Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Day One
Begin with the biggies: tram to the Museum Quarter to ogle the masterpieces at
the
Van Gogh Museum
(
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)
and
Rijksmuseum
(
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). They'll
be crowded, so make sure you've prebooked tickets. Modern art buffs might want to swap
in the
Stedelijk Museum
(
Click here
)
for one of the others. They're all lined up in a
walkable row.
Spend the afternoon in the medieval City Centre. Have lunch at slow-food fa-
vourite
Gartine
(
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)
. Explore the secret courtyard and gardens at the
Begijnhof
(
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)
. Walk up the street to the
Dam
(
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)
, where the
Royal
Palace
(
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)
,
Nieuwe Kerk
(
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) and Nationaal Monument huddle and
provide a dose of Dutch history. Bend over and take your
jenever
(Dutch gin) like a local at
Wynand Fockink
(
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).
Do elegant Dutch for dinner at
Hemelse Modder
(
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)
. Then venture into
the Red Light District. A walk down Warmoesstraat or Oudezijds Achterburgwal
provides an eye-popping line-up of fetish gear shops, live sex shows, smoky coffeeshops
and, of course, women in day-glo lingerie beckoning from crimson windows. Then settle in
to a brown cafe, such as
CaféIn 't Aepjen
(
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)
,
In de Olofspoort
(
Click here
)
or
't Mandje
(
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)
.
