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Rijksmuseum

The Dutch national museum, with Rembrandt's Night Watch, Vermeer's Milkmaid and the treasures of the Golden Age.

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Open
Every day
Price
Paid; book a timed ticket online
Time Needed
3 hours
Address
Museumstraat 1, 1071 XX AmsterdamDirections
Getting There
Tram 2 or 12 to Rijksmuseum, or a 20-minute walk from the center.

Why Go

Its Gallery of Honour leads to Rembrandt's huge Night Watch, being restored in a glass chamber where you can watch the work. Around it hang Vermeer's Milkmaid, Frans Hals's portraits and some 8,000 objects, from ship models to dolls' houses.

The building itself, from 1885, has a bike path running right through it.

Nearby in Amsterdam

Van Gogh Museum6 min walk · Must-SeeStedelijk Museum7 min walkCanal Ring9 min walk · Must-SeeAlbert Cuyp Market13 min walk

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