Huis de Pinto is a seventeenth-century city mansion on Sint Antoniesbreestraat characterized by an imposing classicist facade that spans what were once two separate houses. Originally built in sixteen oh five, the structure took its…
Jewish Quarter and Plantage
This walking tour explores Amsterdam's historic Jewish neighborhood and the leafy Plantage district, tracing centuries of vibrant cultural life and the profound, moving history of the Holocaust.
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1. Huis de Pinto
2. Rembrandt House Museum
The Rembrandt House Museum is distinguished by its classic Dutch stepped gable, a signature of the seventeenth-century architecture that defines this historic Jodenbreestraat property. Built in sixteen oh six, the house became the…
3. Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum occupies a cluster of four historic Ashkenazi synagogues, marked by tall windows, high ceilings, and grand stair rails that distinguish these buildings from their surroundings. Located in the heart of Amsterdam’s former…
4. Portuguese Synagogue of Amsterdam
The Portuguese Synagogue of Amsterdam, known to the community as the Esnoga, is recognizable by the massive, heavy buttresses that support its exterior walls. Completed in sixteen seventy-five, the building was designed by architect Elias…
5. National Holocaust Names Monument
The National Holocaust Names Monument consists of a labyrinth of red brick walls that form four giant, mirrored stainless steel letters. These letters spell out the Hebrew word for "In Memory Of." Each of the thousands of bricks is…
6. Memorial to Auschwitz Victims
The Auschwitz Memorial, also known as the Mirror Monument, consists of six large sheets of broken mirror glass laid flat on the ground in Wertheimpark. Designed by the Dutch artist Jan Wolkers and installed in nineteen ninety-three, the…
7. Holocaust Memorial & Dutch Theater (Jewish Cultural Quarter)
The Hollandsche Schouwburg, or Dutch Theater, stands as a plain facade on Plantage Middenlaan, recognizable by its entrance leading into an open-air memorial space where the original theater auditorium once stood. Built in eighteen…
8. National Holocaust Museum
The National Holocaust Museum stands on the Plantage Middenlaan, housed within the former teacher training college known as the Hervormde Kweekschool. Its facade, built with robust brickwork, reflects the style of the Amsterdam School and…