The old town centre of Amsterdam or Centrum, can roughly be considered as the long U shape inside the canal belt (a series of concentric, semi-circular canals built during the 17th-century Golden Age). The Centrum consists of the... Read more...
Jordaan begins just west of Central Station at the Brouwersgracht, and arches around the Canal Ring between Prinsengracht and Lijnbaansgracht before ending at the Leidsegracht. Traditionally, this neighborhood was defined as... Read more...
The charmingly tatty area spreading south and east from the imposing Heineken Brewery Experience landmark has become one of most cosmopolitan and vibrant parts of Amsterdam. Pijp, pronounced ‘de pay-pe’, means pipe in English. Built...
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The area east of Amsterdam’s old city center may not be widely known to many tourists, but this does not mean you should not consider staying here. Ranging east of the Amstel River, Amsterdam Oost flows into the Dapperbuurt and the Indische neighborhood before being capped by Flevopark.
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This area, spread around Museumplein, is Amsterdam’s cultural quarter, home to some of the city’s biggest and finest attractions. The main museums, the Rijksmuseum, as well as the Van Gogh and the Stedelijk museum, are situated here. So, this is an ideal place to stay if you are visiting Amsterdam to... Read more...
Oud West sits just outside the canal belt to the west and hovers above the old south and De Pijp. It follows the main thoroughfare of Overtoom conecting the centre and Kinkerstraat, which is one of Amsterdam's busiest shopping... Read more...
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