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Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
This museum has a world-class collection of Greek, Roman and Egyptian artefacts, the pride of which is the extraordinary Temple of Taffeh , a gift from former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to the Netherlands for helping to save ancient Egyptian monuments from flood. Note: the Egyp
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Museum Van Loon
Museum Van Loon is an opulent 1672 residence that was first home to painter Ferdinand Bol and later to the wealthy Van Loon family. The house recalls canal-side living in Amsterdam when money was no object. Inside there are important paintings such as Wedding Portrait by Jan Miense
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Airborne Museum Hartenstein
Inside a mansion used by both the British and the Germans as HQ during Operation Market Garden, this museum does a good job of laying out the disastrous mission and putting it into context. A subterranean maze simulates a night battle in Arnhem...not for the faint-hearted. The lobb
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Grote Kerk
This beautiful Gothic church was built between the 15th and 17th centuries. Its perfect tower is 97m tall and is occasionally open for a climb.
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Centraal Museum
Applied arts are at the heart of a wide-ranging collection that also features paintings by artists of the Utrecht School and a bit of De Stijl to boot. Here too is the worlds most extensive Gerrit Rietveld collection, a dream for all minimalists. Theres even a Viking longboat that
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Waag
Built in 1612, the weigh house has a lovely interior.
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Museum De Fundatie
Housed in a neoclassical courthouse, Zwolles acclaimed art museum stages large-scale temporary exhibits by contemporary figures. The small permanent exhibit traces the trajectory of modern art through representative pieces (another part is exhibited at Nijenhuis Castle, 17km southe
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Joods Historisch Museum
The Joods Historisch Museum, is a beautifully restored complex of four Ashkenazic synagogues from the 17th and 18th centuries. Displays show the rise of Jewish enterprise and its role in the Dutch economy, and the history of Jews in the Netherlands. The English-language audio tour
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Abdij
This huge abbey complex dates from the 12th century and houses the regional government as well as three churches. It features a vast inner courtyard, the Abdijplein , unlike anything elsewhere in the Netherlands; it echoes with history. Its three churches are all in a cluster and r
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Museum Catharijneconvent
Museum Catharijneconvent is the pick of Utrechts museums, with the finest collection of medieval religious art in the Netherlands – virtually the history of Christianity, in fact – housed in a Gothic former convent and an 18th-century canalside house. Marvel at the many beautiful i
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Valkenberg
Between the station and the centre, this idyllic park has a gently rolling landscape with varied trees and a single unadorned jet of water for a fountain. Within the canal that skirts the parks north side stands a fanciful lighthouse designed by the architect Aldo Rossi. Near the w
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Bonnefantenmuseum
Maastrichts star museum, in the Ceramique district east of the Maas, is easily recognizable by its rocket-shaped tower. Designed by the Italian Aldo Rossi, the distinctive E-shaped structure displays early European painting and sculpture on the first floor and contemporary works by
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Escher in Het Paleis Museum
The Lange Voorhout Palace was once Queen Emmas winter residence. Now its home to the work of Dutch graphic artist MC Escher. The permanent exhibition features notes, letters, drafts, photos and fully mature works covering Eschers entire career, from his early realism to the later p
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Museum Ons Lieve Heer op Solder
What looks like an ordinary canal house turns out to have an entire Catholic church stashed inside. Ons Lieve Heer op Solder (Our Dear Lord in the Attic) was built in the mid-1600s in defiance of the Calvinists. Inside youll see labyrinthine staircases, rich artworks, period decor
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Noordbrabants Museum
In the 18th-century former governors residence, this stellar museum features exhibits on Brabant history and southern Dutch art from 1500 to the present, with a separate pavilion housing works by native son Vincent Van Gogh. Following major renovations to create a Museum Quarter, a
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Nieuwe Kerk
Walk down charming Korte Houtstraat to find the 17th-century Nieuwe Kerk; the ornate tower by Lieven de Key is supported by a rather boxy design by Jacob van Campen.
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Artis Royal Zoo
Laid out with delightful ponds, statues, and leafy, winding pathways, mainland Europes oldest zoo has an alphabet soup of wildlife: alligators, birds, chimps and so on up to zebras. Highlights include convincing themed habitats like African savannah and tropical rainforest, and the
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Oude Kerk
The Pilgrims prayed for the last time at Delfshavens 1417-founded Oude Kerk (aka Pilgrim Fathers Church) before leaving the Netherlands for America aboard the Speedwell on 22 July 1620. They could barely keep the leaky boat afloat and, in England, eventually transferred to the Mayf
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Oldehove
At the northwest corner of the historic core stands the notoriously off-kilter Oldehove. Things went wrong shortly after the tower was started in 1529 and it never regained its proper posture, nor its intended height. While by no means a Leaning Tower of Pisa, it presents a dramati
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Grote Kerk van St Bavo
Topped by a towering 50m-high steeple, the Gothic Grote Kerk van St Bavo cathedral contains some fine Renaissance artworks, but the star attraction is its stunning Müller organ – one of the most magnificent in the world, standing 30m high with about 5000 pipes. It was played by Han
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