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The Amsterdam Central Station

The Amsterdam Central Station is the starting point (and ending point) to any visit to the great city of Amsterdam. Located in the center of the city...

The Flying Pig Hostel, Amsterdam

To get a real taste of the free-wheeling Amsterdam zeitgeist, consider staying at one of the legendary Flying Pig Hostels. These irreverent and youth-...

Hermitage Amsterdam Museum

Have you ever thought of touring a retirement home on you vacation in Amsterdam? No? Well that’s OK because the retirement home is no longer in ...

Bloemenmarkt Tulip Market, Amsterdam

Bloemenmarkt is the city's most famous flower market located on Singel Canal between the Koningsplein and Muntplein. This market is touted as the on...

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Rijksmueum, located in Amsterdam, is the national art museum of the Netherlands. Its centerpiece is a permanent collection of Dutch masterpiece...

Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam

Rembrandt House Museum is a veritable shrine dedicated to the life and works of celebrated Dutch painter Rembrandt Van Rijn, better known as Rembrand...

The Houseboat Museum, Amsterdam

Anyone who has ever been to Amsterdam has seen one of those many houseboats that are tied along the canal banks. Amsterdam is flowing with canals in...

Jordaan district, Amsterdam

Many things come to mind when a traveler thinks about Amsterdam, the open culture, the canals and winding narrow roads. Often this also includes brig...

The Amsterdam Historical Museum

Amsterdam has more than fifty museums. Some of them, like the Rijksmuseum, are very famous the world over and attract millions of visitors every year....

The Tulip Museum, Amsterdam

Mention the country of Holland and nine times out of ten most people would associate it with tulips. So it is more than fitting the the Tulip Museum...

The Jewish History Museum, Amsterdam

The Jewish History Museum in Amsterdam is located in Nieuwe Amstelstraat quite close to the Rembrandt House Museum and the Hermitage Amsterdam Museum....

7 must-sees in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is a very compact city, but offers a world class range of things to do. There are cultural and outdoor attractions plenty, but often it's th...

Europe Travel Carnival for February ’09

Karen over at Europe A La Carte just published the Europe Travel Carnival 2 February 2009 post where my piece on Amsterdam’s Café Am&eacu...

Café Américain, Amsterdam

Situated in the heart of the centre, overlooking the Leidse Square, or Leidseplein, the famous Art Deco Café Américain is inviting you for breakfa...

Daytrips from Amsterdam

Get a taste of the countryside when visiting Amsterdam. Cycling is the Dutch way to travel and the simplest excursion is to rent a bike, take the tra...

Amsterdam - coffee shops, history, and canals

Charming medieval architecture and an expansive 17th century canal system, present everywhere in the city center, both help to make cosmopolitan Amste...

What to pack: Moleskine City Notebooks

My new favorite guidebooks are Moleskine's City Notebooks. Instead of telling you what they think is best, they give you a map and empty pages to ...


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Cafe life in Amsterdam, NetherlandsView over a canal in Amsterdam with an old church in the background.One of the many thousands of bikes found everywhere in Amsterdam.A really twisted plaque on a wall in Amsterdam with baby cherubs in an oven.This statue sits in an hidden courtyard in central Amsterdam.


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