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- Pont 13 - Restaurants & cafés
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- Anne Frank Huis - Museums
- Van Gogh Museum - Museums
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- Rijksmuseum - Museums
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20 great things to do in Amsterdam
Discover world-class art, fabulous flea markets – and how to eat herring
Editor's picks
Dine aboard a disused ferry
Pont 13
Restaurants & cafésThis transformed ferry – amid a neighbourhood of students living in revamped shipping containers – is all-round intriguing.
A club with a difference
Nachttheatre Sugar Factory
ClubsPerformance meets clubbing at this unusual 'Night Theatre'.
Get your juices flowing
Latei
RestaurantsHealthy juices and tasty vegetarian meals are the order of the day at this kitsch and funky café.
Major attractions
Rijksmuseum
MuseumsEven though it's undergoing a €227 million facelift, the Rijksmuseum still has 400 masterpieces on display, including Rembrandt's 'Night Watch' and Vermeer's 'Woman Reading a Letter'.
Van Gogh Museum
MuseumsMore than 700 of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings are displayed here, including the world-famous 'Sunflowers', 'The Bedroom' and 'The Potato Eaters'.
Anne Frank Huis
AttractionsAnne Frank and her family hid here for two years during World War II; a bookcase marks the entrance to the sober, unfurnished rooms in which she wrote her famous diary.
What's on in Amsterdam
Queen's Day revelers - © Michelle Grant/Time Out
A street party to celebrate the queen's birthday, a Cannabis Cup, Europerve, a beer festival: this could only be Amsterdam!