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Royal Palace of Amsterdam Amsterdam, one of Europe's capitals, has many attractions for visitors. The city's most famous sight is the 17th-century canals of Amsterdam (in Dutch: grachtengordel), located in the heart of Amsterdam, have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Museums Main article: List of museums in Amsterdam Nemo museum in Amsterdam The Rijksmuseum is the national museum ...
The defence line of Amsterdam was built between 1883 and 1920. The fortification is based on the principle of controlling the waters around a city. It contains a network of 45 armed forts and can temporarily flood polders extending 135 kilometres (84 mi) around Amsterdam. The site was originally listed as the Defence Line of Amsterdam in 1996.
Muntplein square with the Munttoren. The Munttoren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmʏnˌtoːrə(n)]; "Mint Tower") or Munt is a tower in Amsterdam, Netherlands.It stands on the busy Muntplein square, where the Amstel river and the Singel canal meet, near the flower market and the eastern end of the Kalverstraat shopping street.
The museum opened on 2 June 1973, [1] and its buildings were designed by Gerrit Rietveld and Kisho Kurokawa. The museum contains the largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and drawings in the world. In 2017, the museum had 2.3 million visitors and was the most-visited museum in the Netherlands, and the 23rd-most-visited art museum in the world.
The building also contains a library. The fragment building, branded Philips wing, contains building fragments that show the history of architecture in the Netherlands. The Rijksmuseum is a rijksmonument (national heritage site) since 1970 [31] and was listed in the Top 100 Dutch heritage sites in 1990.
Amsterdam Symphony A: 105,0 m 2009 29 6 Amsterdam Symphony B: 105,0 m 2009 28 7 World Trade Center (Amsterdam)(Tower H) 105,0 m 2004 28 8 ABN-AMRO World HQ: 105,0 m 1999 25 9 Amstel Tower: 103,0 m 2018 32 10 The Valley North Tower 101,0 m 2021 28 11 Justus 100,0 m 2024 32 12 Ito-toren: 100,0 m 2005 23 13 A'DAM Toren: 100,0 m 1971 22 14 ...
Religious buildings and structures in Amsterdam (2 C, 4 P) Restaurants in Amsterdam (1 C, 13 P) Retail markets in Amsterdam (3 P) Rijksmonuments in Amsterdam (103 P) S.
The generally infirm nature of Dutch soil types, with bedrock typically only found at considerable depth, generally makes the foundation engineering of very tall buildings quite challenging, and Delftse Poort remained the country's tallest tower until May 2009. Nevertheless, since it was built, it inspired new towers between 100m and 150m tall ...