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Things to do in Amsterdam
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Sightlore has 46 places to explore in Amsterdam, and 46 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Amsterdam's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Amsterdam Museum
The Amsterdam Museum, known until 2010 as the Amsterdam Historical Museum, is an Amsterdam-based museum dedicated to the city's past and present.
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Homomonument
The Homomonument is a memorial in the centre of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. It commemorates all LGBTQ people who have been persecuted because of their sexual orientation.
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Grachtengordel
The Grachtengordel, known in English as the Canal District, is a neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the Centrum district.
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Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
The Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, previously known as Tropenmuseum between 1950 and 2023, is an ethnographic museum with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Our Lord in the Attic Museum
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder is a 17th-century canal house, house church, and museum in the city center of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Catholic church was built on the top three floors of the canal house during the 1660s.
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Het Scheepvaartmuseum
The Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
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H'Art Museum
H'ART Museum is an art museum located on the banks of the Amstel river in Amsterdam.
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Royal Palace of Amsterdam
The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in Amsterdam is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which are at the disposal of the monarch by Act of Parliament.
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Anne Frank House
The Anne Frank House is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The building is located on the Prinsengracht, close to the Westerkerk, in central Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
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Scheepvaarthuis
The Shipping House is a building on the western tip of the Waalseiland near Amsterdam harbour that is one of the top 100 Dutch heritage sites and generally regarded as the first true example of the Amsterdam School, a style characterised by "expressive dynamism, lavish…
Discovery routes in Amsterdam
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Amsterdam: From Central Station to Dam Square
From Central Station to St Nicholas Basilica and the Schreierstoren, past the Oude Kerk and the hidden church in the attic to the Beurs van Berlage, then Dam Square, the Royal Palace and the Nieuwe Kerk, the Amsterdam Museum and the Begijnhof.
Amsterdam: The Canals, the Jordaan and Anne Frank
From the Noorderkerk into the Jordaan, past the Anne Frank House and the Westerkerk and along the canal ring to the flower market, the Munttoren, the canal-house museums and the Magere Brug.
Amsterdam: Museumplein and the Vondelpark
From Museumplein to the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk, then the Concertgebouw and the Vondelpark.
Amsterdam: Rembrandt and the Jewish Quarter
From the Waag to the Zuiderkerk and Rembrandt's house, past the Portuguese Synagogue and the Jewish Museum to the Blauwbrug, then H'ART, the Hortus Botanicus, the Resistance Museum, Artis and the Wereldmuseum.
Amsterdam: The Harbour, the Sea and the IJ
From the Maritime Museum to NEMO, past the Montelbaanstoren and the Scheepvaarthuis, then by ferry across the IJ to the Eye Filmmuseum.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Beurs van Berlage
The Beurs van Berlage (literally Berlage's stock market) is a building on the Damrak, in the centre of Amsterdam.
Dam Square
Dam Square, also known as the Dam, is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands.
Jordaan
The Jordaan is a neighbourhood of the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is part of the borough of Amsterdam-Centrum.
Grachtengordel
The Grachtengordel, known in English as the Canal District, is a neighborhood in Amsterdam, Netherlands located in the Centrum district.
Munttoren
The Munttoren or Munt is a tower in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It stands on the busy Muntplein square, where the Amstel river and the Singel canal meet, near the flower market and the eastern end of the Kalverstraat shopping street.
Magere Brug
The Magere Brug is a bridge over the river Amstel in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It connects the banks of the river at Kerkstraat, between the Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht.
Museumplein
The Museumplein is a public space in the Museumkwartier neighbourhood of the Amsterdam-Zuid borough in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Concertgebouw
The Royal Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" translates into English as "concert building".
Waag, Amsterdam
The Waag ("weigh house") is a 15th-century building on Nieuwmarkt square in Amsterdam. It was originally a city gate and part of the walls of Amsterdam.
Blauwbrug
The Blauwbrug is a historic bridge in Amsterdam, Netherlands over the river Amstel. It connects the Rembrandtplein area with the Waterlooplein area, and lies south to the Stopera.
Museums
Oude Kerk
The Oude Kerk is a Reformed church in Amsterdam, Netherlands, being the oldest parish church in the city.
Our Lord in the Attic Museum
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder is a 17th-century canal house, house church, and museum in the city center of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Catholic church was built on the top three floors of the canal house during the 1660s.
Nieuwe Kerk
The Nieuwe Kerk is a 15th-century church in Amsterdam located on Dam Square, next to the Royal Palace. Originally a Catholic church, it became a Dutch Reformed church in 1578. It now belongs to the Protestant Church in the Netherlands.
Amsterdam Museum
The Amsterdam Museum, known until 2010 as the Amsterdam Historical Museum, is an Amsterdam-based museum dedicated to the city's past and present.
