Travel Guide of De Wallen in Netherlands by Influencers and Travelers

De Wallen or De Walletjes is the largest and best known red-light district in Amsterdam. It consists of a network of alleys containing approximately three hundred one-room cabins rented by prostitutes who offer their sexual services from behind a window or glass door, typically illuminated with red lights and blacklight.

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1 - Dam Square

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

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2 - Madame Tussauds Amsterdam

Madame Tussauds Amsterdam is a wax museum situated in Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. It is located in the centre of the city on Dam Square, near the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.

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3 - Evening | Amsterdam Light Festival Cruises

From November 30, 2023, to January 21, 2024, the Amsterdam Light Festival sets our capital in the spotlight. You can hop aboard an intimate open-top boat and see the dazzling show from water level. Blankets are provided to keep you toasty warm, as you marvel from your open-air vessel at shimmering concept works, focused on this year's theme: disruption. Alight safely! Stromma is the official partner of Amsterdam Light Festival.

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4 - Rembrandt House Museum

The Rembrandt House Museum is a historic house and art museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Painter Rembrandt lived and worked in the house between 1639 and 1656. The 17th-century interior has been reconstructed. The collection contains Rembrandt's etchings and paintings of his contemporaries. The museum had 237,383 visitors in 2014.

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5 - National Monument

The National Monument on Dam Square is a 1956 cenotaph in Amsterdam, Netherlands. A national Remembrance of the Dead ceremony is held at the monument every year on 4 May to commemorate the casualties of World War II and subsequent armed conflicts.

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6 - Trekking | Amsterdam

Access to over 15 nightclubs, bars, special events, and experiences. This includes an evening canal cruise and a cold bottle of Prosecco champagne at the club. Choose from a 2 or 7-day pass.

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7 - Sexmuseum Amsterdam Venustempel

The Sexmuseum or the Temple of Venus is a sex museum located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The museum opened in 1985. It had 675,000 visitors in 2015, making it one of the most visited museums in the Netherlands.

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8 - Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal

The Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal is a street in the centre of Amsterdam. The street runs north-south without intersecting major streets other than the intersection with Raadhuisstraat at its halfway point, right behind the Royal Palace.

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9 - Morning | ARTIS Micropia

To truly understand the natural world, you've got to understand the smallest and most successful organisms: microbes. Tiny, powerful and invisible to the human eye, microbes are absolutely fascinating. Especially when presented like this.

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10 - Amstel

The Amstel is a river in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. It flows from the Aarkanaal and Drecht in Nieuwveen northwards, passing Uithoorn, Amstelveen, and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, to the IJ in Amsterdam.

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11 - Westerkerk

The Westerkerk is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant Calvinism in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the most western part of the Grachtengordel neighborhood, next to the Jordaan, between the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht.

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12 - Tours & Sightseeing | Amsterdam Canal Cruises

The best way to enjoy Amsterdam is from the water, so take this 75-minute Amsterdam canal cruise and see more. Enjoy a quiet electric boat, and an audio recording in a selection of languages for fascinating background knowledge on the sights. Pass iconic sights like the Anne Frank House, the Skinny Bridge, and beautiful canal houses. Learn about life in Amsterdam throughout the ages, how the bridges came to get their names, and watch city life in action all around you.

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13 - Anne Frank House

The Anne Frank House 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.

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14 - Royal Theater Carré

The Royal Theater Carré is a Neo-Renaissance theatre in Amsterdam, located near the river Amstel. When the theatre was founded in 1887, it was originally meant as a permanent circus building.

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15 - Tasting | XtraCold Icebar

Experience the cooler side of Amsterdam's with one ticket! Hop-on and off a double-decker buses to explore the city at your own pace. An audio guide will lead you to top spots like the Anne Frank House and the Rijksmuseum. Don't miss the charming Jordaan neighborhood with its canals and shops. Afterwards, head to the Amsterdam Icebar for a chilling experience, slip into thermal gear and step into a bar made of ice! Enjoy three complimentary drinks in ice glasses for a truly cool time.

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16 - Jordaan

The Jordaan is a neighbourhood of the city of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is part of the borough of Amsterdam-Centrum. The area is bordered by the Singelgracht canal and the neighbourhood of Frederik Hendrikbuurt to the west; the Prinsengracht to the east; the Brouwersgracht to the north and the Leidsegracht to the south.

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17 - Amsterdam Centraal

Amsterdam Centraal Station is the largest railway station in Amsterdam in North Holland, Netherlands. A major international railway hub, it is used by 192,000 passengers a day, making it the second busiest railway station in the country after Utrecht Centraal and the most visited Rijksmonument of the Netherlands.

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18 - Munttoren

The Munttoren or Munt is a tower in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It stands on the busy Muntplein square, where the Amstel river and the Singel canal meet, near the flower market and the eastern end of the Kalverstraat shopping street.

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19 - The National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum is a maritime museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The museum had 419,060 visitors in 2012. It ranked as 11th most visited museum in the Netherlands in 2013. The museum had 300,000 visitors in 2015. In 2017 the museum received 350,000 visitors.

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20 - Leidseplein

The Leidseplein is a square in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. Lying in the Weteringschans neighbourhood, the Leidseplein is immediately northeast of the Singelgracht.

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21 - Singel

The Singel is one of the canals of Amsterdam. The Singel encircled Amsterdam in the Middle Ages, serving as a moat around the city until 1585, when Amsterdam expanded beyond the Singel.

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22 - Brouwersgracht

The Brouwersgracht is a canal in Amsterdam that connects the Singel with the Singelgracht. The canal marks the northwestern border of the Grachtengordel.

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23 - Bloemenmarkt

The Bloemenmarkt was the world's only floating flower market. Founded in 1862, it is sited in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on the Singel River between Muntplein and Koningsplein in the city's southern canal belt.

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24 - Amsterdam Museum

The Amsterdam Museum, until 2011 called the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, is a museum about the history of Amsterdam. Since 1975, it is located in the old city orphanage between Kalverstraat and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal.

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25 - Museum Van Loon

Museum Van Loon is a museum located in a canalside house alongside the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The museum is named after the family Van Loon that lived in the house from the 19th century.

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