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Eh, would you like to get married? Then forget love – you’ll need a large diamond engagement ring! Amsterdam is a prominent diamond cutting, polishing and trading hub for centuries, built upon the Netherland’s colonial interests, especially in South Africa. Take tram 14 to Mr. Visserplein, head northwest and at 173 Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat you’ll find Gassan Diamonds where you’ll get a free tour of the factory and learn about the 4 C’s: Carat, Colour, Clarity and Cut. You can then peruse the sparkling goods on offer in the shop and if you need time get yourself a Rolex watch there too.
Head west then for 300m to the painter Rembrandt’s house at 4 Jodenbreestraat, where he lived, worked and taught between 1639 and 1660. His multitude of works include biblical scenes, many self-portraits, landscapes and crowd scenes. His most famous – The Night Watch is on show in the Rijksmuseum. He was an avid art collector himself – so much so that he went bankrupt doing it and is reputed to be buried in a pauper’s grave at Westerkerk.
Amsterdam had a large Jewish population which over the centuries made a huge contribution to life and prosperity in the city and we’re in the Jewish Cultural Quarter now so head southeast crossing Mr Visserplein to number 3 and the Portuguese Synagogue. It was completed in 1675 by the Portuguese Sephardic Jewish community, is said to be modelled on the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem and has barely changed at all over the centuries. During services the men sit on rows of wooden benches and the women are in galleries upstairs. During the Nazi occupation of Holland in World War 2 this building was left untouched and while no one is quite sure why, one theory is that the invaders planned to turn it into a museum.
Across the square is the Joods Historisch Museum – the Jewish Historical Museum and it consists of four synagogues linked by walkways and restored from ruin in 1987. It displays art and religious artifacts from the long history of Jews in the Netherlands as well as a history of their international culture along with a section on Nazi atrocities during World War 2.
For something on a lighter note, south now to the Magere Brug (better known as the Skinny Bridge) spanning the river Amstel (from which the city gets its name) and the most famous of all 1,400 bridges in the place. It was built about 1670 allegedly by two sisters who lived on opposite sides of the river and found the inconvenience of a circuitous walk to visit each other just too much to bear. You may remember it from a James Bond movie. The bridge guy raises the drawbridge every 20 minutes or so to let boats through. ©ArrowTours
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