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Ten museums everyone talks about

Where does the whole country, and the rest of the world, queue up?

Gevel van het Rijksmuseum met de vijver op het Museumplein 1
Art and history

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, North Holland

Eight hundred years of Dutch history under one roof, with The Night Watch at its heart.

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Het ronde gebouw van het Van Gogh Museum met glazen entree 2
Art

Van Gogh Museum

Amsterdam, North Holland

The largest Van Gogh collection in the world, from the early dark canvases to the sunflowers.

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Getekende rij Amsterdamse grachtenpanden 3
History

Anne Frank House

Amsterdam, North Holland

The Secret Annex on the Prinsengracht where Anne Frank wrote her diary. Booking in advance is a must.

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Numbers 4 to 10

  1. 4
    NEMO Science Museum Amsterdam · Science
  2. 5
    Moco Museum Amsterdam · Modern
  3. 6
    Netherlands Open Air Museum Arnhem · Heritage
  4. 7
    Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden · Nature and science
  5. 8
    Railway Museum Utrecht · Transport
  6. 9
    Centraal Museum and Miffy museum Utrecht · Art and family
  7. 10
    Kunsthal Rotterdam Rotterdam · Modern

Rather skip the queue?

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