Famous Scheepvaartmuseum (Maritime Museum) re-opened in Amsterdam

The content of Scheepvaartmuseum highlights the maritime history of Netherland and hence also equally popular as Maritime Museum. Its detailed thematic collection includes paintings related to shipping and sailing, models of various ships, art and artefacts and different historical weapons. Maritime Museum gives you unforgettable collections during the Golden Age of Amsterdam, traditional trading expeditions, history of commercialisation and many more those establish Scheepvaartmuseum as the second-largest maritime collection in the world.

http://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/themuseum/welcome%7Cen?t=English

New cheese shop

A new cheese shop has been opened in our street. Inside you will find a wide range of Dutch cheeses as well as cheeses from all over the world, wines and great bread.

The staff know all about cheeses and they are very friendly. Unfortunately their website is not in English, but it will give you an impression: http://www.kaashuistromp.nl/.

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Rubens, Van Dyck & Jordaens

Flemish painters from the Hermitage

17 September 2011 – 16 March 2012

From 17 September 2011 to 16 March 2012, the Hermitage Amsterdam will present a stunning selection from the Flemish art collection of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. With 75 paintings and about 20 drawings, this definitive survey will include numerous masterpieces by the three giants of the Antwerp School – Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, and Jacob Jordaens – accompanied by the work of well-known contemporaries.

http://www.hermitage.nl/en/tentoonstellingen/rubens_van_dyck_en_jordaens/

Ten favourite hotel bars in Amsterdam

Local Amsterdam newspaper Parool recently published an article about their favourite hotel bars in Amsterdam. Going out in hotel bars may be very normal in other cities around the world, in Amsterdam it is a relatively new phenomenon.

Having a drink in a hotel bar is more expensive than in a regular bar but you will get much more value for money. The drinks and cocktails are well prepared, the wines are the best you can get. The bartenders are well-trained professionals instead of bored students in some other bars in Amsterdam and the atmosphere in the hotel bars is the finishing touch. All this makes a perfect night out in Amsterdam.

These are the favorites selected by Het Parool.

Hotel V , Weteringschans 136. http://www.hotelv.nl/hotel_amsterdam/pages/204/v_pictures/

Freddy's Bar, in Hotel de l'Europe, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 2-14. Named after and owned by Freddy Heineken himself. http://www.leurope.nl/freddys

The College Hotel, Roelof Hartstraat 1. http://www.thecollegehotel.com/index.php/en/wining-and-dining/bar-lounge-a-terrace.html

Twenty Third Bar, in Hotel Okura, Ferdinand Bolstraat 333. Very well designed cocktail bar at the 23rd floor with stunning views over Amsterdam. http://www.okura.nl/en/okura-gastronomy/twenty-third-bar.html

Bar/Lounge Momo, in the Park Hotel, Hobbemastraat 1. http://www.parkhotel.nl/nl/momo_bar.html

Skylounge, in Mint Hotel, Oosterdoksstraat 4. http://www.minthotel.com/our-hotels/amsterdam/skylounge

ToDrink, in Hotel Arena, 's-Gravesandestraat 51. http://www.hotelarena.nl/index.php?do=content&id=9&tt=page&level=1&lang=eng

Canal House, Keizersgracht 148. http://www.canalhouse.nl/explore-canal-house/bar/

Bar Barbou, in The Dylan. Keizersgracht 384. http://www.dylanamsterdam.com/taste-of-the-dylan/bar-and-amp-lounge

Please feel free to add any other hotel bars in Amsterdam to this list.

Top attractions in Amsterdam

Dam Square: The heart of the city, with a touching monument to the victims of World War II.

Anne Frank House: The house where Anne Frank hid from the Nazis for two years and wrote her famous diary.

The Royal Palace: A seventeenth-century palace, one of four royal palaces in the Netherlands.

Rijksmuseum: Amsterdam's national museum, dedicated to arts, crafts and history with a significant collection of paintings from the Dutch Golden Age.

Van Gogh Museum: The largest collection of paintings by Vincent Van Gogh in the world.

Red Light District: Worth a visit, if only for curiosity's sake.

Flower Market (Bloemenmarkt): The world's only floating flower market.

Vondelpark: A public park created in 1845 and featuring a film museum, an open air theatre, a playground and several eateries.

Which other sites do you propose for this list?

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