ENJOYING AMSTERDAM WITH YOUR KIDS

Madame Tussaud�s on Dam Square

Meet your own idols in the Madame Tussaud�s Wax Museum in Amsterdam. Be photographed together with Michael Jackson
or Tina Turner. Madonna and Arnold Schwartzenegger, and lots of other famous people, are also here to welcome you.
And don�t forget the Dutch soccer players, including the De Boer brothers. Did the Dutch Princess M�xima just wink at you?
Explore a moon landing as if you were the actual astronaut! You can travel through the history of the Golden Age at Madame Tussaud�s.
You can also experience the first landing on the moon and meet famous TV personalities. And, if you aren�t afraid of heights,
you should definitely stand in front of the gigantic round window and enjoy the fabulous view of Dam Square. All of this
and much, much more can be experienced at Madame Tussaud�s in Amsterdam.

Website: www.madametussauds.nl
Address: Dam 20 1012 JS Amsterdam
Phone: +31 20 5230623
Daily from 10 am - 5:30 pm

The Amsterdam Historical Museum

The Amsterdam Historical Museum is housed in the former city orphanage of Amsterdam, where the orphans of Amsterdam lived
many, many years ago. The building is now open to everyone, not just orphans.

David and Goliath
Walk through the picturesque gate on Kalverstraat and you�ll see the David and Goliath restaurant on your immediate right.
This is where the giant Goliath - who�s more than five meters tall � lives. Some young children may be a little scared of him.
But brave David defeats the giant in a very clever way. Do you know how he does it?

Children's Courtyard
You�ll find suits of armor and weapons in the museum that were used a long time ago. The heroic city militia of Amsterdam wore
this outfit in the 16th century. These utensils are shown in display case in the Children�s Courtyard, where, by the way, the
little orphans used to play centuries ago.

Website: www.ahm.nl
Address: Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 357
Kalverstraat 92
1001 AC Amsterdam
Tel: +31 (0) 205231822
Hours: Monday - Friday 10 am until 1700
Weekends 11 am until 1700

Soccer Heroes and Trophies

You can visit the original, one-and-only Ajax Museum in the entrance building of the impressive Amsterdam Arena soccer stadium.
Here you can see how a boy�s dream came true. Ajax, Amsterdam�s well-known soccer team, was formed at the end of the 20th century
by a group of boys from Amsterdam. Now that the players have become world-famous heroes, it is hard to imagine that the team had such
humble beginnings.

Historic goals
You can see lots of pictures as well as the personal belongings of various players in the Ajax Museum. The TV pictures of major games
and historic goals are also fun to watch. What�s more, you�ll also get to see all the shiny trophies that Ajax has landed over the
years: European Cups, World Cups, and more!

Website: www.ajax.nl
Address: Ajax Museum
PO Box 12522
1100 AM Amsterdam Zuidoost
Tel: ++31 (0) 20 3111444

NEMO

At the entrance to the IJ tunnel, where thousands of cars disappear under the water, you�ll find the NEMO science and technology center,
where �Go ahead and touch!� is the rule.

Life-size bubble
At NEMO you can learn all about the everyday world around you, including unusual natural phenomena. You can blow a bubble so big you
can stand inside it! Ever wonder why water is clear, but the ocean blue? And why there is sugar in toothpaste? You can find the answers
to these and other questions in the laboratory, where you can also make your own licorice. You can also let a computer determine how tale
nted you are at drumming. Will the jury throw you roses or will the screen fill up with tomatoes?

Playing with electricity
Discover all the possibilities of electricity. Make the right connections on the plug floor and watch the water for the potatoes start
boiling or the bread machine start up. Or maybe you�d like to build a house out of polystyrene foam and bamboo? The helmets are ready
and waiting. You can also wander around a labyrinth full of jungle sounds, where monkeys scream, a lion roars and a deafening thunderstorm breaks.

Website: www.e-nemo.nl
Address: Oosterdok 2
1011 VX Amsterdam
Tel: +31 20 5313233

Rooftop view After you�ve seen and tried everything inside, you can go out on the roof! You�ll get to stand some thirty meters above the waters of the
IJ and look out over downtown Amsterdam. Even if you don�t visit NEMO, you can still climb the stairs from the Prins Hendrikkade wharf
and enjoy the fabulous view.

The Most Famous Zoo in Holland: Artis Zoo

When you arrive at the Artis Zoo, it�s hard to miss the two enormous dinosaurs behind the gates, so large that their backs nearly rise above
the trees. Luckily the other animals in the zoo are not made of stone like these giants!

1,400 animal species
You�ll see funny-looking penguins, scampering monkeys and roaring lions at Artis. These animals welcome you, together with more than 1,400
other species of animals, to the oldest zoo in the country. There is even a petting zoo where you can touch the animals. Artis is unique in
that all of the old Dutch domesticated animal breeds are represented here, including moorland sheep and black blazed sheep. You�ll be amazed
by the long hairs of the Veluwe Dutch Landrace goat. Don�t forget to visit the tufted and tame ducks.

Four giant aquariums The aquariums in the aquarium house together hold a total of 1� million liters of water! Between all the aquariums with brightly colored
tropical fish, you�ll certainly be surprised when you see the aquarium with a car wreck and a rusty bicycle with breams and rock brasses swimming
around. This giant aquarium displays the different kinds of animals that live in the Amsterdam canals.

Bob and Bobette
There is also a planetarium at Artis where you can travel to the stars together with Bob and Bobette.
To get to Artis, take tram route 9 from the Central Station by way of the Dam Square, Muntplein Square, Rembrandtplein Square and Waterloopplein Square.

Website:
Address: Plantage Kerklaan 38 - 40
1018 CZ Amsterdam
Tel: +31 20 5233400