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Electric Ladyland
The worlds first museum of fluorescent art features owner Nick Padalinos psychedelic sculpture work on one side and cases of naturally luminescent rocks and manufactured glowing objects (money, government ID cards etc) on the other (his art gallery–shop is upstairs). Jimi Hendrix,
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Amsterdam RAI
This exhibition and conference centre (featured, by the way, in Jacques Tatis 1971 film Trafic ) is the largest such complex in the country. The building opened in 1961 and just keeps expanding for the car, fashion, horse-jumping and 50-odd other shows held here every year. RAI sta
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Amstelkerk
The unique pinewood Amstelkerk was erected in 1668 as a noodkerk (makeshift church) under the direction of the city architect, Daniël Stalpaert. The idea was that the congregation would have somewhere to meet while a permanent church arose next to it but plans for this stone church
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Fort Kijkduin
Built under Napoleons orders in 1811 to accommodate 1400 soldiers, this hulking hilltop fortress (originally called Fort Morland) now houses a military museum incorporating an armoury, and a fantastic subterranean aquarium with 14 tanks filled with every species of marine life from
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New York Life Insurance Building
This landmark building opened in 1890 to house the New York Life Insurance Company (hence the eagles), but soon passed to luxury furnishing purveyor Metz & Co. Functionalist designer/architect Gerrit Rietveld added the top-floor cupola in 1930. In 2012, American retailer Abercr
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Leiden American Pilgrim Museum
The Leiden American Pilgrim Museum is a fascinating restoration of a one-room house occupied around 1610 by the soon-to-be Pilgrims . The house itself dates from 1375 (check out the original 14th-century floor tiles), but the furnishings are from the Pilgrims period. Curator Jeremy
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Tassenmuseum Hendrikje
At this handbag museum youll find half a millenniums worth of arm candy. The largest collection in the Western world (over 5000 bags), it contains everything from a crumpled 16th-century pouch to dainty art deco and design classics by Chanel, Gucci and Versace to Madonnas ivy-strew
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Huis Sonneveld
Huis Sonneveld, designed by Brinkman and Van der Vlugt, is an outstanding example of the Dutch New Building architectural strain (also known as Dutch functionalism). This 1933 villa has been lovingly restored, with furniture, wallpaper and fixtures present and correct – it is an as
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Nationaal Monument
The obelisk on the Dams east side was built in 1956 to commemorate WWIIs fallen. Fronted by two lions, its pedestal has a number of symbolic statues: four males (war), a woman with child (peace) and men with dogs (resistance). The 12 urns at the rear hold earth from war cemeteries
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Muiderpoort
This grand, classical arch was built in 1770 as a gateway to the city. On the south side youll see the Amsterdam emblem of three St Andreas crosses, while on the other side theres a cog ship emblem, which appeared on Amsterdams coat of arms in medieval times. In 1811 Napoleon rode
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Gassan Diamonds
At this vast workshop, youll get a quick primer in assessing the gems for quality, and see diamond cutters and polishers in action. The one-hour tour is the best of its kind in town.The factory sits on Uilenburg, one of the rectangular islands reclaimed in the 1580s during a sudden
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Dordrechts Museum
Away from the old town, the flashy Dordrechts Museum has works by local artists. Most noteworthy are pieces by Jan van Goyen (1596–1656) and Albert Cuyp (1620–91). Van Goyen was one of the first Dutch painters to capture the interplay of light on landscapes – look for his View of D
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Tropenmuseum
The Tropenmuseum houses a three-storey collection of colonial artefacts, presented with insight, imagination and a fair amount of multimedia. You can stroll through an African market or sit in a Central Asian yurt (traditional felt hut), see ritual masks and spiky spears and listen
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Stadsbrouwerij De Pelgrim
The heady scent of hops greets you at this vintage brewery abutting the Oude Kerk, with bubbling copper vats by the entrance. Here you can take a voyage through its wonderful seasonal and standard beers such as Rotterdams Stoombier and Mayflower Tripel in the bar, canal-side terrac
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Scheepvaarthuis
Now the luxury Grand Hotel Amrath, the grand 1916-built Scheepvaarthuis was the first true example of Amsterdam School architecture. The exterior resembles a ships bow and is encrusted in elaborate nautical detailing; look for figures of Neptune, his wife and four females that repr
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Kasteel Amerongen
The Kasteel Amerongen, a fortified castle built in the 13th century, is located in the countryside outside the town of Amerongen on the Nederrijn river, a landscape dotted with old wooden tobacco-drying sheds. After being burned by Louis XIVs troops in the late 1600s, it was rebuil
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Beurs van Berlage
Master architect and ardent socialist HP Berlage (1856–1934) built Amsterdams financial exchange in 1903. He filled the temple of capitalism with decorations that venerate labour – look inside the café to see tile murals of the well-muscled proletariat of the past, present and futu
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Museum Gouda
To the immediate southwest of the Sint Janskerk church and near a small canal, the city museum is housed in an old hospital, Catherina Gasthuis. It covers Goudas history and has a few artworks. In the basement a ghoulish section on local torture in the Middle Ages includes devices
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Engelse Kerk
One of two churches located in the Begijnhof, the Engelse Kerk was built around 1392. It eventually was rented out to the local community of English and Scottish Presbyterian refugees – including the Pilgrim Fathers – and it still serves as the citys Presbyterian church. Look for p
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Panorama Mesdag
Just past the north end of Noordeinde, the Panorama Mesdag contains the Panorama (1881), an immense 120m-long, 14m-high, 360-degree painting of Scheveningen that was painted by Hendrik Willem Mesdag. The panorama is viewed from a constructed dune, with real sand and beach chairs; b
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