Duck into this contemporary arts centre and ponder the multimedia exhibits, which often have an edgy political angle. Check the website for frequent…
Must see attractions in Amsterdam
- WW139
- HHemp Gallery
Part of the Hash, Marijuana & Hemp Museum, the Hemp Gallery has displays on hemp art and history.
- KKeizersgracht 319
Philips Vingboons designed this grand 1639 building using Greek and Roman classical elements popular at the time.
- RRose Garden
The Vondelpark's rose garden, with some 70 different species, was added in 1936.
- Torture Museum
It's dilapidated and so dimly lit inside that you can barely read the placards, but fans of kitsch and oddball lore will enjoy learning about devices such…
- DDe Bijlmer
This reinvented high-rise housing estate, built in a hexagonal formation in 1966, was once known for crime and deprivation, and in 1992 was partly…
- WWerfMuseum 't Kromhout
Boats are still repaired at the 18th-century wharf on the outer side of the dyke, and this is a 'working' museum in the eastern hall, devoted to…
- SSpreeksteen
This tribute to freedom of speech, established in 2005, is a rock podium marking a 'speakers' corner' in Oosterpark. Organised debates occur here and…