Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
NEMO
The most arresting feature
of this interactive science and
technology centre - the largest
in the Netherlands - is the
building itself. Designed by
Renzo Piano, its harbour location
(in the Eastern Islands) gave the
impetus for a green copper
structure resembling a vast ship.
The great views from the top
deck will certainly appeal, even if
the hands-on games, experiments
and demonstrations, designed to
entertain and educate both
children and adults, do not.
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Oosterdok 2
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Bus 22, 32
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0900 919
110 0
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www.e-nemo.nl
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Open
10am-5pm Tue-Sun, also Mon during
school holidays
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Admission charge
A Day Out with the
Kids
Morning
You don't have to take
children to enjoy this
suggested day out, but it
will appeal to them if you
do. It's wise to phone the
Ajax Museum in advance,
to check on its tour times.
Start by taking tram 9, 10
or 14, or bus 22 to the
Tropenmuseum
(see
p127)
, where you can take
a whistlestop tour of the
developing world. After-
wards, have an exotic
lunch in the museum's
lush café-restaurant,
Ekeko, and don't forget
the shop, with its range of
ethnic gifts.
Gemeentearchief
Amsterdam
This elaborate 19th-century
building, with its ornate Neo-
Renaissance façade, used to be
the town hall of Nieuwer Amstel,
which became part of Amster-
dam in 1869. It has housed the
city's municipal archives since
1914. The oldest document is the
Toll of Privileges dating from
1275. The Digitaal Archief has
thousands of photographs of
Amsterdam from the mid-19th
century to the present day
online.
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Amsteldijk 67
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Tram 3, 4
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572 0202
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www.gemeentearchief.
amsterdam.nl
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Open 10am-5pm
Mon-Sat
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Closed public holidays
Afternoon
Walk along Linnaeusstraat,
leaving Oosterpark on your
right, and turn left along
Domselaerstraat to find
Muiderpoort Station. Catch
one of the frequent
stop-
treins
in the direction of
Utrecht for the 9-minute
ride to Bijlmer Station to
visit the Amsterdam ArenA.
The
Ajax Museum
(see
page 127)
and its guided
tour of the stadium will fill
your afternoon.
If you want to extend your
trip into the evening,
consider taking a short
bus ride (Nos 174 or 175)
from Bijlmer station to the
picturesque village of
Ouderkerk aan de
Amstel
, with its waterside
cafés and restaurants.
If it's a Sunday between
April and October, you
may prefer to take a day
trip to
Amsterdamse Bos
(and perhaps to the
Cobra
Museum
at Amstelveen),
using the Electrische
Museumtramlijn to get
you there and back.
NEMO
Catch the Electrische Museumtramlijn at Haarlemmermeerstation
(No.16 tram from Centraal Station).
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