Amsterdam, NetherlandsThe world's largest collection of Van Gogh paintings — over 200 works tracing the artist's extraordinary career from early Dutch realism to the blazing color of Arles and the haunting final canvases. The most visited museum in the Netherlands; book tickets weeks in advance.
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Amsterdam
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The Netherlands' national museum and one of the greatest art collections in the world. Rembrandt's Night Watch, Vermeer's Milkmaid, and 8,000 other masterpieces fill an extraordinary 19th-century building. Allow a full day; buy tickets in advance to skip the enormous queues.
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The house where Anne Frank and her family hid for two years during the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam. The secret annex, the original diary pages, and the moving exhibitions make this one of the most important memorial sites in Europe. Only available to book online; tickets sell out weeks ahead.
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Amsterdam's museum of modern and contemporary art — from Malevich and Mondrian to Warhol and Jeff Koons. The striking 'bathtub' extension houses the permanent collection, while the temporary program consistently brings the world's most important contemporary artists to Amsterdam.