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AMSTERDAM
HISTORY
MUSEUM TOUR
Amsterdam Historisch Museum
Dozens of rooms (with great English explanations) take you cre-
atively through Amsterdam's story, from fishing village, to sea-
trading superpower, to hippie haven, to city of immigrants. Simply
follow the
Grand Tour
signs, and you'll see every room on your
hike through 1,000 years of Amsterdam history. I've highlighted a
few stops worth checking out.
ORIENTATION
Cost:
€8, covered by Museumkaart and
I amsterdam
Card.
Hours:
Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-17:00.
Getting There:
It's on Kalverstraat 92, next to the Begijnhof, in
downtown Amsterdam.
Information:
Tel. 020/523-1822, www.ahm.nl.
Length of This Tour:
Allow one hour.
Cuisine Art:
The museum has the classy David & Goliath café
and restaurant—peek inside to see the huge 17th-century
Goliath statue (€8-9 salads and sandwiches, daily 9:30-18:00,
until 17:00 in winter).
THE TOUR BEGINS
Ground Floor Entrance Hall:
Growth of the City
Take time to watch the entire sequence as the computer-generated
growth screen (“The Growth of Amsterdam,” at the far end of the
room) takes you through the city's rise. Watch the population go
from zero to 750,000 in 1,000 years. Witness the birth of the city—
the damming of the Amstel, which created Dam Square, the com-
mercial zone where the Damrak's sea harbor met the Rokin's river
