Dutch National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam

16 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  8 minutes

Nationaal Holocaust Museum © Ceescamel

Nationaal Holocaust Museum © Ceescamel

The Dutch National Holocaust Museum (Dutch: Nationaal Holocaust museum) is the first official museum on the Holocaust in the Netherlands. It is located in an historic building in the Jewish Cultural Quarter of Amsterdam, near a former child care center that played a role in rescuing Jewish children. The museum tells the story of the Holocaust through the lives of individual victimised men, women, and children. There is a floor-to-ceiling display of all the laws limiting and obliterating the rights of Jews in the Netherlands, who since the eighteenth century had been Dutch citizens with equal rights.   read more…

Dam Square in Amsterdam

11 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  9 minutes

Royal Palace © Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-4.0

Royal Palace © Diego Delso/cc-by-sa-4.0

Dam Square or the Dam is a town square in Amsterdam, the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. Its notable buildings and frequent events make it one of the best-known and most important locations in the city and the country.   read more…

The Stad Amsterdam

1 June 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: Tall ships, Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  6 minutes

© Żeglarz

© Żeglarz

The Stad Amsterdam (City of Amsterdam) is a three-masted clipper that was built in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2000 at the Damen Shipyard.   read more…

Anne Frank House in Amsterdam

27 January 2024 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions Reading Time:  11 minutes

Anne Frank in May 1942, two months before she and her family went into hiding © Photo collection Anne Frank House, Amsterdam

Anne Frank in May 1942, two months before she and her family went into hiding
© Photo collection Anne Frank House, Amsterdam

The Anne Frank House (Dutch: Anne Frank Huis) is a writer’s house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The building is located on a canal called the Prinsengracht, close to the Westerkerk, in central Amsterdam in the Netherlands.   read more…

Amstelveen in North Holland

6 October 2023 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel © panoramio.com - Rokus C/cc-by-3.0

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel © panoramio.com – Rokus C/cc-by-3.0

Amstelveen is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands, with a population of 92,353 as of 2022. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area.   read more…

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