made out ...
  • Jun 25, 2004: ... and mount large images of them in a display at the Oudekerk (Old Church). We went last year and it was just spectacular. ...
  • Jun 20, 2003: ... looms over the canal, its two towered façade facing the Old Church in the Red Light District. Thousands of bicycles are ...
  • Dec 19, 2006: ... the seemingly gale force winds. Were lucky enough to see the old church with the stained glass windows dated 1650. Amazing. ...
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  • May 21, 2009: ... want. After lunch, we walked around Amsterdam a bunch.  We saw the Nieuw Kerk (New Church) and the Dom Square, and ...
  • Jul 21, 2009: ... Mayflower.  In addition, we took in the interior of the "New" Church (about 650 years old), which was stripped of all of ...
  • Aug 12, 2008: ... , our friend Jiska hails from the Netherlands and she was kind enough to meet us in Amsterdam for a very lovely evening full ...
  • May 5, 2009: ... a large square that is the home of the large St. Catherine's church or New Church as it is called today. It is also the home ...
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  • Sep 13, 2005: ... in the direction of the Skinny Bridge (Magere Brug), supposedly the most famous drawbridge in Amsterdam and then head to our ...
  • Apr 20, 2008: ... ,Leidseplein,walking along the red light district ;-) , the famous Magere Brug or "skinny bridge", and of course to complete ...
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  • Jul 23, 2008: ... include the Mint Tower, with a 17th-century upper part, the South Church, built in 1611; the West Church built in 1631, where ...
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  • May 4, 2007: ... and I headed back to shower. We all lunched together at In De Waag, the large castle-like building in the Nieumarkt. I chose ...
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