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Portuguese Synagogue
A grand synagogue of 1675, lit by candles and floored with sand, built by Jews who fled Spain and Portugal.
- Open
- Sunday to Friday; closed Saturdays and Jewish holidays
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Mr. Visserplein 3, 1011 RD AmsterdamDirections
- Getting There
- Waterlooplein station (Metro lines 51, 53 and 54).
Why Go
When it opened, it was the largest synagogue in the world. It has no electric light: services are lit by hundreds of candles in brass chandeliers.
One ticket covers the Jewish Museum and the National Holocaust Museum nearby.
Nearby in Amsterdam
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