1 picture says 1000 words....               

           Royal Palace at Dam square, former city hall of Amsterdam,                            Magna Plaza, former Post office, designed by

                 designed by Jacob van Campen, building started 1648.                           Cornelis Hendrik Peters in 1894. A mixture of gothic and       

                                                                                                                                 romantic elements; now an impressive shopping centre.

        The Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam's former stock exchange named after its architect, H. P. Berlage, from 1903.         

Next to the Netherlands Maritime Museum is a magnificent replica of the ship Dutch East Indiaman Amsterdam from 1749.

         At 1975. Amsterdam Historical Museum moved into the former civil orphanage, founded around 1520 on Kalverstraat.

                                                                                  In her father's office building in the secret                            

annex at 263 Prinsengracht was hiding place of Anne Frank, her family, Van Pels family and Fritz Pfeffer for more than two years during the  

World War Two; Anne Frank wrote the diaries, which were published by her father Otto Frank in 1947.

  Vondel park; close to the Leidse square and Museum square, was developed by L. D. Zocher in 1865 as a horseback riding

and strolling park, that would nowadays become an relaxing place with open air theatre, The Dutch Film museum, cafes, restaurants, animals, roller

skaters, bikers, picnics, tennis courts, beautiful lakes and nature;

                                                                                                                                                      Keukenhof flower fields

                       Wester church designed by Hendrick de Keyser; the building started at 1620. Rembrandt was buried in this church in October 8 1669. It is a close alliance of traditional medieval elements, Renaissance architecture and Dutch Classicism. At 10 March 1966 queen Beatrix and prince Claus were married in this church.                                             

Sea Palace, a magnificent illuminated replica of the great floating restaurant in Hong Kong with space for 800 guests.

                             The Weigh House is the central focus of the lively Nieuwmarkt (Chinese neighbourhood), was built in 1488

                             as St. Antonius city gate; with its ponderous seven towers and solid walls makes a castle which is nowadays

                             the gateway between past and present; today the ground floor houses a restaurant that can seat 250 guests;

  on the second floor is the Anatomy Theatre.                                   

         Nemo, a new Metropolis, is located above the tunnel under the IJ river. A science and technology

          center is located in a striking copper-clad building designed by  the Italian architect Renzo Piano; there are

          games,  experiments, demonstrations,  workshops, theatre and cinema shows. The roof is a unique city plaza

          with a spectacular view over the city.

                                                         Famous Dutch Haring               Red light district                        Formula races at Zandvoort beach

                                     Multi functional soccer stadium; together with Ajax Museum makes imposing mixture of modern architecture and   

                              advanced technology, which can be experienced in a guided tour, which begins with 3 D animation and ends in a film theatre.

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