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A Day in the Plantage
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Morning
Start your day among the cannons, models, figureheads, maps and instruments of the Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum , then revive yourself at the pleasant ground-floor café. If you secretly hanker after a ship-in-a-bottle, a cutlass paper knife or other objects with a nautical theme, visit the museum shop before you leave. Outside, take a look around the Amsterdam, the full-size replica of an 18thcentury East Indiaman, manned by actors.
If it is a Tuesday and you haven’t yet had your fill of boats, take a short detour to the Werf ’t Kromhout Museum to see some shipbuilding in progress or, at the very least, the exhibition about it. Lunch at one of the cafés in Entrepotdok– such as Café ’t Kromhout at No. 36.
Afternoon
After lunch, you could make your way to Plantage Kerklaan and the Verzetsmuseum . A visit here is definitely worthwhile, if harrowing. Afterwards, blow the cobwebs away by spending an hour or two at Artis . For a few euros, the excellent zoo plan gives you feeding times, as well as pinpointing the two museums and the revamped Aquarium. Head back towards the main entrance, where there is a café, and a shop selling goods with a wildlife theme. If there is time, you could finish your explorations with a quick dash around the solar system at the Planetarium.
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