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Hollandsche Manege
RIDING SCHOOL
Softly sunlit and smelling of hay and horses, the neoclassical Hollandsche Manege (1882)
is an Amsterdam treasure. Buy treats in the shop to feed the creatures, or watch the in-
structors put them through their paces as you sip in the elegant cafe. To get there, enter
through the long arcade on Vondelstraat, take a left turn and head up the stairs.
(
www.dehollandschemanege.nl
;
Vondelstraat 140; admission free;
10am-5pm;
1 1e Constantijn Huygensstraat)
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House of Bols
An hour's self-guided tour through this
jenever
(Dutch gin) museum includes a confusing
sniff test, a distilled history of the Bols company and a cocktail made by one of its formid-
able bartenders, who train at the academy upstairs. It's kind of Tom Cruise
Cocktail
cheesy, but fun. Come Friday after 5pm, when admission is only €7.50.
(
www.houseofbols.com
;
Paulus Potterstraat 14; admission €12.50, 18yr & over only;
MUSEUM
noon-5.30pm Sun-Thu, to 9pm Fri, to 7pm Sat;
2/5 Hobbemastraat)
