NEMO is an interactive science museum for children and adults. There are similar ones in many large cities. We were interested in its roof with a huge viewing terrace which offers picturesque views of Amsterdam read more...

Today we will walk through the new districts of Amsterdam. These territories have been developed since 1990, and in many of them the construction of residential buildings continues today.

Despite the very dense development of the old center, there are quite large promising areas in Amsterdam, mainly old warehouse districts and artificial islands read more...

Assumburg Castle got a modern look in 1546 and, despite the presence of a defensive moat, is just a beautiful house read more...

Amsterdam-Zuid (South Amsterdam) is the richest and one of the most densely populated areas of the city. This is not surprising, as there are many skyscrapers with offices of leading companies and luxury apartments. The most interesting buildings are along the De Boelegracht Canal read more...

A suburb of Amsterdam known for its unique colored buildings. All these buildings are located around the central station, so you can easily get off the train, walk around and continue your trip read more...

Despite the fact that the beach is in a neighboring city, it is considered a city beach of Amsterdam, because you can get here by train in half an hour read more...

Amsterdam is the major tourist destination in the Netherlands. Half of all tourists who come to the country visit only this city. We must say that the city is really cool and manages to satisfy everyone. We decided to divide the interesting places by categories read more...

Zaanse Schans is a real residential and working district, preserved from 1850. Despite the fact that people still live here, for tourists it is an open-air museum read more...

A picturesque fishing village, not far from Amsterdam. Located on an island on IJsselmeer Lake, you can get here by a long and narrow dike. It is known for its colorful and well-preserved wooden houses read more...

Every five years, in August, Amsterdam held a unique event. In 1975 in honor of the 700th anniversary of the city was organized the parade of large ships. It's success led to the regular parades every 5 years read more...

As you can guess from the name, there was originally a shipyard of one of the shipbuilding companies at this location. After it was closed in 1984, the buildings were taken over by squatters, and in the early 2000s they were transferred to various companies such as Greenpeace, Red Bull, MTV, Viacom and others. Right now the area is home to IJhallen, the largest flea market in Europe. There are also festivals, lots of street art, various galleries and restaurants read more...

The Netherlands is a famous country of animal lovers. More than 600 animal bridges have been built here. We visited the biggest one - Natuurbrug Zanderij Crailoo read more...

There are two outdoor children's pools in the Amsterdam forest. There are similar pools in almost every water center in Europe, but in this case the pools are just in the middle of the forest and they are completely free read more...

The 30-km Afsluitdijk dam was built in 1927-1933 as a part of "Zuiderzee" project read more...