And the Sunflowers are out on loan. In fact, we are visiting the museum on the afternoon of the last day it will be open for quite some time. This evening, they close for renovation, and the paintings either go to the Rijksmuseum, or on tour, to pay for the renovation. In the Van Gogh museum, on the top floor, we visit an exhibit of early photographs of the Amsterdam area. It consists of a huge domed cylinder, perhaps 300 feet in diameter, with skylights in the dome.
Cells are around the cylindrical brick cylinder walls.
It looks eerie, inside and out. It's unclear whether the prison is still in operation. Sex shops show off exotic toys. Some are attractive. Some aren't very.