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Top Sights and Attractions in Amsterdam
Amsterdam's unique atmosphere has to be savoured and cherished slowly. Take your time and get on a barge and cruise along the city's waterways admiring the picturesque terraced houses while watching the busy Dutch cycle across the bridges over your head. Also, relax in one of Amsterdam's most beautiful open spaces – the Vondelpark where, if only the season is right, you will literally behold a sea of colourful tulips carefully arranged in the their flowerbeds. If you'd like to take some flower bulbs home with you, you can buy them at the famous Flower Market, which in fact is set on houseboats and floats! On Leidseplein Square you'll find anything a tourist might want from a city – restaurants and cafes, street performers and all sorts of cultural venues. It's an ideal starting point for discovering Amsterdam.
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Dam Square
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Address: Dam Square
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Dam Square is one of the main squares in Amsterdam, located in the historical centre of the city and some minutes away from the Central Station. Lively and busy, this place is attractive due to its notable buildings, sites and events. Swarms of locals and tourists are a normal sight on the square, both during the day and at night – all of them flooding the cafés, restaurants or just walking down the streets.
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Magere Brug
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Address: Kerkstraat/Nieuwe Kerkstraat
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Magere Brug is a small footbridge linking the two sides of the river Amstel in Amsterdam. It stands out among other bridges of the Dutch capital because of its size and delicate structure, which have earned it the nicknames of Skinny Bridge and Chicken Bridge.
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Boom Chicago / Leidseplein Theatre
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Address: Leidseplein 12
Phone: +31 20 423 01 01
e-mail: reservations@boomchicago.nl
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Website: http://www.boomchicago.nl/
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In the beginning of the 90s, a group of American immigrants in the lively Dutch capital decided to share their new idea with the world. They were bold and daring and needed large audience for whom they could perform. First, they formed the Boom Chicago group, naming it after their home home town. Boom Chicago started out as an improvisational comedy and sketch studio. Its founders skillfully mixed political satire with comedy and humor addressing the issues form the headlines. They created performances, which provoked, made laugh and were always a bit “right in the heart.”
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Stadsschouwburg
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Address: Leidseplein 26
Phone: +31 20 624 23 11
e-mail: info@ssba.nl
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Price: 10 - 23 EUR
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Website: http://www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl/
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The Municipal Theatre of Amsterdam is housed in a beautiful Baroque building situated on the site where theatres have almost always existed – the former ones were destroyed by the fire. The theatre was fully renovated recently and presents a comfortable and modernly equipped setting. Right on the Leidseplin, this is one of the most important theatre venues in the city. The theatre is famous for promoting native Dutch dramatical art. It gives stage to many national and occasionally also foreign performances - most often in Dutch language.
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Het muziektheater (De Nederlandse Opera)
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Address: Waterlooplein 22
Phone: +31 20 551 89 22
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Website: http://www.dno.nl/home.php, info@dno.nl
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The Netherlands Opera (De Netherlandse Opera), located in Amsterdam, is a self-sustaining entity with a permanent building and its own opera company, which has maintained excellence ever since its first performances after World War II. Rather than offering an eclectic repertoire, the Netherlands Opera Company leans towards strictly classic productions which are treated in an innovative way. Their performances, following the traditional manner of opera-making, incorporate all theatrical disciplines, yet are inspired by various contemporary interpretations. The company also takes part in various artistic activities other than the Netherlands Opera projects, often experimenting with different forms of expressive media.
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Theatre Carre
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Address: Amstel 115-125
Phone: +31 20 524 94 52
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Website: http://www.theatercarre.nl/pagina.php?m=2&taal=en
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Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 16 -20
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The Royal Theatre Carré and its history have a tight relation with the Carré family, a riding troupe of Franco-German origin, who became famous for their Europe-wide performances during the late 18th Century. The Carré family had its first gig in the Netherlands in 1863 at the annual Amsterdam fair. Later, the troupe’s director, Wilhelm Carré, received permission to construct a small wooden circus where the family could perform. Ten years later, Carré was allowed to build a larger building, with a spacious arena and a vestibule. Thanks to the troupe’s popularity, the building soon proved to be too small to house the growing audience, and the performing family soon moved to the present-day site of the Carré Theatre.
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Stadsschouwburg
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Address: Leidseplein 26
Phone: +31 20 523 77 00
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Website: http://www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl/page.ocl?pageid=1
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Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 12 -18
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Meaning ‘city theatre’ in Dutch, the Stadsschouwburg is among one of the most characteristic structures in Amsterdam. The theatre is situated at the Leidseplein and is one of the most important cultural venues in the Dutch capital. The present-day distinctly Neo-Classical building of the Stadsschouwburg with a red-brick facade and whitish ornaments, somewhat clashes with the cutting-edge performances taking place on its stage.
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