Amsterdam for Pleasure

This edition guides the visitor on nine walks around Amsterdam that cover everything of interest, from world-famous art galleries and national museums to secret almshouses and specialised shops. Two cycling tours are also included, as well as comprehensive restaurant and hotel information for visitors.

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This guide takes the reader to the heart of this great city's history, using old paintings, engravings and the astonishing bird's-eye-view map drawn by Balthasar Florisz in 1625 which enables the reader to walk through the Amsterdam that Rembrandt knew. Two cycling tours are also included, and a guide to suburban architecture, as well as comprehensive restaurant and hotels information for visitors. This revised edition guides the visitor on nine walks that cover everything of interest, from world-famous art galleries and national museums to secret almshouses and specialised shops. Amsterdam's bustling merchant history, the extraordinary flowering of art in the 17th century, the magnificent architecture which is so perfectly preserved, the tragedy of the war years so lovingly described by Anne Frank, the outstanding museums and energetic street life of today - all these come to life as the author shares the discoveries of over ten years' living and working in Amsterdam.