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Oosterdok (Eastern Dock), just to the east of Central Station is a great area to walk around and there are lots of things to see as you go. The Eastern Dock has had a hugely important role in shapin...
The Jewish Quarter and Waterlooplein complete the most south eastern part of the Oudezijde (old side). Before World War II a large Jewish community were living in this area. Those days have passed a...
Leidseplein sits at the south-west corner of Amsterdam’s Grachten Gordel (Canal Belt) and is one of the main central locations and entrances into the city. Here you have so many things to do. ...
The Museum Quarter and the Vondel Park can be found by heading south west from Central Amsterdam and most people will find their way here via Leidesplein or the Speigelstraat (Mirror Stree...
Historically this region of the city was known as Nieuwezijde (New Side) and was part of the original settlement of Amsterdam together with the Oudzijde (Old Side) where the Red Light District and Nie...
The Red Light District in Amsterdam is of course one of the most famous places in the world. People come from all over to marvel at the countless red lighted windows, strip clubs, live sex shows, sex ...
Stretching south from Rembrandtplein and to the Amstel River in the east, this area is known as the Amstelveld, which was completed in the 1660s. Rembrandtplein, marked by a statue of Rembrandt, is ...
To the west of Central station Amsterdam’s four famous canals begin their journey in a curving fashion around Amsterdam’s old centre. This area is on the map as Grachtengordel-West...
