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.
Albert Cuyp Market
Albert Cuypstraat, Oude Pijp, Amsterdam, 1073 BK, Netherlands
If you want to understand Amsterdam beyond the canals and museums, come here.
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.
Heineken Experience
78 S 100, Oude Pijp, Amsterdam, 1072 AE, Netherlands
In 1864, a twenty-two-year-old named Gerard Adriaan Heineken bought a struggling brewery called De Hooiberg — "The Haystack" — and proceeded to build one of the most recognized brands on the planet.
Jordaan
Jordaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Jordaan was never supposed to be charming.
NDSM Wharf
28 Ndsm-Plein, Northern IJ Banks West, Amsterdam, 1033 WB, Netherlands
This was one of the largest shipyards in the world, and then it was nothing.
Negen Straatjes (Nine Streets)
Wolvenstraat, Grachtengordel-West, Amsterdam, 1016 EM, Netherlands
Nine tiny streets, connecting four canals, packed into a grid so small you could cross the whole thing in twenty minutes.
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.
Red Light District (De Wallen)
De Wallen, 1012 Amsterdam
Amsterdam's most infamous neighborhood has been in the business of sin since the 1300s, which makes it one of the oldest continuously operating red-light districts on the planet.
Rembrandt House Museum
Jodenbreestraat 4, 1011 NK Amsterdam
Rembrandt bought this house in 1639 for thirteen thousand guilders, which was a fortune he didn't have.
Van Gogh Museum
Museumplein 6, 1071 DJ Amsterdam
Vincent van Gogh sold exactly one painting during his lifetime.
Vondelpark
Vondelpark, Amsterdam
In the 1970s, this park was basically a hippie commune.
Westerkerk
Prinsengracht 281, 1016 GZ Amsterdam
Somewhere under this church, Rembrandt van Rijn is buried.
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