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Event Information:
Amsterdam for New year will be
hosting parties in clubs, a series
of lively events in
the city's squares, fireworks
displays, and an absolutely electric
atmosphere. Amsterdam is a great
city to celebrate New Year's Eve.
The largest event in the city is the
free concert and dance party at the Museumplein, featuring
Dutch bands and DJs and a gigantic
midnight
fireworks display. Each year the
locals hit the town to celebrate the
countdown to Oud
en Nieuw, better known as New Year's
Eve with the famous city-wide street
parties that take over the public
squares. If you would like to gain
the best vantage point for viewing
the fireworks on the Amstel River,
one of the best views is from Magere
Brug.
For the latest Amsterdam New Year's Eve events
and parties see New
Year's Eve Live
The
city attracts visitors from
worldwide for the NYE party, and the
hotels will be crowded so booking
well in advance is recommended. Top
laces to stay include Banks Mansion,
Mauro Mansion, Fusion Suites, The
Toren, Holiday Inn Express, Hotel
Fita, Colette's Family Homes Bed and
Breakfast, Sofitel Legend The Grand
Amsterdam, Hotel Estherea, The
Crowne Plaza and Hotel Notting Hill.
The
same principle applies to the city's
top restaurants, if you want to be
dining in the most popular places
then you need to be getting your
booking in quickly - as a general
rule, it's never too early to book!
Recommended eateries include
Restaurant d'Theeboom, Restaurant
Keizersgracht 238, Seven Seas at the
Grand Hotel Amrâth and Vinkeles.
The
iconic New Year's Eve experience is
Amsterdam's own version of the Times
Square countdown: the national New
Year's Eve party on Museumplein
(Museum Square) that is broadcast to
millions of viewers across the
country. The monumental square
becomes the scene of an all-out
street party complete with the only
official fireworks spectacular in
the city. The Museumplein is a
square in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands. The square is called
"Museum Square" because four museums
are located around the square: the
Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum,
the Stedelijk Museum, and the
Diamond Museum. It is used for
(mass) events such as festivals,
celebrations, and demonstrations and
was the location of an international
and colonial exhibition in 1883.
Prinsengracht (Prince's Canal) is
the fourth and the longest of the
main canals in Amsterdam. It is
named after the Prince of Orange.
Most of the canal houses along it
were built during the Dutch Golden
Age of the United Provinces. The
bridges over this canal don't
connect with the streets in the
Jordaan. Interesting sights along
Prinsengracht include the
Noorderkerk (Northern Church), the
Noordermarkt (Northern Market), Anne
Frank House, the Westerkerk (Western
Church, Amsterdam's tallest church)
with the Homomonument (Gay
Monument), which actually faces
Keizersgracht.
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