DutchAmsterdam.nl » The Plantage http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl The no-nonsense travel guide to Amsterdam, Holland Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:50:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Tropenmuseum — Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/838-tropenmuseum-royal-tropical-institute-amsterdam http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/838-tropenmuseum-royal-tropical-institute-amsterdam#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:59:40 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=838 Tropenmuseum, Museum of the Tropics in Amsterdam Amsterdam's Tropenmuseum, the Museum of the Tropics, offers 8 permanent exhibitions as well as an ongoing series of temporary exhibitions.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/838-tropenmuseum-royal-tropical-institute-amsterdam/feed 0 Artis Amsterdam Zoo http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/777-artis-amsterdam-zoo http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/777-artis-amsterdam-zoo#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:00:58 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=777 Artis Amsterdam Zoo Founded in 1838, Artis is the oldest zoo in the Netherlands.

Guidebooks rightly refer to it one of the most pleasant city zoos around, as the whole place breathes a 19th-century garden atmosphere with winding paths, majestic trees, fascinating sculptures and monumental historical buildings. ]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/777-artis-amsterdam-zoo/feed 0 Hollandsche Schouwburg — War Memorial http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/751-amsterdam-hollandsche-schouwburg-war-memorial http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/751-amsterdam-hollandsche-schouwburg-war-memorial#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 05:39:26 +0000 CityDesk http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=751 Amsterdam Hollandsche Schouwburg war memorial Built 1892, the Hollandsche Schouwburg (Dutch Theatre) long was a house of culture and entertainment.

But during the Second World War the German occupiers turned the building into a place of grief and sorrow.

It is now a war memorial in remembrance of the Jews who were deported from here.]]> http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/751-amsterdam-hollandsche-schouwburg-war-memorial/feed 0 Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum / Netherlands Maritime Museum http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/264-nederlands-scheepvaart-museum-netherlands-maritime-museum http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/264-nederlands-scheepvaart-museum-netherlands-maritime-museum#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:43:07 +0000 Amsterdam Guide http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/264-nederlands-scheepvaart-museum-netherlands-maritime-museum http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/264-nederlands-scheepvaart-museum-netherlands-maritime-museum/feed 0