Dutch art and European Art in the Amsterdam’s Royal Museum of art.
Rijksmuseum of Amsterdam is a real pearl and not only due to its highest Royal status and the Girl with a Pearl Earring masterpiece painted around 1665 by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. (Highly recommended on the subject: Peter Webber’s Girl with a Pearl Earring movie.)
There are several hundreds of amazing masterpieces by Dutch painters, Flemish artists and other masters across epochs and varying in style. Regular art exhibitions held at the ground floors of the Amsterdam’s Royal Arts Museum, Rijksmuseum, can become a really surprising bonus for you when you visit. An astonishing collection of impressionists for instances all in one place!
The image of Amsterdam is the one of its historic city centers, with the canals and the magnificent patrician houses with their famous gables. The best way to take in all that beauty and history is from a boat on the canals of Amsterdam. Exploring the maze of canals in the old city center on a comfortable round-trip boat is an absolute must when visiting Amsterdam.
Traveling by train is one of the most convenient means in Benelux. It will take you 3 hours at most to get from the Brussels airport via Antwerp right to the center of Amsterdam by rail if you take a regular international connection ( http://www.b-rail.be ) and you can travel by rail event faster if you take a a Thalys train ( http://www.thalys.com ).
BENELUX is more commonly known by its individual country names: Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg. Each has a remarkable history and a grand cultural heritage.
Dutch Gouda cheese, Belgian chocolate & pralines and Luxembourgian… banking are world-famous but yet, there is much more to discover in each of the countries of Benelux. While having much in common geographically, historically and linguistically, the three countries are quite distinct in their cultures.
As BENELUX Guide begins to attract professional guides from across the three countries for cooperation, we shall expand our travel tips and and practical advice per country and for the Benelux region as a whole.
