Amsterdam (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

AMSTERDAM

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

AMSTERDAM MAIN CONTRIBUTORS: ROBIN PASCOE CHRISTOPHER CATLING

CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 6 PROJECT EDITOR Heather Jones ART EDITOR Vanessa Hamilton EDITORS Peter Adams, Sasha Heseltine, Fiona Morgan, Alice Peebles, Nichola Tyrrell US EDITOR Mary Sutherland DESIGNERS Emma Hutton, Erika Lang, Malcolm Parchment CONTRIBUTORS

Paul Andrews, Hedda Archbold, Marlene Edmunds, Pip Farquharson, Adam Hopkins, Fred Mawer, Alison Melvin, Kim Renfrew, Catherine Stebbings, Richard Widdows

Model boat at Scheepvaart Museum

PHOTOGRAPHERS

Max Alexander, Rupert Horrox, Kim Sayer ILLUSTRATORS

Nick Gibbard, Maltings Partnership, Derrick Stone, Martin Woodward Film outputting bureau Cooling Brown, London Reproduced by Colourscan, Singapore

INTRODUCING AMSTERDAM FOUR GREAT DAYS IN AMSTERDAM 10

Printed and bound in China by L. Rex Printing Company Limited First American edition 1995 11 12 13 14 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Published in the United States by DK Publishing, 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014. Reprinted with revisions 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011

PUTTING AMSTERDAM ON THE MAP 12 THE HISTORY OF AMSTERDAM 18

Copyright 1995, 2011 © Dorling Kindersley Limited, London ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WITHOUT LIMITING THE RIGHTS UNDER COPYRIGHT RESERVED ABOVE, NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN OR INTRODUCED INTO A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, OR TRANSMITTED, IN ANY FORM, OR BY ANY MEANS (ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING, OR OTHERWISE), WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF BOTH THE COPYRIGHT OWNER AND THE ABOVE PUBLISHER OF THIS BOOK. PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED.

AMSTERDAM AT A GLANCE 38 AMSTERDAM THROUGH THE YEAR 50

A CATALOG RECORD FOR THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE FROM THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

ISSN 1542-1554 ISBN: 978-0-7566-6954-6

AMSTERDAM AREA BY AREA

THROUGHOUT THIS BOOK, FLOORS ARE REFERRED TO IN ACCORDANCE WITH EUROPEAN USAGE; I.E., THE “FIRST FLOOR” IS THE FLOOR ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.

Front cover main image: Canals in the Singel district

The information in this DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is checked regularly.

Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London, WC2R 0RL, Great Britain, or email: [email protected] Boats lining Prinsengracht, with Westerkerk in the background

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OUDE ZIJDE 56 NIEUWE ZIJDE 70 WESTERN CANAL RING 86

A CANAL WALK 94 CENTRAL CANAL RING 106 EASTERN CANAL RING 114 MUSEUM QUARTER 124 PLANTAGE 138 FURTHER AFIELD 148

Children in Dutch costume outside a church in the Zuiderzee Museum

RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS 224

GETTING TO AMSTERDAM 266

SHOPS AND MARKETS 238

GETTING AROUND AMSTERDAM 270

ENTERTAINMENT IN AMSTERDAM 244 CHILDREN’S AMSTERDAM 252

SURVIVAL GUIDE Café terrace in Artis zoo

TWO GUIDED WALKS 156

PRACTICAL INFORMATION 256

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AMSTERDAM STREET FINDER 278

BEYOND AMSTERDAM 164

GENERAL INDEX 292

TRAVELLERS’ NEEDS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 309 PHRASE BOOK 311

WHERE TO STAY 210 Façade of the Rijksmuseum

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