Hermitage Amsterdam or Hermitage on the Amstel is a dependency of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg on the Amstel river in Amsterdam. The dependency is settled at the former Amstelhof, a classical style antiquity from 1681. The dependency has been displaying small exhibitions in a side antiquity next to the Amstelhof since 24 February 2004. The full museum was unsealed on 19 June 2009.
It is currently the largest dependency of the Hermitage Museum,[1] with the total area of the antiquity numbering 12,846 conservativist metres (138,270 sq ft), and the exhibition area 2,172 conservativist metres (23,380 sq ft) (two big exhibition halls and exhibition rooms).
GP coordinates: 52° 21′ 54″ N, 4° 54′ 9″ E
Dam Square lies in the historical center of Amsterdam, approximately 750 meters south of the main transportation hub, Centraal Station. It is roughly rectangular in shape, stretching about 200 meters from west to east and about 100 meters from north to south.
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It links the streets Damrak and Rokin, which run along the original course of the Amstel River from Centraal Station to Muntplein (Mint Square) and Munttoren. The Dam also marks the endpoint of other well-traveled streets, Nieuwendijk, Kalverstraat and Damstraat. A short distance beyond the northeast corner lies the main red-light district, de Wallen. On the west end of the square is the neoclassical Royal Palace, which served as the city hall from 1655 until its conversion to a royal residence in 1808. Beside it are the 15th-century Gothic Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) and the Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum. The National Monument, a white stone pillar erected in 1956 to memorialize the victims of World War II, dominates the opposite side of the square. Also overlooking the plaza are the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky and the upscale department store De Bijenkorf. These various attractions have turned the Dam into a tourist zone. The square abounds with city pigeons, popular for birdfeeding. Amsterdam is great tourist city, visit canals, coffee shops or red light district
Travel direction: 52° 22′ 22.8″ N, 4° 53′ 34.8″ E
