The Oude Kerk features a jagged, dark spire that rises abruptly above the tightly packed houses of the Red Light District. It began as a wooden chapel in the thirteenth century before evolving into the city's first parish church. Sailors…
Rembrandt's Amsterdam Walk
Follow Rembrandt's daily route through old Amsterdam, visiting the churches, canals, and historic buildings where he lived, worked, and painted.
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1. Oude Kerk Amsterdam
2. Restaurant-Café In de Waag
The heavy, brick tower in the center of Nieuwmarkt features five distinct spires rising above a thick stone base. This is the Saint Anthony’s Gate, completed in fourteen eighty-eight as a defensive entrance to Amsterdam. It served as a…
3. Montelbaanstoren
The Montelbaanstoren is a tall, slender brick tower topped by a slender, ornate spire that sits right on the edge of the Oudeschans canal. It served as a fortification for the city in the early sixteenth century, part of a wall built to…
4. Rembrandt House Museum
The Rembrandt House Museum features a seventeenth-century Dutch townhouse with a dark, narrow facade and a distinctive stepped gable. Rembrandt van Rijn lived and worked inside these walls for nearly two decades, paying a steep price for…
5. Zuiderkerk
The Zuiderkerk features a tall, stone tower that dominates the skyline of the former Saint Anthony district. Completed in sixteen eleven, this was the first church in Amsterdam built specifically for Protestant services after the…
6. Staalmeestersbrug
The Staalmeestersbrug is a white, wooden drawbridge that spans the Groenburgwal canal. It earns its name from the Staalmeesters, the guild of cloth inspectors who held their office in the nearby Staalhof. The bridge holds a fame tied to a…