Cycling stops in Amsterdam

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North of the IJ the city stops abruptly and Waterland begins: dyke roads a few metres wide, water on both sides and villages that were fishing ports before the sea was shut out. West are the dunes, which are as close to a climb as this country offers.

The wind decides the shape of a ride here, so the route out is chosen by which way it is blowing.

Climbs, views & nature

BlauwbrugViewpointThe Blauwbrug, or Blue Bridge, crosses the Amstel between Rembrandtplein and Waterlooplein, close to the Stopera.RondehoepNature reserveRondehoep is a 1,266-hectare peat meadow polder reclaimed from swamp between 1100 and 1300, one of the largest open, undeveloped areas in the Randstad.

History & landmarks

Centraal StationRailway station · AmsterdamAmsterdam Centraal Station was built between 1881 and 1889 to a Neo-Renaissance and Gothic Revival design by Pierre Cuypers, architect of the Rijksmuseum, wo…Cobra MuseumMuseumThe Cobra Museum of Modern Art in Amstelveen opened in 1995 to preserve the legacy of the CoBrA movement, formed by European artists from Copenhagen, Brussel…Fort bij UitermeerFortFort Uitermeer stands on the east bank of the Vecht near Weesp, guarding the river, a sluice and the 's-Gravelandse Vaart since a bulwark first held this spo…HaarlemmerpoortCity gateHaarlemmerpoort is the fifth gate on this site in Amsterdam's history, the first a wooden structure from around 1380 that moved west with each expansion of t…MuiderslotCastleMuiderslot rose at the mouth of the Vecht around 1280-1285 under Floris V, Count of Holland, who used it to levy tolls on trade bound for Utrecht.Museum De DageraadMuseum · AmsterdamMuseum De Dageraad occupies part of the De Dageraad housing complex in Amsterdam Zuid, built for working-class residents and designed down to every street fa…Museum Het SchipMuseum · AmsterdamMuseum Het Schip occupies a 1919 housing block for the Eigen Haard corporation, designed by architect Michel de Klerk with a prow-like shape that earned it t…Museum JanMuseumMuseum JAN in Amstelveen was founded in 1991 by industrialist and art collector Jan van der Togt.Museum VrolikMuseumMuseum Vrolik is an anatomical collection housed at Amsterdam UMC, built up from around 1800 by professors Gerardus and Willem Vrolik.Oude KerkHistoric site · AmsterdamOude Kerk is Amsterdam's oldest building, begun around 1213 as a small wooden chapel built by fishermen and consecrated in 1306.PythonbrugAttractionPythonbrug, also called Hoge Brug, is a bright red footbridge spanning 90 metres across the water between Sporenburg and Borneo Island in the Eastern Docklands.RijksmuseumMuseumThe Rijksmuseum on Museumplein is the Dutch national museum for art and history, founded in 1800 in The Hague and moved to Amsterdam under King Louis Bonaparte.Sint OlofskapelHistoric siteSint Olofskapel dates from 1440-1450 and is the second-oldest church building in Amsterdam, built for Norwegian sailors and named after King Olav.Sint-AgneskerkChurch · AmsterdamSint-Agneskerk on Amstelveenseweg is a Roman Catholic church built between 1919 and 1931 by architect Jan Stuyt, its Romanesque-revival basilica modeled on S…StadhuisTownhallWeesp's town hall was built between 1772 and 1776 by architect Jacob Otten Husly, modelled on Jacob van Campen's Amsterdam town hall on the Dam, and its faca…Van Gogh MuseumMuseum · AmsterdamVan Gogh Museum on Museumplein holds the world's largest collection of the artist's work: over 200 paintings, 500 drawings and more than 750 letters, alongsi…
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Rijksmuseum

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The Rijksmuseum on Museumplein is the Dutch national museum for art and history, founded in 1800 in The Hague and moved to Amsterdam under King Louis Bonaparte. Its collection spans 800 years and includes Rembrandt's The Night Watch alongside works by Vermeer and Frans Hals. Named European Museum of the Year in 2015.

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The Rijksmuseum (Dutch: [ˈrɛiksmyˌzeːjʏm] ) is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history, located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and the Royal Concertgebouw. The Rijksmuseum was founded in The Hague on 19 November 1798 and moved to Amsterdam in 1808, where it was first located in the Royal Palace and later in the Trippenhuis. The current main building was designed by Pierre Cuypers and first opened in 1885. On 13 April 2013, after a ten-year renovation which cost €375 million, the main building was reopened by Queen Beatrix. In 2013 and 2014, it was the most visited museum in the Netherlands with record numbers of 2.2 million and 2.47 million visitors. It is also the largest art museum in the country. The museum has on display 8,000 objects of art and history, from their total collection of one million objects from the years 1200–2000, among which are some masterpieces by Rembrandt, Frans Hals, and Johannes Vermeer. The museum also has a small Asian collection, which is on display in the Asian pavilion.

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