Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
wing opened in 1994, it is
possible to see everything in one
visit.
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Oude Turfmarkt 127
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Map N5
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020 525 2556
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www.uba.uva.nl/apm
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Open 10am-5pm Tue-Fri, 1-5pm Sat, Sun
& public hols
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Admission charge
A Day in the Nieuwe
Zijde
Morning
Spend the morning in the
Amsterdams Historisch
Museum
(see pp24-7)
,
although a morning is
scarcely enough. When you
feel like a break, leave the
main building and head for
the Kalverstraat entrance,
where the café-restaurant
David and Goliath is on
your left. Make sure that
you keep your ticket so
that you can re-enter the
museum without having to
pay again. The end of the
tour brings you to the
excellent museum shop.
Spui
One of the most genial
places in the city, this small
square lined with cafés, bars and
bookshops is generally quiet
during the winter, but in
summer, it bursts into life at
lunchtime and again in the
evening, when people spill out
onto the pavement from bars.
Cheek by jowl with university
buildings, Spui has traditionally
been a place where intellectuals
gather to drink and debate. There
is also a Friday book market.
During the Provo riots of the
1960s
(see p39)
, the square was
the scene of political protests
and demonstrations, during
which Carol Kneulman's twee
statue of an urchin,
Het Lieverdje
(Little Darling) was frequently
daubed with slogans. At No. 18,
Café Hoppe
(see p50)
is a
landmark brown café, in
business for more than 300
years. d
Map M5
Rather than leaving by one
of the exits, cut through
the Civic Guards' Gallery
to the
Begijnhof
(see
pp22-3)
, and while away
some time in this seclud-
ed place. Come out of the
Gedempte Begijnensloot
entrance and turn the
corner into
Spui
, where
you might lunch at Café
Hoppe
(see p50)
or Café
Esprit (Spui 10).
Afternoon
After lunch, walk down
Kalverstraat, the district's
main shopping street, to
Dam Square, where you
could visit the
Koninklijk
Paleis
as well as the
Nieuwe Kerk
(see pp34-5)
.
Then take a break among
the tiny shops built into
the buttresses of the
church in Gravenstraat;
at No.18, De Drie Fleschjes
is one of the oldest
proeflokalen
(tasting
houses), dating from 1650.
When you are revived,
walk down Damrak past
the
Beurs van Berlage
to
finish your day at the
Centraal Station
, where
you can hop on a tram
back to your hotel.
Het Lieverdje
, Spui
85
