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Royal Palace of Amsterdam Amsterdam, one of Europe's capitals, has many attractions for visitors. The city's most famous sight is the 17th-century canals of Amsterdam (in Dutch: grachtengordel), located in the heart of Amsterdam, have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Museums Main article: List of museums in Amsterdam Nemo museum in Amsterdam The Rijksmuseum is the national museum ...
On Koningsdag—which is held each year on 27 April—hundreds of thousands of people travel to Amsterdam to celebrate with the city's residents. The entire city becomes overcrowded with people buying products from the free market, or visiting one of the many music concerts.
Amsterdam-Centrum is the inner-most borough and historical city centre of Amsterdam, Netherlands, containing the majority of the city's landmarks. Established in 2002, Amsterdam-Centrum was the last area in the city to be granted the status of self-governing borough. The borough is 8.04 km 2 and covers the UNESCO-listed Amsterdam canal belt.
Tourism in the Netherlands is a relatively small sector of the country's economy with a total contribution of 5.4% to gross domestic product and 9.6% to employment. In 2017 the Netherlands was visited by 17 million foreign tourists (with more than 5 million coming from Germany ), making it the 20th most visited country in the world.
This is a list of museums in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam: The Allard Pierson Museum The Amsterdam Museum The Anne Frank House The Joods Historisch Museum Huis Marseille , oldest photography museum in Amsterdam The Nederlands Filmmuseum The Stadsarchief Amsterdam Museumwoning Tuindorp Oostzaan [ nl ] Wereldmuseum Amsterdam Verzetsmuseum
Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Amsterdam" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Homomonument, as the first monument of its kind, has gained worldwide fame and is a popular tourist attraction in Amsterdam. People from all over the world come to it to lay flowers and take pictures. [17] [25] The Homomonument underwent restoration in 2003. [7]
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: Amsterdam: 680,000 2017 [1] 6 Sexmuseum Amsterdam: Amsterdam: 675,000 2015 [3] 7 NEMO Science Museum: Amsterdam: 670,000 2017 [4] 8 Kunstmuseum Den Haag: The Hague: 560,000 2016 [5] 9 Netherlands Open Air Museum: Arnhem: 532.000 2016 [6] 10 Noordbrabants Museum 's-Hertogenbosch: 510,000 2016 [7] 11 H'ART Museum ...