Anne Frank House
The Anne Frank House is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The building is located on the Prinsengracht, close to the Westerkerk, in central Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Allard Pierson
The Allard Pierson Museum is the archaeological museum of the University of Amsterdam. It is situated at the Oude Turfmarkt 127 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Museum Van Loon
Museum Van Loon is a museum located in a canalside house alongside the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The museum is named after the family Van Loon that lived in the house from the 19th century.
Museum Willet-Holthuysen
Museum Willet-Holthuysen is a located on the Herengracht in Amsterdam. The Amsterdam famous ring of canals is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history, located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Royal Concertgebouw.
Van Gogh Museum
The Van Gogh Museum is a Dutch art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in the Museum Square in Amsterdam South, close to the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw.
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The 19th-century building was designed by Adriaan Willem Weissman.
Rembrandt House Museum
The Rembrandt House Museum is a museum located in a former house in the Jodenbreestraat, in the center of Amsterdam.
Portuguese Synagogue
The Portuguese Synagogue, also known as the Esnoga, or Snoge, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at Mr. Visserplein 3 in Central Amsterdam, Amsterdam, in the North Holland region of The Netherlands.
Jewish Museum
The Joods Museum, part of the Jewish Cultural Quarter, is a museum in Amsterdam dedicated to Jewish history, culture and religion, in the Netherlands and worldwide. It is the only museum in the Netherlands dedicated to Jewish history.
H'Art Museum
H'ART Museum is an art museum located on the banks of the Amstel river in Amsterdam.
Dutch Resistance Museum
The Resistance Museum is a museum located in the Plantage neighbourhood in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Wereldmuseum Amsterdam
The Wereldmuseum Amsterdam, previously known as Tropenmuseum between 1950 and 2023, is an ethnographic museum with its headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Het Scheepvaartmuseum
The Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
NEMO Science Center
NEMO Science Museum is a science centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is located in the Oosterdokseiland neighbourhood in the Amsterdam-Centrum borough, situated between the Oosterdokseiland and the Kattenburg.
Eye Filmmuseum
Eye Filmmuseum is a film archive, museum, and cinema in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands.
Places of worship
Church of St Nicholas
The Co-cathedral Basilica of Saint Nicholas is located in the Old Centre district of Amsterdam, Netherlands, very close to Amsterdam's main railway station. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of both the church and the city of Amsterdam.
Noorderkerk
The Noorderkerk (Dutch for "northern church") is a 17th-century Protestant church in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Noorderkerk is located along Prinsengracht canal, on Noordermarkt square.
Westerkerk
The Westerkerk is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant Calvinism in central Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Zuiderkerk
The Zuiderkerk is a 17th-century Reformed Protestant church in the Nieuwmarkt area of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. The church played an important part in the life of Rembrandt and was the subject of a painting by Claude Monet.
Monuments
National Monument on Dam Square
The National Monument on Dam Square is a 1956 cenotaph in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Homomonument
The Homomonument is a memorial in the centre of Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. It commemorates all LGBTQ people who have been persecuted because of their sexual orientation.
Nature
Vondelpark
The Vondelpark is a public urban park of 47 hectares (120 acres) in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is part of the borough of Amsterdam-Zuid and situated west from the Leidseplein and the Museumplein.
Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
Hortus Botanicus is a botanical garden in the Plantage district of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is one of the world's oldest botanical gardens.
Natura Artis Magistra
Natura Artis Magistra (Latin for "Nature is the teacher of art"), commonly known just as Artis, is a zoo and botanical garden in the centre of Amsterdam.
Other
Amsterdam Central station
Amsterdam Centraal station is the largest railway station in Amsterdam, North Holland, the Netherlands.
Schreierstoren
The Schreierstoren, originally part of the medieval city wall of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, was built in the 15th century. It is located at the Prins Hendrikkade 94 in the city center of Amsterdam.
Royal Palace of Amsterdam
The Royal Palace of Amsterdam in Amsterdam is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which are at the disposal of the monarch by Act of Parliament.
Begijnhof
The Begijnhof is one of the oldest hofjes in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A group of historic buildings, mostly private dwellings, centre on it. As the name suggests, it was originally a béguinage.
Bloemenmarkt
The Bloemenmarkt is the world's only floating flower market. Founded in 1862, it is sited in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on the Singel canal between Muntplein and Koningsplein in the city's southern canal belt.
Montelbaanstoren
The Montelbaanstoren is a tower on the bank of the Oudeschans – a canal in Amsterdam. The original tower was built in 1516 as part of the Walls of Amsterdam for the purpose of defending the city and the harbour.
Scheepvaarthuis
The Shipping House is a building on the western tip of the Waalseiland near Amsterdam harbour that is one of the top 100 Dutch heritage sites and generally regarded as the first true example of the Amsterdam School, a style characterised by "expressive dynamism, lavish…
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