Archive for the 'Amsterdam' Category

Waterlooplein (Stadhuis) - Amsterdam’s largest and most beautiful flea market

Even if you don’t want to buy any batik clothes, leather goods or silver jewelry, on no account should you miss Amsterdam’s largest and most beautiful flea market, located in Waterlooplein (Waterloo Square).
Every day, stall-holders and shopkeepers try to sell their colorful and chaotic mixture of useful items, bric-a-brac and second-hand clothes around the [...]

Vondelpark - ideal recreational area

Located close to the museum district, Vondelpark, with its 110 acres, offers an ideal recreational area for all those who need a break from art and culture.
Here, in what was once the heart of the European hippie movement, you can lie down on the grass, unwrap your picnic food, jog, cycle or even ride [...]

Van Gogh Museum

In 1973, the world’s greatest collection of works by the famous Dutch impressionist found a home in a white building of curving walls, designed by Gerrit Rietveld.
In addition to some 200 paintings, 600 drawings, and watercolors by the master, the exchange of letters between the artist and his brother Theo is also on display here. [...]

Rijksmuseum

Year after year, Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’, behind its protective screen of reinforced glass, attracts more than a million art lovers from all over the world into the neo-classical brick building in the center of the museum district.
Founded by Louis Bonaparte in 1808, the Rijksmuseum now contains not only the world’s largest and most important collection [...]