16 Stunning Architecture Landmarks in Amsterdam
16 landmarks with verified facts and stories
A'DAM Lookout
5 Overhoeksplein, Northern IJ Banks West, Amsterdam, 1031 KS, Netherlands
For decades, this 22-story tower was the corporate headquarters of Royal Dutch Shell, and nobody except oil company employees ever saw the view from the top.
Amsterdam Centraal Station
Stationsplein, Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde, Amsterdam, 1012 AB, Netherlands
Pierre Cuypers designed both the Rijksmuseum and this train station, and the two buildings bookend Amsterdam like a pair of elaborate bookends.
Begijnhof
1 Begijnhof, Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde, Amsterdam, 1012 WS, Netherlands
You could walk past the entrance a hundred times and never notice it.
Brouwersgracht
Brouwersgracht, Grachtengordel-West, Amsterdam, 1015 GA, Netherlands
In 2007, readers of Het Parool — Amsterdam's daily newspaper — voted Brouwersgracht the most beautiful street in the city.
Concertgebouw
10 Concertgebouwplein, Museumkwartier, Amsterdam, 1071 LN, Netherlands
The Concertgebouw has acoustics so perfect they were an accident.
Dam Square
1012 Dam, Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde, Amsterdam, 1012 KB, Netherlands
The whole city exists because someone built a dam right here.
EYE Filmmuseum
1 IJpromenade, Northern IJ Banks West, Amsterdam, 1031 KT, Netherlands
The building looks like a spaceship that landed on the wrong side of the river and decided to stay.
H'ART Museum
51 Amstel, Weesperbuurt / Plantage, Amsterdam, 1018 EJ, Netherlands
This museum has had more identity crises than most people.
Nieuwe Kerk
Dam, Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde, Amsterdam, 1012 NP, Netherlands
They call it the "New Church," which is a bit rich for a building that dates to 1408.
Oude Kerk
23 Oudekerksplein, Burgwallen-Oude Zijde, Amsterdam, 1012 GX, Netherlands
Amsterdam's oldest building started as a wooden chapel built by fishermen around 1213, which tells you everything about where this city came from.
Our Lord in the Attic
Oudezijds Voorburgwal 38, 1012 GE Amsterdam
From the outside, it looks like any other 17th-century canal house.
Portuguese Synagogue (Esnoga)
Mr. Visserplein 3, 1011 RD Amsterdam
When this synagogue was completed in 1675, it was the largest in the world — a deliberate statement by Amsterdam's Sephardic Jewish community that they had found a home worth celebrating.
Rijksmuseum
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX Amsterdam
The Rijksmuseum is the only museum in the world with a public road running through it.
Royal Palace
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 147, 1012 RJ Amsterdam
This building was never supposed to be a palace.
Stedelijk Museum
Museumplein 10, 1071 DJ Amsterdam
Amsterdammers call the modern extension "the bathtub," and once you see it, you can't unsee it.
Westerkerk
Prinsengracht 281, 1016 GZ Amsterdam
Somewhere under this church, Rembrandt van Rijn is buried.
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