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Absolute Danny ( Click here )
Getting There
Tram Numerous tram lines go through the neighbourhood en route to Centraal Station (most via the Dam)
including trams 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 13, 16, 17, 24, 25 and 26.
Boat Free ferries run to Amsterdam-Noord, departing from the piers behind Centraal Station.
The Sights in a Day
Fuel up with coffee and pastries at Lanskroon ( Click here ) . Nearby, look for
the secret courtyard at the Begijnhof ( Click here ) . Pop into the Amsterdam
Museum ( Click here ) to learn local history, then see it in person at the Dam ( Click here
), where the city was founded. The 15th-century Nieuwe Kerk ( Click here ) and 17th-
century Royal Palace ( Click here ) also huddle here.
Grab a sandwich at 'Skek ( Click here ) , and prepare to venture into the Red
Light District. There's more here than you think. The 700-year-old Oude Kerk (
Click here ) has a who's who of famous folks buried beneath its floor, while Museum
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder ( Click here ) hides an entire, relic-rich church behind its
canal-house facade. You can see titillating stuff too: walk down Warmoesstraat or Oudez-
ijds Achterburgwal, past Absolute Danny ( Click here ) and Casa Rosso ( Click here ) .
Fork into stamppot and other Dutch specialities at Haesje Claes ( Click here ) .
To try the famed Dutch jenever (gin), belly up to the bar at Wynand Fockink (
Click here ) or In de Olofspoort ( Click here ) . Or sip at Hoppe ( Click here ) on the
Spui, a cafe-ringed plaza that is the city's intellectual hub.
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