Van Gogh’s Amsterdam

The Oosterkerk is a massive, seventeenth-century brick building defined by its tall windows and a lead-covered dome tower. Built between sixteen sixty-nine and sixteen seventy-one, it served the Eastern Islands during Amsterdam’s era as a…

The National Maritime Museum, known locally as Het Scheepvaartmuseum, is a massive, square building defined by its thick, light-colored walls and a modern, glass-paneled roof that covers its central courtyard with a geometric web inspired…

The Portuguese Synagogue, also known as the Esnoga, is a massive seventeenth-century structure of brick with high, arched windows that dominate this corner of the Jewish Quarter. Built in sixteen seventy-five, its design intentionally…

The Zuiderkerk is defined by a stone tower that reaches eighty meters into the sky, capped by an octagonal spire that dominates the Nieuwmarkt area. Constructed between sixteen oh three and sixteen eleven, this was the first building in…

The Trippenhuis on Kloveniersburgwal is a grand, seven-window-wide mansion that reveals its owners’ profession in its very stonework. Built between sixteen sixty and sixteen sixty-two for the brothers Louis and Hendrick Trip, the building…

The Oude Kerk sits at the center of the old city, a massive, weathered hall church surrounded by dense, narrow streets. While Vincent van Gogh spent his year in Amsterdam exploring the spiritual landscape of its many churches, his letters…

This stone tower stands at the corner of the Prins Hendrikkade, marking the point where the city walls once met the water. During his time in Amsterdam in the late eighteen seventies, Vincent van Gogh frequently wandered these canal-side…