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Multatuli Museum
Better known by the pen name Multatuli – Latin for I have suffered greatly – novelist Eduard Douwes Dekker was best known for Max Havelaar (1860), a novel about corrupt colonialists in the Dutch East Indies. This small but fascinating museum-home chronicles his life and works, and
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University Library
Todays library is a concrete hulk, not nearly the beautiful building youd expect from such a historic site, but its background is fascinating. Citizen militias used to meet here: the hand-bow (handboog) militia in No 421, and the foot-bow (voetboog) militia in No 425, which also se
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NDSM
NDSM-werf is a derelict shipyard turned edgy arts community 15 minutes upriver from the city centre. It wafts a post-apocalyptic vibe: an old submarine slumps in the harbour, abandoned trams rust by the waters edge, and graffiti splashes across almost every surface. Young creatives
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Entrepotdok
The area northeast of the Plantage was the stomping ground of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), which grew rich on sea trade in the 17th century. The VOC owned this 500m row of warehouses – the largest storage depot in Europe at the time – located in a customs-free zone. Some of
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Edams Museum
The Edams Museums furnishings, porcelain and silverware spread over three cramped floors. Its floating cellar is a remarkable pantry that rises and falls with the rivers swell to reduce stress on the structure above. The ornate 1540 brick building is Edams oldest. Across the canal
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Little Woodcutter
Hidden up in the Leidsebosje parklands closest tree to the pedestrian crossing on Stadhouderskade (where it intersects with Leidseplein) is a 50cm-high bronze sculpture of a little woodcutter leaning over and sawing a branch with both hands. The sculpture was installed in 1989, but
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Brouwersgracht
Pretty as a Golden Age painting, the Brewers Canal took its name from the many breweries located here in the 16th and 17th centuries. Goods such as leather, coffee, whale oil and spices also were stored and processed here in giant warehouses, such as those with the row of spout gab
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Concertgebouw
The literal name Concert Hall scarcely does justice to this amazing facility. Architect AL van Gendt designed the Concertgebouw in neo-Renaissance style. Guided tours (75 minutes) show that, in spite of his limited musical knowledge, he gave the two-tiered Grote Zaal (Main Hall) ac
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Gijsbert Dommer Huis
Look closely at the facade of this sober residence known locally as the House with the Blood Stains. After losing his fortune, six-time mayor and diplomat Coenraad van Beuningen lost his mind and scribbled graffiti here, allegedly in his own blood, and his unfathomable message – in
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Onze Lieve Vrouwe Toren
The 15th-century Gothic tower is the only surviving component of a church that used to stand on this spot until an unfortunate gunpowder blast in 1787. F The square in front, Lieve Vrouwekerkhof, is Amersfoorts most charming spot. Tickets to ascend the tower (346 steps, fine views)
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Speeltoren
Monnickendams trademark building is the 15th-century Speeltoren, an elegant, Italianate clock tower and former town hall. The towers 17th-century glockenspiel (carillon) – the worlds oldest – performs at 11am and noon on Saturday, when its four mechanical knights prance in the open
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Huis Doorn
This 14th-century castle had numerous owners during its time, but none more infamous than Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, who inhabited Huis Doorn in exile from 1920 until his death in 1941. Castle visits are by guided tour. There’s a fine collection of German art that it seems the K
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Haarlemmerpoort
Once a defensive gateway to the city, the Haarlemmerpoort marked the start of the busy route to Haarlem, which was a major trading route. The structure was finished just in time for King William IIs staged entry for his 1840 investiture, hence its little-known official name of Will
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NAP Visitors Centre
This fascinating display shows the ins and outs of Normaal Amsterdams Peil (NAP; Normal Amsterdam Level). Established in the 17th century as the average high-water mark of the Zuiderzee, it still forms the zero reference for elevation countrywide and is now used throughout the Euro
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Rietveld
This Unesco-recognised landmark house is just east of the city centre. Built in 1924 by Utrecht architect Gerrit Rietveld for socialite Truus Schröeder-Schräder, it is a stark example of ‘form follows function. Especially notable are the architects use of primary colours and the tr
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Kattenkabinet
One Golden Bend house thats open to the public is this offbeat museum, devoted to, of all things, the feline presence in art. It was founded by wealthy financier Bob Meijer in memory of his red tomcat John Pierpont Morgan III. Among the artists, Swiss-born Theopile-Alexandre Steinl
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Drentsche Aa National Landscape
Drentsche Aa National Landscape takes in a varied 10,000-hectare landscape of ancient farms, deep woods and scraggly heath that bursts into purple bloom come late summer. Cycling through this bell-shaped area just northeast of Assen is sublime, and there are maps posted at each kno
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Eise Eisinga Planetarium
The Eise Eisinga Planetarium is the world’s oldest working planetarium. The namesake owner was a tradesman with a serious sideline in cosmic mathematics and astrology, who clearly could have been a ‘somebody’ in the astronomical world. Beginning in 1774, he built the planetarium hi
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Pieterskerk
Crowned by its huge steeple, Pieterskerk is often under restoration – a good thing as it has been prone to collapse since it was built in the 14th century. The precinct here is as old Leiden as youll get and includes the gabled old Latin School , which – before it became a commerc
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Amsterdam Pipe Museum
Did you know that pipes were first used by Native Americans around 500 BC? Its the starting point of the history of pipes at this unexpectedly fascinating museum, which displays a private collection of objects collected over 40 years from some 60 different countries. Knowledgeable
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