Attraction
1. Rijksmuseum
The national museum of the Netherlands, housed in Pierre Cuypers's 1885 building and home to Rembrandt's Night Watch and Vermeer's Milkmaid.
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2. Van Gogh Museum
The museum holding the largest collection of work by Vincent van Gogh, with paintings, drawings and letters in a building by Gerrit Rietveld.
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3. Anne Frank House
The canal house on the Prinsengracht where Anne Frank and seven others hid during the Second World War, now a museum about her life and diary.
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4. Royal Palace Amsterdam
The 17th-century former city hall on Dam Square, designed by Jacob van Campen and now used by the Dutch royal family for state occasions.
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5. Vondelpark
Amsterdam's best-known park, 47 hectares of lawns, ponds and paths that opened in 1865 and is named after the poet Joost van den Vondel.
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6. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Amsterdam's museum of modern and contemporary art and design, set in an 1895 building with a white 2012 extension nicknamed the Bathtub.
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7. Rembrandt House Museum
The house on Jodenbreestraat where Rembrandt lived and worked from 1639 to 1658, restored with his studio, cabinet of curiosities and etchings.
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8. NEMO Science Museum
A hands-on science museum in a green, ship-shaped building by Renzo Piano on the Oosterdok, with a sloping rooftop square over the water.
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9. Oude Kerk
Amsterdam's oldest building, a church consecrated in 1306 that now hosts contemporary art installations beneath its wooden vaulted roof.
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10. Het Scheepvaartmuseum
The National Maritime Museum, housed in a 1656 naval storehouse, with a full-size replica of the East Indiaman Amsterdam moored outside.
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