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With its canals, bridges, boats, bicycles and flower boxes, Amsterdam’s city center provides a romantic backdrop for tourists and locals alike.
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Patrons peruse freshly cut flowers at Amsterdam’s Lindengracht Market on a recent Saturday morning. Along with flower stands, find vendors selling freshly squeezed orange juice, hot sausages, charcuterie, cassoulet, cheese, clothing, household items and more.
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A row of bicycles stands in front of Amsterdam’s Lindengracht Market on a recent Saturday morning.
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Amsterdam’s Lindengracht Market (seen here) and nearby Nordemarket are popular spots for shoppers on Saturday mornings.
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Flower stands abound at Amsterdam’s Lindengracht Market.
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Amsterdam’s city center is lined with picturesque canals often adorned with flowerboxes and bicycles.
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The Anne Frank House on Prinsengracht is seen from across the canal. This area, a popular stop for Amsterdam’s hop-on, hop-off boats, is typically crowded with tourists.
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The Westerkerk steeple is seen from a bridge crossing the Prinsengracht canal in Amsterdam’s city center.
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Boats and bicycles abound in Amsterdam’s picturesque city center.
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Rembrandt van Rijn moved into this red-shuttered house at the height of his fame, buying it in 1639 and living there until he went bankrupt — and all of his possessions sold at auction — in 1656.
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The best way to experience Amsterdam’s canals is by boat. From canal cruises packed with sightseers to an electric Mokumboot for as many as eight people, like the one seen here, there are plenty of options.
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The back side of Amsterdam’s floating flower market, founded in 1862, is seen from a boat on the canal.
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The Molen de Gooyer isn’t open to visitors. But the tasting room of the brewery next door, Brouwerji ‘t IJ, located in a former bathhouse, is open daily from 2-8 p.m.
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The collection at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum includes works from Dutch masters Rembrandt de Rijn and Johannes Vermeer, as well as Vincent van Gogh and lesser-known Dutch painters, glassware, porcelain, models of ships, dollhouses, jewelry, weaponry and much more.
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A visitor to Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum takes a photo with her smartphone of Johannes Vermeer’s “The Milkmaid,” which dates to circa 1658 and is one of the museum’s must-see paintings.
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The largest restoration and research project involving Rembrandt de Rijn’s “Night Watch” is taking place at the Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, home to the 1642 painting since 1808.
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A statue of Anne Frank, eyes cast in the direction of the home she left to go into hiding during World War II, stands in the grass at Merwedeplein. She lived at No. 37, and the bookshop at which her father, Otto Frank, bought a diary for her 13th birthday is around the corner.
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Brouwerji Troost de Pijp, located in a former monastery, makes beer in small batches, as well as gin, genever and bourbon.
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