Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Paleis van Justitie
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Greenpeace Building
Historic Buildings
Schreierstoren
The Schreierstoren (Tower
of Tears) is one of Amsterdam's
oldest buildings
(see p10) -
a
surviving fragment of the
medieval city wall.
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Prins
Hendrikkade 94-5
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Map Q2
Headquarters of the once mighty
Dutch East India Company (VOC),
it was built in 1605, probably by
Hendrick de Keyser, and is now
part of Amsterdam University. The
17th-century meeting room of the
VOC lords has been restored.
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Oude Hoogstraat 24
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Map P4
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Open
9am-5pm Tue-Wed (meeting room)
In't Aepjen
One of two
remaining wood-fronted
houses in Amsterdam
(see p22)
, In't Aepjen
was built in 1550 as a
sailors' hostel, and is
now a bar. The name
means “In the
monkeys”: when sailors
couldn't pay, they would
barter - sometimes
with pet monkeys.
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Zeedijk 1
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Map P2
De Gooyer
Windmill
If you are lucky, you
might see the vast,
streamlined sails of this
18th-century corn mill
creak into motion. Built
in 1725, the whole
octagonal structure was
painstakingly moved to
its present site in 1814.
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Funenkade 5
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Map H4
De Gooyer Windmill
Oostindisch Huis
Seen from the courtyard, the
impressive red-brick façade, with
its ornate entrance and stone-
dressed windows, was the
height of corporate fashion.
Pintohuis
Now a public
library, the Pintohuis is named
after the Portuguese merchant
Isaac de Pinto, who paid an
exorbitant 30,000 guilders for it
in 1651.
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Sint Antoniesbreestraat 69
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Map Q4
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020 624 3184
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Open
2-8pm Mon & Wed, 2-5pm Fri,
11am-2pm Sat
Trippenhuis
Justus Vingboons' grandiose
façade with false middle windows
(1662) concealed the two separate
homes of the powerful Trip
brothers - arms dealers, hence
the pair of chimneys resembling
cannons.
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Kloveniersburgwal 29
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Map P4
Schreierstoren
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