Paleis op de Dam

The Koninklijk Paleis (Royal Palace) on Dam Square in Amsterdam is still used today by the Dutch royal family. Here, for example, state visits, award ceremonies and other official receptions and events take place.

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The Palais (and many other sights) are on the DAM, the former weekly market.

There are an incredible number of pigeons here, some of which can be hand-fed. A young gentleman with a blue bag distributes food free of charge. The kids had fun.

The Paleis op de Dam is the Royal Palace, located in the center of Amsterdam on the edge of the Dam Square. It was built from 1648 to 1665 - when Amsterdam was in the Golden Age at the height of its power - to the designs of the architect Jacob van Campen in the Dutch-Classicist style as Stadhuis ('City Hall'). The sculptures are from the workshop of Artus Quellijn.
In 1808, the building was first used not as a town hall, but as a royal palace. Since 1939 it has been used permanently by the royal family of the house Oranien-Nassau for representation purposes and as a guesthouse for state guests, but not as the seat of the royal family.

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Koninklijk Paleis houses the city administration and is a masterpiece of Dutch classicism.

The Royal Palace in Amsterdam is located in the middle of the pulsating metropolis. When the royal family is not in Amsterdam, guided tours of the palace are available several times a day. You can immerse yourself in the exciting and extremely magnificent world of the centuries-old Dutch royal family.The square in front of the palace, the Dam, is a real contrast to the royal palace: people crowd it at various stands with small snacks and souvenirs. There are political rallies and street performers or clowns. On weekends and during the holidays, people throng here to take a picture of the palace or the hustle and bustle in front of it.With its 80 x 56 meters, the Royal Palace is a real magnificent building of Dutch classicism. After lengthy renovation work, the royal palace has been open to visitors again since 2009: no less than an average of 100,000 visitors find their way there every year.amsterdam.sightseeing-online.de/sightseeing/palace.html

A lot of pigeons

I've also added some photos from previous walks. The world was shut down by Covid-19 at the time. It is now almost impossible to imagine, no people on Dam Square.

Amsterdam's birthplace - the dam on the Amstel

Very nice place and ideal for a break

The Royal Palace Amsterdam is the official reception palace of King Willem-Alexander. In addition, it is open to visitors as much as possible.

Dam Square, this is where the history of Amsterdam begins. A dam in the river Amstel. Amstelredamme becomes Amsterdam.
The Amstel is muted here, a little further at the Rokin you can walk out of the city along the Amstel. From the bustle of the city you can walk straight into the tranquility of the countryside.

The Royal Palace in downtown Amsterdam

The Royal Palace Amsterdam is the official reception palace of King Willem-Alexander. In addition, it is open to visitors as much as possible. You can buy tickets here: tickets.paleisamsterdam.nl/nl/tickets

Who is not familiar with the balcony scenes with Beatrix, Juliana and King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at the Royal Palace on Dam Square? In the 17th and 18th centuries, the scaffold for the executions of the city stood here. Homosexuals at the time were called sodomites (sodomy was a term for allegedly unnatural sexual acts) and the death penalty was imposed on them. You are now standing on the spot where hundreds of gay men were killed.

I Amsterdam, thank you for this interesting and horrifying piece of knowledge.

The Paleis op de Dam (Koninklijk Paleis) is the Royal Palace located in downtown Amsterdam on the edge of the Square de Dam. It was built from 1648 to 1665 - when Amsterdam was at the height of its power in the Golden Age - according to designs by the architect Jacob van Campen in the Dutch classicist style as the Stadhuis (, City Hall ‘). The sculptures come from the workshop of Artus Quellijn.

You can say a lot but if you want to watch the live it is wonderful

You can visit when the royal family is not there.

Every story is remarkable to look at and drive here, but is not for every one of those things, so you can just watch it and live it is always nicer

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Paleis op de Dam still served as town hall. From here the city was governed, money was exchanged and justice was administered. When a sentence had been passed, the convict was taken to the Waag, in the middle of the square, and put to death there.
One of the women who stood trial here was Marretje or Mat Arents, also known as the 'lime woman', because she traded in limes, plaice and bokken. She became notorious for her participation in the Tenant Rebellion in 1748, in which 19 houses of tenants and tax collectors were looted in a few days. When two riotous citizens were shot, Marretje and a group of bystanders went to the house of the impostmaster and smashed the windows. The next day she went with others to the chief officer and threatened that he and other seniors were not yet safe. To say goodbye, she lifted her skirts and called out, "Now you can clean my ass, for I'll give you so much."
After the riots, Marretje was arrested and locked up under the town hall. At first she denied, but after being threatened with the torture she confessed everything. The verdict was death by hanging. When she was hoisted from the window of the Waag by a pulley, she continued to scream for revenge and struggle until she died.

Who is not familiar with the balcony scenes with Beatrix, Juliana and King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at the Royal Palace on Dam Square? In the 17th and 18th centuries, the scaffold for the executions of the city stood here. Homosexuals at the time were called sodomites (sodomy was a term for allegedly unnatural sexual acts) and the death penalty was imposed on them. You are now standing on the spot where hundreds of gay men were killed.

Great old buildings and lots of sights.

A very nice building