- Duration
- 1 hour 30 minutes
- Product Type
- Audio Guide
- Venues
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- Jewish Museum
- Portuguese Synagogue
- Royal Palace Amsterdam (Town Hall)
- West India House
- Nieuwmarkt
- Rembrandt House
- Dam Square
- Visit the headquarters and warehouse of the East India Trading Company, the world's first multinational organization, and learn how it enhanced Amsterdam's market for exotic products from spices and silk, to porcelain and tea
- Admire the Portuguese Synagogue of Amsterdam, the largest in the world when it opened in 1675, and a symbol of how important the Jewish community had become for the cityÂ
- Stop outside Huis de Pinto, a cultural center that was named after the De Pintos, Portuguese-Jewish bankers who saved the Republic from bankruptcy in 1748 by financing the government while it waged war against France
- Find out how the gables on warehouses around Oude Waal (Old Shipyard Street) helped shippers and suppliers
- Pass by Bantam Bridge as you discover how the Javanese city of Bantam, famous for its profitable pepper and spices, changed Amsterdam's fortune
- Learn about the Dutch West India Company (or GWC) which ran a monopoly on the West Indies and traded gold, sugar, animal skin – and enslaved people
- See the Maritime Museum (Het Scheepvaartmuseum) from across the harbor and spot various other maritime symbols in the city where water is its heart and soul
Marko's specialties are music, history and the art history of The Netherlands. He was a vip-guide, lecturer and writer for the Rijksmuseum for 14 years and appeared in various art programs on tv and radio. He published several books on the art history of Amsterdam and its museums. Marko holds a Masters Degree in classical music and gave numerous musical lectures and introductions in the Royal Concertgebouw. He also was a choral conductor and theatre docent at the cultural department of the University of Amsterdam.
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