Art & culture
in the Jordaan
Historical information about the Jordaan, maps with virtual tours along courtyards, art studios, stone tablets and monuments in the popular former working-class quarter of Amsterdam.
Did you know that Rembrandt spent his last years in poverty in the Jordaan? His bones are scattered in a dungeon of the Westerchurch. This kind of information, but also hundreds of photos show what the Jordaan is all about.
Art studios of the Jordaan at Amsterdam open virtualy their doors of perception.
Jordaan WEB invites you to visit virtualy places of interest: canals, markets, courtyards and squares, or musea and artists in their art studios, or monuments with old gables, stone tablets.Make your own tour, city walk or excursion with the maps of Jordaan WEB and enjoy the attractive places in the Jordaan.
A simple click with the mouse on a photo is all you need to do, to get all kind of information during a visit to a virtual cafe, courtyard, museum, library or church.
All kind of cultural information is linked to photos of for instance the Anne Frank house, the Westertower or the museum of Theo Thijssen. Behind a photo of a monument, courtyard, cafe, stone tablet, statue, market, restaurant, school or library, you will find all kind of background information.
The virtual travellers can always recover their tracks with a little help of the maps and the Places of Interest and continue their tours.
Links to relevant websites and information
