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.
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.
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.
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.
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