Amsterdam Tourist Places.

Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, known for its artistic heritage, its elaborate canal system and its narrow houses with gabled facades, legacies of the Golden Age of the seventeenth century. Its museum district houses the Van Gogh Museum, works by Rembrandt and Vermeer in the Rijksmuseum, and modern art in the Stedelijk. Cycling is key to the character of the city, and there are numerous routes for bicycles.

     1. De Wallen

De Wallen is Amsterdam's infamous red light district, the designated area of the city for legalized prostitution. The neighborhood covers several canals and side streets south of Central Station. More than a hundred one-bedroom apartments are rented by sex professionals that draw viewers from behind the red-lit windows. A strong police presence keeps the neighborhood safe. Although photographs are not allowed, visitors are welcome. As the oldest section of Amsterdam, the district is also home to several historic buildings, including the oldest church in the city, the Gothic Oude Kerk style.

     2. Bloemenmarkt

Located between Muntplein and Koningsplein on the south bank of the Singel canal, the Bloemenmarkt is the only floating flower market in the world. Seven days a week, flower sellers load shelves and floating barges with all the flowers and bulbs for which the Netherlands are famous. Founded in 1862, the Bloemenmarkt includes more than a dozen different florists and garden shops as well as souvenir stands. Although people shop here as well, the market is designed primarily to cater to tourists. The bulbs offered for sale have been designated as ready for export, so visitors can buy tulip, daffodil, daffodil and other light bulbs as a lasting memento of their trip to Amsterdam.

     3. Rijksmuseum

Occupying the northeastern section of the Museum Square, the Rijksmuseum is arguably the most important museum of art and history in the nation. The total collection contains more than one million artefacts dating from the thirteenth century onwards. For decades, the collection was housed in buildings across the country until 1876, when the architect Pierre Cuypers won a design competition and the construction of the Rijksmuseum began. Inaugurated in 1885, the museum currently has about 8,000 objects on display, the most famous of which are paintings by Rembrandt, Frans Hals and Johannes Vemeer. Rembrandt's masterpiece watch is worth the price of admission alone. 

     4. Oude Kerk

This huge, old Protestant church with small houses clinging to its sides remains a quiet haven in the heart of the Frenish Red Light District. Its buildings, especially the octagonal belfry of gothic-Renaissance style, were used by the sailors to get their orientations. For some adults, an evening stroll in the nightlife area around the church could be interesting.

     5. Anne Frank House

The most visited attraction in Amsterdam, the Anne Frank Huis is located along the Prinsengracht canal. The structure that once concealed Anne Frank, her family and four other Jews from the Nazi authorities during World War II has been seen as a memorial to the Holocaust since 1947, when Anne's father published the diary Anne wrote building. A plan to preserve the building was hatched in 1955 when developers planned to demolish the structure. The building opened as a museum in 1960. Visitors can see the rooms where Anne lived, as well as exhibits that chronicled her life too short.