Travel Guide

Rick Steves’ Amsterdam, Bruges & Brussels

Rick Steves’ Amsterdam, Bruges & Brussels

Rick Steves

Language: English

Pages: 684

ISBN: 1612385435

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Check out works by Rembrandt and Van Gogh and bike along canals fringed with Dutch elm trees—with Rick Steves’ Amsterdam, Bruges & Brussels, travelers can experience the best of this world-class destination—economically and hassle-free. From historic sights to progressive politics, the Netherlands offers endless sights and activities, and no one knows how to experience it all without wasting time and money better than Rick Steves and Gene Openshaw. They cover the famous destinations, such as the Anne Frank House and the Red Light District, as well as a number of off-the-beaten path options that will take travelers away from the city and into a countryside filled with windmills and old farm houses. So whether it’s enjoying Flemish art in Bruges or some of the world's best marijuana in Amsterdam, Rick Steves’ Amsterdam, Bruges & Brussels leads the way.

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• late 19th-century lamp poles • bikes chained to anything unmovable (including the practical new “staple” design bike racks) • amsterdammertjes (literally “little one from Amsterdam,” referring to the countless, little, dark-red bollards—bearing the city’s emblem of three diagonal crosses—that protect walkers from passing traffic) • underground recycling and garbage bins designed to keep workers from having to dump out bins into trucks (a new law prohibits employees from lifting

(soup, salads, sandwiches) is OK. Recommended eateries are nearby: Cobra Café on Museumplein, and Café Vertigo in Vondelpark. Photography: No photos allowed. van gogh museum tour 134 Rick Steves’ Amsterdam, Bruges & Brussels Vincent’s star-crossed life makes the museum even better, so I’ve included doses of biographical material for each painting. THE TOUR BEGINS • Climb the stairs to the first floor. The first room—often displaying selfportraits—introduces you to the artist. Vincent van

your confirmation number if you don’t have access to a printer) to the door to the left of the main entrance, and press the buzzer to enter. Getting There: It’s at Prinsengracht 267, near Westerkerk and about a 20-minute walk from Central Station. Or take tram #13, #14, or #17 or bus #170 or #172 to the Westermarkt stop, about a block from the museum’s entrance. From the tram stop, head north along the canal, past the church. Information: The museum has excellent information in English—a pamphlet

potential enemies, suspected as puppets of the pope, spies for Spanish kings, or subverters of the social order. In addition, Catholics were considered immoral worshippers of false idols, bowing down to graven images of saints and the Virgin Mary. Catholic churches were seized and looted, and prominent Catholics were dragged to Dam Square by a lynch mob, before being freed unharmed outside the city gates. Laws were passed prohibiting open Catholic worship. For two centuries, Protestant

one of Amsterdam’s many brown cafés (so called for their smoke-stained walls), has a busy dumbwaiter cranking out light lunches, sandwiches, and reasonably priced dinners. It offers a long bar, a fine secluded back room, peaceful canalside seating, and sometimes slow service (€5–9 lunch plates, €10–14 dinner plates, daily 12:00–16:30 & 17:30–22:00; Grimburgwal 7—from the Rondvaart Kooij boat dock, head down Langebrugsteeg, and it’s one block down on the left; tel. 020/624-8230). Restaurant

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