The Begijnhof (Must Visit) - A 14th century court of houses surrounding an open garden is a lesser-known Amsterdam attraction. There is a Roman Catholic chapel in the compound that is also open to tourists. As a religious site, people are asked to be respectful when visiting Begijnhof, and even refrain from speaking while on the grounds.
Rembrandt House Museum - is a house in Jodenbreestraat in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, where Rembrandt lived and painted for a number of years. It is now a museum. Rembrandt purchased the house in 1639 and lived there until he went bankrupt in 1656, when all his belongings went on auction.
The Anne Frank House (Must Visit) - on the Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
is a museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank, who hid from Nazi
persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the
building. As well as the preservation of the hiding place — known in Dutch as the
Achterhuis — and an exhibition on the life and times of Anne Frank, the museum acts as
an exhibition space to highlight all forms of persecution and discrimination.
Hermitage Amsterdam - or Hermitage on the Amstel is a dependency of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg on the Amstel river in Amsterdam. The dependency is located at the former Amstelhof, a classical style building from 1681. The dependency has been displaying small exhibitions in a side building next to the Amstelhof since February 2004. The new Amsterdam Hermitage in the Amstelhof is due to open in early 2009.
NEMO - is the largest science center in the Netherlands. It is located in Amsterdam.
The architecture is by Renzo Piano. NEMO is located right next to the Amsterdam central
station and the Maritime museum.
Oude Kerk (Must Visit)- is Amsterdam’s oldest parish church, consecrated in 1306 by the bishop of Utrecht. It stands in De Wallen, now Amsterdam's main red-light district. The church covers an area of some 3,300 square meters. The foundations were set on an artificial mound, thought to be the most solid ground of the settlement in this marshy province.
Nieuwe Kerk - is a 15th-century church in Amsterdam. The church is used for royal
coronations, most recently the crowning of Queen Beatrix in 1980, and royal weddings,
most recently the wedding of crown prince Willem-Alexander to princess Máxima in 2002.
Zuiderkerk - is a 17th Century Protestant church in the Nieuwmarkt area of
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The church played an important part in the life of
Rembrandt and was the subject of a painting by Claude Monet. The Zuiderkerk was the
city's first church built specifically for Protestant services.
Noorderkerk - is a 17th century Protestant church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. A number of other towns in the Netherlands also have a Noorderkerk church, including The Hague, Hoorn and Kampen. The church was built in the years 1620-1623 to serve the rapidly growing population of the new Jordaan neighbourhood.
Westerkerk - is a Protestant church in Amsterdam, built in 1620-1631 after a design by Hendrick de Keyser. The church is in Amsterdam's Jordaan district, at the bank of the Prinsengracht canal. The spire is the highest church tower in Amsterdam, at 85 meters (279 feet). The crown topping the spire is the Emperor's Crown of Maximilian I. The church bells were made by the brothers Hemony.
Oosterkerk - is a 17th-Century Protestant church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Oosterkerk was built in the period 1669-1671 by architect Daniël Stalpaert and completed by Adriaan Dortsman. The church bells were cast by Pieter Hemony. The layout of the church is in the shape of a Greek cross in which the space between the arms has been partially filled by lower volumes. On the canal side is the main entrance, the elevation of which is supported by a balustrade.
English Reformed Church - is one of the oldest buildings in Amsterdam, situated in the centre of the city. It is home to an English-speaking congregation which is affiliated to the Church of Scotland and to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (formerly Dutch Reformed Church). It comes under the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Europe, and is also known as the Scots Kirk in Amsterdam. The current minister, John Cowie, is also Clerk to the Presbytery of Europe.
Magere Brug - is a bridge over the river Amstel in the city centre of Amsterdam. It
connects the banks of the river at Kerkstraat street, between Keizersgracht canal and
Prinsengracht canal. The Magere Brug is a bascule bridge made of white painted wood. It
was built in 1670 and broadened in 1871. The last major renovation was done in 1969.
Since 2003, only pedestrians and cyclists are allowed to use the bridge.
The Blauwbrug - is an historic bridge in Amsterdam. It connects the Rembrandtplein area with the Waterlooplein area. BlauwbrugThe bridge owes its name to a wooden "blue bridge" that was there from around 1600 but no longer exists and which was painted the characteristic blue of the Dutch flag. It kept the name after 1883 when it was replaced by the spans of a new bridge which is an exact copy of the Alexandre the 3rd Bridge in Paris.
Royal Palace - in Amsterdam ( is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which is
at the disposal of Queen Beatrix by Act of Parliament. It is situated in the west side of
Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam, opposite the War Memorial and next to the
Nieuwe Kerk.
Munttoren - or Munt is a tower in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It stands on the busy
Muntplein square, near the flower market and the start of the Kalverstraat shopping street,
where the Amstel river and the Singel canal meet. The tower was originally part of the
Regulierspoort, one of the main gates in Amsterdam's medieval city wall. The gate, built
in the years 1480-1487, consisted of two towers and a guard house.
Beurs van Berlage - is a building on the Damrak, in the center of Amsterdam. It was designed as a commodity exchange by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and constructed between 1896 and 1903. It influenced many modernist architects, in particular functionalists and the Amsterdam School. It is now used as a conference venue. The building is constructed of red brick, with an iron and glass roof and stone piers, lintels and corbels. Its entrance is under a large clock tower, while inside lie three large multi-story halls formerly used as trading floors, with offices and communal facilities grouped around them.
Stopera - is a building complex in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, housing both the city
hall of Amsterdam and the Muziektheater, the principal opera house in Amsterdam and
the home of De Nederlandse Opera, Het Nationale Ballet, and the Holland Symfonia.
Rokugan - is the fictional empire which is the main power in the Legend of the Five
Rings setting, the basis for the Legend of the Five Rings Collectible Card Game, Legend
of the Five Rings Role-Playing Game, and the now out of print Clan War Miniatures game,
all from Alderac Entertainment Group. It is similar to feudal Japan, though it also includes
aspects of other Asian cultures, as well as magic and mythical beasts. The setting was
used by Wizards of the Coast as the basis for their updated Oriental Adventures D20
supplement.
Rogers Centre - formerly known as SkyDome, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toronto, Ontario, situated next to the CN Tower near the shores of Lake Ontario. It is home to the American League's Toronto Blue Jays and the Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts, and the site of the annual International Bowl American college football bowl game. While it is primarily a sports venue, it also hosts other large-scale events such as conventions, trade fairs, and concerts. The stadium was renamed "Rogers Centre" following the purchase of the stadium by Rogers Communications in 2005.
Homomonument - is a memorial in the centre of Amsterdam, the capital of the
Netherlands. It commemorates all gay men and lesbians who have been subjected to
persecution because of their homosexuality. Opened on September 5, 1987, it takes the
form of three large pink triangles made of granite, set into the ground so as to form a
larger triangle, on the bank of the Keizersgracht canal, near the historic Westerkerk
church.
Millennium Tower - is a 97.5 metre tall (24 floor) office building in Amsterdam.
Construction started in 2002, and it was completed in 2004.
