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To Amsterdam with My Wife!

GIgioma ·58 photographs ·19 Jul 2008 – 22 Jul 2008 ·4 days
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Where
Amsterdam · Europa
When
19 Jul 2008 – 22 Jul 2008
4 days · trip of 2008
Who
giovanni duina · @gioma · concesio
How
Travel diary
The story

The notes I'd made before leaving for Amsterdam, in the hope they may be useful to someone.

MEDIEVAL CENTRE

Damrak and Rokin - Damrak - Beurs - Munttoren (mint tower) - Nieuwe Kerk € 5 - Royal Palace (Koninklijk) € 6.50

Old Side (Oude Zijde)

- Oude Kerk (11 – 17) € 4 - Warmoestraat - Red lights - Casa Rosso (show 11-22) € 25-40

Nieuwe Zijde (New Side)

- Amsterdam Hist. Museum (10-17) € 6 - Begijnhof (8-11) free - Spui Square – surroundings flower market - Huis de Drie Grachten (house of the three canals) - De Agnietenkapel

WESTERN BELT

- Anne Frank House - Negen Straatjes (9 Little Streets) - Homomonument - Theatermuseum - Westerkerk - JORDAN - Houseboat Museum

SOUTHERN BELT

- Mag. METZ – view from the café - Bloemenmarkt (flower market) - Leidseplein - Café Schiller - R.plein 26 - Amstelkerk - Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge) - Reguliersgracht (canal of the 7 bridges) - Rembrandtplein - Thorbeckeplein

Nieumarkt

- Nieuwmarkt Square - Waag (10-1) free - Museum het Rembrandthuis (10-17) € 11 - Zeedijk

Waterlooplein

- Stopera - Portuguese-Israeli Synagogue - Jood Hist. Museum - Plantage Canals - Singel - Herengracht (gentlemen's canal) - Keizersgracht (emperor's canal) - Prinsengracht (houseboats) - Gouden Bocht (golden bend)

Museums – Parks – Windmills

- Vondelpark (tram 2) - Van Stolen Mill (tram 2 terminus) - Van Gogh Mus. (10-17) - Rijksmuseum (National Museum) (10-17) - Coster Diamonds – Paulus Potterstraat 2 - Nieuwe Spiegelstraat (antiques street)

Markets

- Albert Cuypmarket (9-17)??? - Waterlooplein flea market (9-17)

The surroundings

VOLENDAM with Connexion bus 110 -116 via Edam € 5 return in 30' MARKEN with boat from Volendam € 6.75 return in 30' return bus 111? Meals Centre - St. Paul's (behind Nieuwe Kerk) - Bagels & Beans – Keizergracht 504 (Golden Bend)

Rembrandtplein

- Pizzeria FIRENZE – Halvemaansteeg 9-11 - Juifruit Cafè (?) (about 10 min. before Rembrandtpl. from Dam) wooden door and chains

Museums

- Cobra Café Rest. – Hobbemastr.,18 € 5-15 - Rest. In Vondelpark

Cuypmarket

- Bagels & Beans – Ferd. Bolstra. 70 € 2-5 - Madame Janette – 1° Van de Helstraat 42 € 14-22 international - Mamouche – Quellinstraat 104 € 14-21 Moroccan - Taarte Van… - Ferd. Boolstraat 14 € 2-4 dessert

Transport – Central Station Tourist Office

Airport: Tourist Office and GVB Central Station -Train to Central Station € 4.10 20 min Under the airport - Tram – Bus – Metro Strippenkaart (2-3-8-14-45) valid 60' - Canal Bus € 18 until 12 noon for 3 lines - Lovers Museum Boat € 14.25 Lovers Terminal opposite Central Station - Holland International boat 1h € 11.00

