WHEN IN LONDON... VISIT AMSTERDAM PART 7

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 Posters of several festivals going on around the city.

Posters of different theatre productions going on around the city.

Posters of shows I saw, minus one.

Theatre district.

Inspiring to see places name "Brecht Cafe" and De La Mar Theatre"

A restaurant named "Stanislavsky"  and a mask store.

The main theatre venue in Amsterdam: Stadsschouwburgamsterdam. 

Standing by the Bellevue Theatre. 

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Looking for Nemo? I found him. He lives in Amsterdam and this is his home.

Amsterdam modern district is located in the bay. A good move from city planners to keep "business" away from downtown and tourism in downtown. 

NEMO is the Science Center of Modern Technology, a hands-on museum for everyone.

The views from NEMO are impressive. 

What not to wear. What to wear and free to be. Amsterdam MAIL transportation. Street name where I stayed.

Concert Hall. The official city's crests and Madam Tussauds 

Oh, and the cheese. Do not forget the cheese!

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Museums! Lots of them in Amsterdam and many with some of the most amazing collections. This is the Rijksmuseum, holding thousands of paintings of the Dutch's Golden Age in the 17th Century. Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" is here. 

Amsterdam's History Museum is a "floating museum" and is divided into a building and an actual ship. And of course, there is a sex museum. 

Perhaps the most visited museum of all is the Van Gogh Museum with paintings of Van Gogh's "Yellow House," "The Sunflowers," "The Bedroom," "Blossoming Almond Tree," "Irises," and "self-portrays," it is hard NOT to visit.  My favorite Van Gogh painting, "Starry Night" is not in this museum but in Museum of Modern Art in New York City.  

Here are examples of his paintings.

Amsterdam University is very beautiful and located in the middle of the city.

Its buildings are a combination of the old and new architecture. 

Here you have Ann Frank's House, one of the major tourist attractions.

And this is the monument dedicated to all homosexual people who died during WWII. The monument is composed of three different triangles which link together form one giant triangle. The rise triangle is located on the right of the plaza (second left up), the flat triangle is on the left of the plaza (first right bottom) and the third triangle is located by the near by canal. The three triangles are connected with a wide pink strip forming a giant triangle. 

"Getto" was my favorite gay pub. Gay Point Info Center is located next to the Homomonument. The Gay Cinema is located across from "Getto" but far away from the monument.

Some of the gay clubs I visited. My favorite being "CHURCH," of course.

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The windmills are iconic of the Netherlands. Amsterdam has only ONE windmill and it isn't close to the center of the city. Yet, I found it.


The architecture in Amsterdam is breathtaking. I love the old buildings with the many statues and many carvings. Here are a few examples:

 A street in Amsterdam and a shopping center

 The famous Westerkerk (next to Ann Frank House, a long view of the cathedral, and the top of a gym.

 Damn Square, Closeup of Amsterdam Central, Amsterdam Central, Closeup of Dam Square

 The Amsterdam Hotel located in Leidseplein

 Closeup of things I find interesting on buildings.

 Four different distinct buildings.

 The Narrowest House in Amsterdam. Did you miss it? Look closely. Hint: Number 7, between the red brick building and the white building with the green canopy. 

 Top photos: The library. Bottom photos: The Mall--yeah, take that super malls!

The top: Munttoren. The bottom: The National Monument.