Like most visitors of Holland we start our tour at Schiphol international airport. The airport is just a few miles away from our capital: Amsterdam. So as we are in the neighbourhood, we might as well go there first.
Amsterdam is the main attraction of Holland. With its famous canals and beautiful old buildings, it is one of the prettiest cities of Europe.
Beside that Amsterdam has 735.000 inhabitants of 173 nationalities, 165 canals, 1281 bridges, 42 museums and 600.000 bikes.
Every year 4,6 million people visit the city, and you're one of them now.
The name Amsterdam derives from the dam on the Amstel River on which the city was built. The name is first recorded (Amstelledamme/Amstelredamme) in 1275.
But lets go on with the tour. Lets visit some of Amsterdams museums first:
| Rijksmuseum | The famous Rijksmuseum. |
| Van Gogh | The Van Gogh Museum. |
| Stedelijk | Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art. |
| Rembrandthuis | The Rembrandthouse museum. |
| Historical | Amsterdam Historical Museum. |
| Resistance | The Resistance Museum. |
| Anne Frank | The Anne Frank house. |
| Maritime | Dutch Maritime Museum. |
| Berlage | The Beurs van Berlage (D). |
| Tropical | Royal Tropical Institute. |
| Zoological | The Zoological Museum. |
| Church | The Old Church. |
| Jewish | The Jewish Historical Museum. |
| Houseboat | The Houseboat museum. |
| Sex | The Sex museum. |
| Palace | The Royal Palace. |
But there is more in Amsterdam then just museums. Lets go on and visit some other interesting places.
| Artis | The Amsterdam Zoo. |
| Hortus | Amsterdams Botanical Garden. |
| Tussaud | Madame Tussaud in Amsterdam. |
| Jordaan | A famous neighbourhood of Amsterdam. |
| Condomerie | Worldwide condom specialists. |
| Mills | The 8 windmills of Amsterdam. |
| Defence line | A citywall of water. |
| Waterloo | Waterloo Square flee market. |
| Red lights | The Red Lights district. |
Of course a trip by boat through the famous canals is part of the tour as well. After that we visit the townhall and gather some touristic information for our next trip to this wonderful city.
Whoops !! We almost forgot to take some pictures. Let do that now before we continue our Holland tour.
