Tourist information - Amsterdam
Amsterdam is among the finest small cities worldwide. From its canals to world-famous museums and historical sights, Amsterdam is one of the most romantic and exquisite cities in Europe.
Amsterdam is a city of tolerance and diversity. It has all the advantages of a big city: culture, history, entertainment, good transport - but is relatively small, quiet, and largely owing to its canals, has a little road traffic. In Amsterdam your vacation spot isn't at a great distance.
Coffee shops in Holland are permitted to sell small quantities of cannabis and are strictly regulated and taxed. Furthermore, coffee shops must not sell to anyone under 18, they must not sell a lot more than 5g to any customer. Hard drugs are strictly prohibited.
Museums in Amsterdam are the primary tourist attraction. Everyone knows the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum, but there's much more. Amsterdam has over fifty museums which entice countless visitors every year.
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Rijksmuseum is the largest museum in the Netherlands, with more than a million visitors annually. The Rijksmuseum is a well-known Amsterdam landmark and features an unrivalled collection of Dutch art, from early religious works to the masterpieces of the Golden Age.
Location: Stadhouderskade 42, The museum quarter.
Anne Frank House
Anne Frank House is down the middle of Amsterdam is the hiding place where Anne Frank wrote her famous diary during World War II. The original of the diary is presented within the Anne Frank House's permanent exhibition.
Location: Prinsengracht 267, Jordaan quarter near Westerkerk.
Museum Amstelkring
On the edge of the Red Light District, museum houses in the refurbished 17th-century canal house with two smaller houses to the rear. The lower floors of the building became a museum in 1888and today include refurbished rooms, together with a array of church silver, religious artifacts as well as paintings.
Location: Oudezijds Voorburgwal 40.
Van Gogh Museum
The museum houses a number of 200 paintings and 550 sketches displaying Van Gogh in all his moods. These combined with hundreds of letters by Van Gogh to Teo, and selected works by his friends and contemporaries, make up the core of the museum's collection.
Location: Paulus Potterstraat 7, The museum quarter.
Stedelijk Museum
Housing the civic collection of modern art, the museum also stages contemporary art exhibitions. A sculpture garden is to be located behind the structure.
Allard Pierson museum
Allard Pierson Museum is Amsterdam's the only specialist archeological collection, now owned by the University. The museum contains Egyption, Greek, Cypriot, Roman, Etruscan and Coptic artefacts.
Location: Oude Turfmarkt 127.
Amsterdam Historical Museum
The permanent exhibitions are housed all around the complex's inner courtyards. Clear signposting allows the visitor to concentrate on a specific period of the Amsterdam's history.
Location: Kalverstraat 92, Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 357, St Luciensteeg.
Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum
Netherlands Maritime Museum holds the largest collection of boats around the world. Displays of real-size ships, models and maps give a chronological view of Dutch naval history.
Location: Linnaeusstraat 2, quarter Plantage.
Tropenmuseum - Tropical Museum
One of the very most intriguing Amsterdam's museums belongs to the Royal Institute for the Tropics, a foundation devoted to the study of the cultures of tropical areas across the world.
Location: Kattenburgerplein 1, quarter Plantage.
Red Light District
Beer and celebration environment, sex available for sale, and countless people-watching. These erotic theaters, barely dressed women -old, young, black, white, Asian, fat, skinny, ugly, beautiful pose in windows, lick their lips, and try to lure visitors inside. The stores are complete with hardcore videos, magazines, and sex toys complete the visitors attractions through this sexual amusement park.