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Onze Lieve Vrouwe van de Allerheiligste Rozenkrans (Obrechtkerk)

The Obrechtkerk (church), officially named Onze Lieve Vrouw van de Allerheiligste Rozenkrans parish, is located in the heart of Amsterdam Zuid (south Amsterdam). Services are generally held each Sunday morning (in Dutch).

https://www.artis.nl/en/plan-your-visit/accessibility

In consultation with the Assistance Dog Users Foundation, a special route has been mapped out for visitors with an assistance dog, which takes into account the safety of the assistance dog and the animals at ARTIS.

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Butterfly Pavilion at ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo

The Butterfly Pavilion is a great place to spend a cold, rainy afternoon in Amsterdam. Located in ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo, there are over a thousand butterflies flying freely in the 1,000 m2 tropical interior. Amsterdam's Butterfly Pavilion is the largest in the Netherlands, and is a delight for all ages.

Karthuizerhofje

The largest of the Jordaan's garden courtyards (hofjes) is the Karthuizerhofje. Located at Karthuizersstraat 89–171, this courtyard was built in the middle of the 17th century as a widow's hospice.

The smallest church

The smallest church in Amsterdam is 150 years old. It is located in Nieuwendam, a neighbourhood in Amsterdam North.

Windmills at the Zaanse Schans

The Zaanse Schans is an open-air museum that’s fun for all ages. Open year round, Zaans Schans is a free outdoor park with a collection of historical windmills. While the Zaanse Schans can be visited any time of year, the majority of the windmills are open to visitors from April to October. Besides windmills, you can also visit the souvenir shops, see clogs being made or visit a cheese farm near the Zaanse Schans.

Bekijk hoe de Westerkerk een bezoek voor mensen met een beperking of handicap toegankelijk maakt

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Westerkerk

Located mere footsteps from the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, this 17th-century Protestant church is the largest of its kind in the Netherlands. Since first opening to parishioners in 1631, the Westerkerk has borne witness to countless historical moments over the centuries.

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De Uylenburg Petting Zoo

De Uylenburg is a large petting zoo located inside Rembrandtpark. A visit to the petting zoo is a great activity for children (and their parents), with a variety of animals like peacocks, horses, pigs, chickens and more. After visiting the animals, you can take a break on the sunny terrace and enjoy a drink or snack.

Stadsboerderij Osdorp petting zoo

Stadsboerderij (city farm) Osdorp is a petting zoo located in the middle of a residential neighbourhood in Osdorp. It’s home to donkeys, sheep, pigs, chickens, rabbits and more and provides people with a disability or handicap full-time jobs taking care of the animals and maintaining the farm. The petting zoo is open from 9:00 to 17:00 on weekdays and from 12:00 to 16:00 on weekends.

Amstelpark petting zoo

Inside the Amstelpark, next to the playground, you’ll find a petting zoo filled with small farm animals. You can visit the chickens, goats, rabbits and donkeys every day from 10:00 to 16:00.

Fort aan de Drecht

Fort aan de Drecht, which is located south of Amsterdam, just outside the town of Uithoorn, is a military installation that's more than 100 years old. Upon its completion, the fort was considered a testament to Dutch ingenuity in the field of hydraulic engineering.

Lakeside Almere Achitectuur Almere Stadshart

Lakeside

The most striking feature of this high rise building is the rotation of the tower in relation to its downward sloping base. The upper and lower volumes morph into one another via a twisted middle section.

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The Wave

The scaly facades of this expressive design are made up of zinc-clad flat panels. The dwellings are arranged in 6 storeys, and appear to slide out of the facade like partly open matchboxes. The outward bulge is strongest on the side facing the water, and it casts a wave-shaped shadow on the facade surface. Van Zuuk’s buildings usually have a feather-light appearance, but the substantial mass of this building unequivocally marks the boundary of land and water.

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Fietsbrug Olstgracht

A feather-light structure of five leaning suspension poles guyed to the span by steel cables above and below the deck. The overall effect recalls the rigging of a sailing ship. The slender structure provides an elegant transition between the burly volume of The
Wave by the same architect at one bridgehead, and Claus & Kaan’s Silverline building at the other.

Nationaal Monument

National Monument

Standing an imposing 22-metres high in the centre of Amsterdam’s Dam Square, the National Monument is the Netherlands’ most important memorial to World War II. Besides serving as a daily reminder of the war’s atrocities and those lost, the monument plays a central role in National Remembrance Day (Nationale Dodenherdenking, 4 May) when the royal family and local residents gather to pay their respects to fallen soldiers from both WWII and more recent conflicts.

Fort Uitermeer

Situated between Amsterdam and Gooi, the fort was constructed in 1873 as a portion of the New Holland water defence line.

Hoofddorpplein

The Hoofdorpplein was built in 1926 by Joan Melchior van der Meij and Co Franswa, and is a exemplary case of Amsterdam School architecture.

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