Home of the archaeological collection belonging to the University of Amsterdam. Artworks from ancient Egypt, Cyprus, Etruria and Greece. Amplified with maquettes and reconstructions such as the pyramid complex at Giza. The city theatre on the busy Leidseplein is the stage of local drama groups. Open-air stalls, many of them on barges.
Some stalls specialize in sending Dutch bulbs overseas.
Originally it was part of the city wall of medieval Amsterdam. The clock tower and the carillon that rings every 15 minutes were added in the 17th century. It has only temporarily been the city mint in 1673. The house where the Jewish Frank family went into hiding from the Nazis in 1942. A secret passage camouflaged by a revolving bookcase leads to the bare rooms where they lived.