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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

Visitors to Anne Frank Huis with a particular interest in the war experience and Nazi occupation will find a trip to the Verzetsmuseum (Dutch Resistance Museum, Plantage Kerklaan 61. Entry €5,50...

Attraction type: Historic home; Specialty museum; History museum; Historic site; Landmark/point of interest
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

The whole ride is 22km and takes 3 hours, including the 30 minute break at a cheese farm, plus a 20 minute briefing on bike safety tips and The Netherlands history. It starts in central amsterdam, and

Attraction type: Other; Specialty shop; Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

NOTE: CURRENTLY CLOSED (November 12th 2009)   Note: their website says they have been banned as of 1st October 2009. The St. Nicolaas Boat Club gives the best boat rides in Amsterdam. They're not like

Attraction type: Group tour/boat
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

The tour meets outside, next to the front entrance of the Victoria Hotel(across Centraal Station). The tour starts every evening at 8 pm with an additional 10 pm tour on Fri. and Sat.The cost is 12.50 euros and includes a free drink at the end of the tour.It is a walking tour and lasts around 1 1/2 hours.

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam
Attraction type: Brewery; Bar/club
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

Built in the late 19th century, the home of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is known for outstanding acoustics.

Attraction type: Theater; Concert; Historic site; Historic home
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

The world's largest collection from the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) features more than 200 paintings and 600 drawings.

Attraction type: Art museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #8 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

Amsterbike is a bike rental shop near the cruise Passengers Terminal, and right underneath the Movenpick Hotel. Amsterbike offers her clients bike & electric scooter rental, bike tours like the Amsterdam historical tour, the Dutch Landscape Tour and modern Architecture tour. Tours are made prior to reservation and given by professional tour guides.

Attraction type: Biking trail (road); Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #9 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam
Attraction type: History museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #10 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

In 1974 Café Gollem was the first café in Amsterdam which served Belgian and other foreign beers.

Attraction type: Bar/club
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #11 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

This museum (also called Our Lord in the Attic Chapel) is housed in a charming canal house with 17th-century period rooms and, as a surprise to many visitors, a clandestine church in the attic, which was used by the Roman Catholics who were not allowed to worship publicly after 1578.

Attraction type: Historic home; Religious site; History museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #12 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

The Rijksmuseum ( the locals call it the " het Rijks") is now being reconstructed, so there's only a limited opening with the highlights of their collection. There is however a nice night-opening on...

Attraction type: Art museum; Museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #13 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam
Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #14 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

Housed in a splendid 17th-century building that was a former civic orphanage, this museum tell the history of Amsterdam through its vast collection of art and artifacts from medieval times to the present.

Attraction type: History museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #15 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

This is a MUST SEE attraction of Amsterdam. See the official website for more information but this attraction really is an experience from the history of the Heineken family, to the full process of...

Attraction type: Brewery; History museum; Amusement/theme park
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #16 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam
Attraction type: History museum; Specialty museum
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #17 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

The House of Bols Cocktail & Genever Experience (located opposite the Van Gogh Museum) offers a truly interactive experience into the world of cocktails and the exciting bartending culture, as well as a glimpse into the history of the world's oldest distilled brand: Bols Amsterdam 1575. A visit to the House of Bols is a spectacular journey for all your senses in which you learn how to taste a delicious cocktail of your choice.

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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #18 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

Wetlands Safari takes you to the Dutch countryside just near Amsterdam. With a canoe we explore the villages and nature of Holland. Half way through the tour we picnic with Dutch products. The tours are from 1st of May till the 15th of September. You need to sign up beforehand.

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #19 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam

Visitors can tour this 17th-century canal-side house in Amsterdam, which is filled with furnished period rooms and works of art that were donated by the owner Louisa Willet-Holthuysen to the city in 1895.

Attraction type: Art museum; Historic home
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #20 of 386 attractions in Amsterdam
Attraction type: Specialty museum
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