About Amsterdam

Let me continue my previous post. I was telling you guys about the south part of Amsterdam and the Van Gogh Museum.
If you are going to visit the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, here are some essential facts about the Van Gogh Museum you should know.

-    It is open daily from 10:00 to 18.00, except for Fridays, on which it is open from 10:00 to 22.00. Ticket office works daily from 10.00 to 17.30 (on Fridays to 21.30).

-    Admission fee for adults is € 12.50, for 13-17 year-old children - € 2.50, children under 12 years old enter free of charge.

-    There was a long queue at the admissions office, as this museum is very popular among tourists especially during the summer months. That is one more reason for me to obtain a Museum card, as Museum card holders gain immediate
entrance to the museum and do not need to wait in ticket lines.

-    As a guide in the museum instructed, museum visitors should not come too close or touch works of art. It is prohibited to take photos, to film, or to make audio or video recordings. It is not allowed to take large bags and bottles into the museum – these items must be left in the cloakroom. There are also security checks with metal detection on entering the museum.

I found out that there is one more way to get a ticket to the Van Gogh Museum. As the Van Gogh Museum works with a
number of inexpensive Amsterdam hotels and Amsterdam’s youth hostels, you can purchase tickets for the museum at the front desk of your Amsterdam hotel. There are a lot of 2-5- star cheap hotels in Amsterdam participating, so it is advisable to check your Amsterdam accommodation.

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In my previous post I promised to tell you about my sightseeing in the south part of Amsterdam. I decided to start exploring the South part visiting Amsterdam’s famous Van Gogh Museum, because I have heard that it is one of the best
attractions in Amsterdam and if you only visit one museum in Amsterdam, this should be the one you pick. Why not to see it with my own eyes?

There are two possible ways to get tickets for the Van Gogh Museum: you can buy them online at the official Van Gogh Museum website or get them in person at the museum. In case you have Amsterdam Museumboat ticket, the Amsterdam Museum Card or the I Amsterdam Card, you can get a good discount on tickets to the Van Gogh Museum and many other museums in Amsterdam. I am planning to buy one of these cards in the nearest future.

The Van Gogh Museum is in Amsterdam’s Oud Zuid (Old South) district, there are also three other cultural highlights which share the Museumplein with the Van Gogh Museum – these are the Rijksmuseum, the Concertgebouw, and the Stedelijk Museum. The hotel receptionist in Hotel Ibis Amsterdam City Stopera (by the way, very good budget Amsterdam hotel. I have stayed there and liked this budget Amsterdam accommodation) advised me to take bus 145 to the Museumplein stop, but I decided to get there by a bicycle instead. Riding a bicycle here is a real pleasure as Amsterdam is very flat. If you don’t have your own bicycle, there are numerous bicycle rental shops everywhere throughout the city.

I have to go now, so… to be continued later on…

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Hi everybody, my name is Joshua!

This is my first post to my own webpage to keep track of my journeys throughout Europe starting in Holland. I’ve just graduaded as a PhD in Chemistry and before starting my carreer I’ve always dreamed about travelling through Europe first (I have nice sponsors..thx mom and dad!). So to keep in contact with my family and friends in the US, I’ll be reporting my experiences of my journey on my own website/diary.

Today just arrived on Schiphol Amsterdam from New York, it was a comfortable flight without any problems. Dutch Customs were very friendly and got in without diffilcuties. Picked up my bag and went to Amsterdam centre hotels with the train, an excellent connection btw…arrived there in 20 minutes!

Booked a hotel in advance, no problem with asking the way to my hotel…very friendly people and all talking quite good english. I booked a single room for 2 nights at Victoria Hotel in Amsterdam without breakfast. I’m going to take a rest now, I’ll see you guys later!

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