Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Day Three
Explore the Harbour and Eastern Docklands' cutting-edge design. Stop in at
ARCAM
(
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)
to arm yourself with architectural information, then head
onward to the sea treasures at
het Scheepvaartmuseum
(
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)
and views from
NEMO
(
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)
and the
Centrale Bibliotheek Amsterdam
(
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)
.
Go west - as in Western Canals - and fork into sweet or savoury traditional
Dutch
Pancakes!
(
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)
. Immerse yourself in the surrounding
Negen
Straatjes
(
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)
(Nine Streets), a tic-tac-toe board of oddball speciality shops. The
Anne Frank Huis
(
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)
is also in the neighbourhood, and it's a must. The claustro-
phobic rooms, their windows still covered with blackout screens, give an all-too-real feel
for Anne's life in hiding.
Spend the evening in the Jordaan, the chummy district touted as the Amsterdam
of yore. Tables of tapas spill out into the street from
La Oliva
(
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).
Kitschy
Moeders
(
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)
cooks up traditional Dutch dishes. Afterwards, hoist a glass
on a canalside terrace at
Café 't Smalle
(
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)
, join the drunken sing-along at
De
Twee Zwaantjes
(
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)
, or quaff beers at heaps of other
gezellig
haunts.
