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Cheap City Breaks -
Things to Do in Amsterdam
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The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of The Netherlands, and is found in Amsterdam. Along with other popular museums in the city, including the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum is found just outside the city, on Museumplein. Museumplein is an area of flat land, upon which there are four of the country’s most important and cultural museums.
The Rijksmuseum is set in a historically important old building, and is the largest museum in the whole of The Netherlands. It has over one million visitors every year, and as well as this it is most famous for supporting academic scholarships and supporting new insights into history.
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Cheap City Breaks -
Travel Guide Amsterdam
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Amsterdam is famous for the large numbers of young people who visit it every year, most of whom are looking for a cheap and fun weekend away in Europe. Getting to Amsterdam at the moment couldn’t really be easier, with the large numbers of cheap flights that are now available online, and from operators such as easyjet, Ryan Air and Jet2.com.
Flying in most cases is likely to be the best way to visit the city, especially seen as Amsterdam’s airport is only around twenty minutes south of the city. Flights can be very cheap, and it is unlikely that passengers will be in the air for very long. Flights to Amsterdam, as is the same with the large majority of European mainland airports, will not take more than a couple of hours. Flights to Amsterdam are available from all major airports in the United Kingdom.
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Cheap City Breaks -
Travel Guide Amsterdam
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Getting around Amsterdam is very easy, possibly even easier than it is in most large European cities. There are a variety of ways that people can get around and see the sites of this famous cities, a few of which may not seem obvious at first – using the tram system, for example, is seen as possibly the easiest way to travel. Hiring bikes is also a very good option, and is done by a large number of travellers in the city.
Possibly the quickest and easiest way to get around Amsterdam is the tram system, which is very cheap and reliable. Because the trams run on tracks, like trains do, they rarely get cancelled like buses often do. This means that they are probably the most reliable form of transport, especially if the tourist has a lot of things to do in one day. The trams are numbered and run continuously until 12.15am. They begin to run again very early in the morning.
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Read more... [Getting Around Amsterdam]
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Cheap City Breaks -
Things to Do in Amsterdam
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As well as the association is has with the Red Light District and coffee shops, Amsterdam is also famous for its amazing nightlife. There are a number of different aspects to the nightlife in the city, ranging from bustling squares for the tourists, to the more upper class places for those wanting to spend more money, to the vibrancy of the Red Light District, with its abundance of theatres and brothels.
One of the main squares in the centre of Amsterdam is the Rembrandtplein, which is named after the famous 17th Century Dutch painter Rembrandt. Thus is one of the most central squares in the city, and is full to bursting with cafes and bars. Rembrandtplein also borders the gay clubbing area of the city, which is best found on Reguliersdwarsstraat. The Amsterdam gay scene is one of the most exciting in Europe, and gives yet another perspective to a city that is full of differing cultural and social experiences.
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Cheap City Breaks -
Things to Do in Amsterdam
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Two of the most interesting and culturally important places to visit in Amsterdam are the Van Gogh Museum and the Ann Frank House. Both of these are museums which offer a fascinating and often moving insight into the history of the city, and indeed of the rest of Europe that surrounds The Netherlands. Many people who have visited these places would say that they are very important for any trip to Amsterdam, and they are indeed very popular with visitors.
The Van Gogh Museum is located in Museumplein, along with three of the city’s other large museums. The Van Gogh museum holds the largest collection of the painter’s work in the world, and has some of his most famous artworks on display. It also offers a large selection of the work of Van Gogh’s contemporaries from the 17th century. The Van Gogh Museum is open every day between 10am and 6pm, and to reach it visitors should take either the number 2 or the number 5 tram from the central station.
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Read more... [Van Gogh Museum and Ann Frank House]
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