Its sprawling, English-style gardens were laid out on marshland by architect Jan David Zocher and opened in Amsterdammers began to refer to the park as Vondelspark, which led to it being formally renamed. During the late s and early 70s, Dutch authorities turned the park into a temporary open-air dormitory for the droves of hippies who descended on Amsterdam. The sleeping bags are long gone, but remnants of the era live on in the squats that fringe the park, such as OT and OCCII, now both legalized into underground cultural centers.
Vondelpark was bought by the City Council in and finally opened to the public. It was listed as a national monument in the mids and underwent major renovations to incorporate an extensive drainage system and refurbished walking and cycling paths, while retaining its historic appearance.
What is there to do in the park? Theater and events There is a wonderful open-air theatre, Openluchttheater, in the park that hosts events from May to September, such as classical music concerts, stand-up comedy and plays.
This former fallout shelter, dating from , became Amsterdam's first youth center in and was a hotbed of hippie creativity and activism. Check the website for upcoming happenings, from gigs and film nights to poetry. Open-air art Artwork is dotted around the park, with 69 sculptures all up. Rose garden Take in the heady scent in the lovely rose garden. Added to the park in , there are some 70 different species here.
Running Joggers can often be seen tearing around the park, working up a sweat. A good route to follow is the paved outer path, which is 2 miles long 3. Opening hours and other practicalities Vondelpark is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout the year. Entry is free. Lasting 90 minutes, guides offer themed tours around history, nature and architecture. Book months in advance via the website.
Car parking There is no car parking at the park and only limited and pricey on-street parking nearby. Where to eat and drink nearby Located in the former Vondelpark pavilion at the northeastern end of the park, Vondelpark3 is a stylish and comfortable cafe with a large terrace overlooking the pond — perfect for a morning coffee or sunset drink. Het Groot Melkhuis is a rambling Swiss-chalet-style timber house sitting at the edge of the Vondelpark forest. It houses a cafe serving coffees, beers, wine and light snacks.
Opened in late , it is the perfect place to while away a sunny afternoon with excellent craft beer on the large circular terrace. Nearby hotels Practically in the Vondelpark, Stayokay is a HI-affiliated hostel that attracts a mix of international backpackers, families and groups. Renovated in , this huge hostel offers private rooms and fresh mixed, female- and male-only dorms sleeping from two to nine, with lockers, private bathrooms and well-spaced bunks.
Breakfast is a cut above most hostels and there's a plant-filled spacious lobby bar-cafe with workspaces and quiet nooks. Conscious Hotel Vondelpark is a friendly place to stay, close to Overtoom restaurants and green Vondelpark. It wears its eco-heart on its sleeve, with a plant wall in the lobby, self-sustaining pot plants in the rooms, huge floral murals, and recycled materials made into artful furnishings including pressed-cardboard bathroom benchtops. Pillows Anna van den Vondel is a grown-up boutique hotel with exemplary service, housed in a row of three grand, red-and-white-striped 19th-century mansions.
Rooms come with views over its private tranquil English garden. Beds are clothed in soft, white linen, walls are gentle dove-grey, and chairs have a mid-century look and pale-blue crushed-velvet upholstery. A bedside device makes ordering room service a breeze.
Visiting the Anne Frank Huis is one of Amsterdam 's most profound experiences. Tragically, of the , Jewish adults and children deported from the Netherlands to concentration camps during WWII, only survived. Entering the "Secret Annexe" where the teenaged girl and her family desperately hid from the Nazis for over two years until their capture puts the Holocaust's atrocities into acutely human scale, intimately personalizing the war's catastrophic effects. Standing in these sombre, airless rooms and viewing the diary Anne wrote while hiding here is impossible to forget.
The family settled in Amsterdam, where Otto Frank founded companies selling pectin, meat, and sausage seasoning in offices and warehouses on Amsterdam's Prinsengracht canal.
Following Germany's invasion of the Netherlands in , Otto and his colleague Hermann van Pels — assisted by helpers who would provide invaluable supplies throughout their stay — set up a hiding place in a "Secret Annexe" of Otto's work premises in spring For Anne's 13th birthday in June that year she received her red plaid diary. In July, when Margot was summoned to Nazi Germany, the family took refuge in the hideout. The Franks were soon joined by Hermann van Pels, his wife Auguste and their son Peter, and later by another friend, dentist Fritz Pfeffe.
Here they lived in uncertainty, with blacked-out windows and daytime silence, for what would be just over two years. Anne spent the days writing in her diary about the experience and her hopes and dreams for the future. In August , however, the Gestapo arrived when the hiders were mysteriously betrayed. Their furniture was seized by the Nazis and all eight were deported.
Anne died in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in March just weeks before its liberation, aged only Her diary was salvaged from the ransacked annexe, and published by her father, Otto, the sole survivor, immortalizing Anne's story and life. The diary has since sold millions of copies and been translated into more than 70 languages; copies are on sale at the museum's bookshop. You can view the offices of Otto Frank's business partner and other colleagues who helped the hiders, with displays of personal effects and documents.
Passing the bookcase that swings open on hinges and going inside the "Secret Annexe" of the achterhuis rear house provides a sharp contrast. These two floors, below the attic and above the office kitchen, feel frozen in Anne's pictures of Hollywood stars and Dutch royals still adorn the walls of her small bedroom, which she shared with Fritz Pfeffer.
In the mornings, the families could not use the bathroom to avoid alerting the warehouse workers to their presence; their midday meal was taken with their helpers only when the staff went home for lunch. At Otto's request, the annexe remains unfurnished, but after the museum opened in , he had models made of the house that convey the cramped conditions of the carefully concealed layout.
After visiting the annexe, you can view more haunting videos in the front house, along with exhibits including Anne's diary, alone in a glass case. Tickets and tours Capacity is limited at the small museum. It's compulsory to purchase tickets in advance online, when you need to choose a timeslot for your visit. Be aware that tickets can't be changed or refunded. Evocative audio guides in multiple languages are included in admission.
While there are no guided tours, when booking your tickets, you can add on an "introductory program" available in English, not suitable for under 10s. This minute talk prior to your museum visit equips you with an in-depth understanding of the house, the war and persecution of the Jewish people.
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