The Westerkerk (West Church) on Prisengracht (Prince's Canal). This beautiful church is a few houses away from the AnneFrankHuis (Anne Frank House).
The line that wraps around this building is to get into the Anne Frank House. It was exactly 9am, the time that they open. The house that Anne and her famiy stayed in (which was actually an industrial warehouse) is the second from the corner - you can see the beginning of the line starts at the left. The tree is covering the house on the corner, which was purchased by the Anne Frank Foundation as their headquarters. It also houses the store museum. The headquarters was completley remodeled, but the Anne Frank house itself has only had a few renovations. The outside front (bottom half) was redone to make it more secure and the ticket window was added. In side everything remains very much the same - the first two floors show details of the business warehouse and the upstairs show the living quarters. One of the inside staircases was closed because it was a VERY steep wooden staircase that was too dangerous for visitors to trapse up and down (esp those with kids!). They put glass panels over it so that you can look up and see what it was like, and built an additional, safer staircase for museum visitors.
A view up the Singel canal - the height of the church is phenomenal - it makes the 5 story townhouses look like typical houses!
Jagger enjoyed playing at a little playground on NassauKade.
Dinner at a neat Irish Pub. We ate fish and chips in a cozy little room with old leather furniture. Jagger enjoyed playing with the coasters on the table!
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