Anne Frank House
263-267 Prinsengracht, Grachtengordel-West, Amsterdam, 1016 DK, Netherlands
Prinsengracht 263 looks like any other canal house from the outside, which was exactly the point.
Artis Royal Zoo
38-40 Plantage Kerklaan, Weesperbuurt / Plantage, Amsterdam, 1018 CZ, Netherlands
The oldest zoo in the Netherlands has a Latin name that almost nobody uses correctly.
Begijnhof
1 Begijnhof, Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde, Amsterdam, 1012 WS, Netherlands
You could walk past the entrance a hundred times and never notice it.
Dam Square
1012 Dam, Burgwallen-Nieuwe Zijde, Amsterdam, 1012 KB, Netherlands
The whole city exists because someone built a dam right here.
H'ART Museum
51 Amstel, Weesperbuurt / Plantage, Amsterdam, 1018 EJ, Netherlands
This museum has had more identity crises than most people.
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.
Hortus Botanicus
2 Plantage Middenlaan, Weesperbuurt / Plantage, Amsterdam, 1018 DD, Netherlands
One coffee plant in this garden changed the world.
Jordaan
Jordaan, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Jordaan was never supposed to be charming.
Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge)
1017 Amstel, De Weteringschans, Amsterdam, 1017 AR, Netherlands
Amsterdam has 1,500 bridges, and this is the one everyone photographs.
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.
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.
Royal Palace
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 147, 1012 RJ Amsterdam
This building was never supposed to be a palace.
Westerkerk
Prinsengracht 281, 1016 GZ Amsterdam
Somewhere under this church, Rembrandt van Rijn is buried.
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