This exquisite canal house was built in 1687 for Amsterdam mayor Jacob Hop, then remodelled in 1739. It's named after Louisa Willet-Holthuysen, who inherited it from her coal-and-glass-merchant father and lived a lavish, bohemian life here with her husband Abraham, and bequeathed it to the city in 1895. Now run by the Amsterdam Museum, it's a fascinating window into the 19th-century world of the super-rich, with displays including part of the family’s 275-piece Meissen table service, and immaculate French-style garden.
Special exhibits illuminating the life of the servants below stairs are displayed on the lower floor.
