Insight Guides Pocket Amsterdam (Travel Guide eBook)
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Perfect day itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package.
Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering fun and interesting things to do and see in Amsterdam, from top tourist attractions like the Dam, Anne Frank House, Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum, to hidden gems, including the EYE Film Institute.
Compact, concise and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move pocket travel guide when you're exploring Amsterdam.
- Cultural: delve into the city's rich heritage and get to know its modern-day life and people
- Inspirational: discover where to go and what to do, highlighted with stunning photography
- Practical: get around with ease with a free pull-out map featuring key attractions
- Informative: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: the Centre, the Southeast, the Southwest and the Northwest
About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
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Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Amsterdam, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Amsterdam, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Amsterdam are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Amsterdam. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
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Table of Contents
Amsterdam’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day In Amsterdam
Introduction
A Living City
A Brief History
From Fishing to Trading
The Arrival of the Spanish
Towards Independence
The Coming of the Golden Age
Decline and Fall
The Return of the House of Orange
The 20th Century
People Power
Twenty-first Century Challenges
Historical Landmarks
Where To Go
The Centre
Stationsplein to Damrak
Oude Kerk
The Red Light District
Museum Het Amstelkring
De Waag
Nieuwmarkt and Zuiderkerk
Rembrandt’s House
The Southeast
Waterlooplein
Towards Magere Brug
Herengracht
Museum Willet-Holthuysen
Reguliersgracht and Museum Van Loon
Thorbeckeplein and Rembrandtplein
The Jewish Quarter
The Plantage
Tropenmuseum
Entrepotdok
The Het Scheepvaartmuseum
Science Center NEMO
The Southwest
Muntplein
Bloemenmarkt
Leidseplein
Vondelpark
Museumplein
Rijksmuseum
Van Gogh Museum
Stedelijk Museum and Surrounding Area
Diamond Territory
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat and the Golden Bend
The Northwest
The Begijnhof
Amsterdam Museum
The Dam
Koninklijk Paleis
Nieuwe Kerk, Nationaal Monument and Waxworks
Around Raadhuisstraat
Westerkerk
Anne Frank House
The Jordaan
Amsterdamse Bos
Excursions
Villages to the North
Zaanse Schans
Broek in Waterland and Monnickendam
Marken
Volendam and Edam
Haarlem
Floral Glory
Leiden
Alkmaar
What To Do
Shopping
Markets
What to Buy
Entertainment
Bars and Clubs
Sports
Football
Watersports
Cycling
Skating
Children
Calendar of Events
Eating Out
Dutch Dishes
Fish
Cheese
Desserts
Indonesian Cuisine
Food of the World
What to Drink
Reading the Menu
To Help you Order
Menu Reader
Restaurants
The Centre
The Southeast
The Southwest
The Northwest
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation (see also camping, youth hostels and the list of Recommended Hotels, click here)
Airport
B
Bicycle Hire (fietsverhuur)
Budgeting for Your Trip
C
Camping
Car Hire
Climate
Clothing
Crime and Safety (see also emergencies and police)
D
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and Consulates
Emergencies (see also police)
G
Getting There
Guides and Tours
H
Health and Medical Care
L
Language
LGBTQ Travellers
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening Times (see also holidays)
P
Police (see also emergencies)
Post Offices
Public Holidays
T
Telephones
Time Zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist Information
Transport
Travellers with Disabilities
V
Visas and Entry Requirements
W
Websites and Internet Access
Y
Youth Hostels
Recommended Hotels
The Centre
The Southeast
The Southwest
The Northwest
Beyond the City Centre
Amsterdam’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
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The Dam
This square is the symbolic heart of the city and home to the ornate Koninklijk Paleis. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #2
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Oude Kerk
Dating from the early 13th century, it is the oldest church in the city. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #3
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Anne Frank House
Visit the house in which she wrote her extraordinary diary. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #4
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Begijnhof
Find peace and quiet in the picturesque courtyard, notable for its quaint architecture. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #5
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A canal cruise
A leisurely way to see the sights. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #6
Vincent van Gogh Foundation
Van Gogh Museum
Houses a collection of hundreds of the troubled artist’s works. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #7
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Bloemenmarkt
Colourful flowers on display all year round. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #8
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Hortus Botanicus
This botanical garden in the Plantage district houses more than 4,000 species of plants. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #9
DigiDaan/NEMO Science Museum
Science Center NEMO
Get your hands on the latest science and technology in this remarkable ship-shaped museum. For more information, click here.
Top Attraction #10
JL Marshall/Rijksmuseum
Rijksmuseum
Reopened after a 10-year renovation, the city’s famous art and history museum is looking better than ever. For more information, click here.
A Perfect Day In Amsterdam
9.00am
Breakfast
A leisurely breakfast over the morning newspapers in a grand café, Café Luxembourg, at Spuistraat 24, should hit the spot.
10.00am
The Begijnhof
Cross over Spui to the tranquil courtyard garden of this restored medieval hofje (almshouse), which was once home to pious single women known as beguines, who carried out religious and charitable duties.
11.00am
Leidseplein
Take tram 1, 2 or 5 to Leidseplein, Amsterdam’s bustling entertainment square. Maybe fit in a coffee in the spectacular Art Nouveau and Art Deco Café Américain.
12.00pm
Vondelpark
Continue south to this wild and wonderful park, with its hippie-era history. There is usually plenty of free space amid the trees to escape from the city’s hustle and bustle.
1.00pm
Lunch
Vondelpark has three cafés with outdoor terraces and views of greenery but if you want more than a snack join the art crowd at one of the new museum restaurants on Museumplein: the Stedelijk Restaurant in the museum’s sleek extension, or the Rijksmuseum Café in the stunning atrium. (No admission charge for either.) To get your daily sweet tooth fix make sure to visit De Drie Graefjes on the Dam (Gravenstraat 13) where they serve Amsterdams’ famous red velvet cake.
2.00pm
Museum fix
Choose between the beautiful Rijksmuseum, where the highlights of Holland’s Golden Age are a wonder to behold; the Van Gogh Museum, with the world’s largest collection of Vincent’s paintings or the revamped Stedelijk Museum, dedicated to modern art and design.
4.00pm
Het IJ
Take tram 2 or 5 from Museumplein to Centraal Station, and go to the ferry dock at the rear. Board the free Buiksloterwegveer ferry for a 5-minute trip across the IJ waterway to hip and happening Amsterdam-Noord. Dominating the harbour beside the former Shell tower is the dazzling white EYE Film Institute and the Amsterdam tower with stunning views over the city. Take in the view at the Lookout, where you can swing over the edge of the building.
6.00pm
Anne Frankhuis
Take tram 13, 14 or 17 from Centraal Station to the Westermarkt stop. Waiting times at the Anne Frank House