The journey's photographs

58 photographs · click to open them full screen

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Rembrandt statue with bronze Night Watch figures at Rembrandtplein, AmsterdamCranes and buildings along the waterfront seen from a ferry under grey skySailor figurehead on a painted galleon stern, reflected through the glassFloating Chinese restaurant and St. Nicholas basilica across the IJ, AmsterdamWooden houseboat with Dutch flag moored along an Amsterdam canalAmsterdam canal houses with narrow facades and hotel sign, boats moored along the waterBrick bridge over Amsterdam canal with cyclists and Dutch housesBicycles parked beside a brick building along the canalBrick gabled houses in Amsterdam, leafy trees and pedestrians on the streetAmsterdam canal houses with the Westerkerk tower behind green treesLeaning brick canal houses in Amsterdam, bicycles on the bridgeCanal houses in Amsterdam with a blue houseboat and moored boatsAmsterdam canal with houseboats, moored boats and elm trees under a blue skyCylindrical 1950s tower seen from the tourist boat, sky reflecting on the glassTour boat on Amsterdam canal, historic houses and bridge under blue skyTourists under the boat's wooden roof, Amsterdam Centraal station across the canalPedestrians crossing the square in front of Saint Nicholas Basilica, AmsterdamPedestrians and bikes cross the street in front of the Westerkerk tower in AmsterdamBlue tram on tracks in front of the Hotel American in Amsterdam, crowd under blue skyThousands of bicycles crowd Dam Square in Amsterdam by the National MonumentTourists and cyclists on Dam Square in Amsterdam, by the Royal PalaceCoppia sorridente in Dam Square ad Amsterdam, tram in arrivo, luce solare Smiling couple on Amsterdam's Dam Square, blue tram passing, sunny lightTourists walk across a square by a dark brick church and historic buildingsCouple on a bridge among bicycles along Amsterdam canalAmsterdam canal with Dutch houses, houseboats and gulls under cloudsBronze statues of the Night Watch at Rembrandtplein, AmsterdamWooden houseboat with flowers on Amsterdam canal among brick housesAmsterdam canal houses with purple scaffolding, cars and trees along the quayWooden houseboat moored on an Amsterdam canal beside brick buildingsBoat gliding along an Amsterdam canal lined with houses and treesWoman in green jacket beside bicycles on a bridge over an Amsterdam canalBoats on Amsterdam canals between green trees and brick housesCouple among bronze musician statues and busts at Johnny Jordaanplein, AmsterdamTall canal houses in Amsterdam, moored boats, grey skyShaded garden with hedges and potted palms, brick houses behind the treesBikes parked on a bridge by the canal near the Krijtberg church spires, AmsterdamPedestrians walking along tram tracks toward the Munttoren in AmsterdamStone relief of high priest Aaron with censer, set into red brick wallCyclists and pedestrians on a cobbled shopping street lined with Amsterdam housesThe Waag in Amsterdam, old brick building with towers, above a market with vansOude Kerk in Amsterdam, brick Gothic facade with tall stained-glass windows, tourists walking byBrick medieval houses and a statue on the lawn of the Begijnhof, AmsterdamAmsterdam canal with moored boats, bicycles and St Nicholas churchTourists walk in front of the Royal Palace on Dam Square, AmsterdamBrick windmill beside a street with parked cars and blue kioskWhite metal drawbridge over an asphalt road, trees and cloudy skyBrick windmill at a city crossroads, cyclist and cars under cloudy skyDutch brick and wooden windmill under cloudy sky, tourist on the pathWhite drawbridge over the canal, houses and trees under cloudy skySmiling couple in front of the Vondelpark pond, green trees and statue behindTourist in white jacket beside the wrought iron gate of VondelparkGlass-roofed tourist boat cruising a canal lined with pubs and Dutch housesGiant street chessboard, people playing chess among buildings and bicyclesPedestrians cross tram tracks in Amsterdam under red brick buildingsFlower and bulb stall under glass canopy, customers walking on the sidewalk, AmsterdamTourists under hanging flowers at the Bloemenmarkt floating market, AmsterdamTourist in front of Amsterdam's bulb market, stalls full of seeds and colorful signsCrowded shopping street with pedestrians, brick buildings and parked bicycles
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