Museumplein
Vast open square flanked by the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, and Stedelijk, doubling as Amsterdam's largest gathering place.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Museumplein in Amsterdam opens in January 1953, when the last of the German bunkers on the square was blown up and the city had to decide what to put between its great museums. It covers the road that was laid across the ground and the drivers who treated it as a racetrack, and the November day in 1981 when hundreds of thousands filled the square. Best heard with the Rijksmuseum in view, so you can look around as you listen.
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