It is 3pm, a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Amsterdam. I came here for the weekend with the purpose of enriching my cultural mind. Amsterdam is just the perfect place for that. After the most delicious portion of traditional Dutch pancakes, I head to the Hermitage museum- a dependency of the Hermitage of Saint Petersburg. One of the most lavish exhibitions ever presented in Europe- Russian Court Life, really got me thinking about living at the Russian court during the nineteenth century.
My second stop was the Van Gogh Museum, to see the largest collection of paintings by Vincent van Gogh in the world. I heard it’s the best place to really see Van Gogh’s development as an artist and compare his paintings with some other 19th century artists.
Finally, after a stroll past the canals and a wander around the city I am planning to visit the Rijksmuseum to see the crème de la crème of the Golden Age paintings, the portraits of Rembrandt and get lost in the landscapes of Avercamp. What a wonderful city Amsterdam is. Art, art, plus more art. Fascinating!
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Wednesday 9 December 2009 10:49 | Published by Hotelopiauk | Categoriy: Travel News
