Anne Frank Huis

Location

Amsterdam
Netherlands
52° 22' 30.8568" N, 4° 53' 2.202" E
NL
General info: 

German-born Jewish girl wrote about her suffering during the WWII. Anne Frank and her family were hiding from the Nazis for over two years in an old house in the middle of Amsterdam. An anonymous tip led the Gestapo to find the annex of the building Anne and her family were hiding, after which, they all had been sent to labor camps. The only surviving member of the Frank family was Anne’s father, Otto, who, some years later published his daughter’s diary, which became a world-famous book.

The house where the Frank family was hiding was built in the 17th century and since 1960th it serves as a museum. The Anne Frank House is nowadays a second most visited museum in the Netherlands with over a million visitors annually. The museum gives you the best insight of the terrible times during the war, when innocent people had to hide just for being a part of another nation. There you can see the photos from the family’s hiding days and get familiar with the people and things mentioned in Anne’s diary.

Getting there: 

The Anne Frank House stands in the center part of Amsterdam, near the ‘Westermarkt’ stop. Trams 13, 14 and 17 and buses 170, 172 and 174 use this station. The correct address of the Anne Frank Museum is Prinsengracht 263-267.

Costs: 

Admission costs 9 euros for adults, 4,5 for children between 10-17, and is free for younger. With the European Youth Card, the admission is 4,5 euros.

Interesting places nearby

The construction of the Charles Bridge in Prague lasted for almost 150 years making it one of the most impressive buildings of this country.

Prague’s Old Town is a historical settlement founded in the medieval period. This area is today, one of the most visited in Prague as there are dozens of monuments worthy of visiting.

Through the history, the Prague Castle has always been the center of political life of Czech people.

The astonishingly vertical cliffs of the Alabaster Coast are most picturesque in the small town of Etretat. The cliffs are up to 70m high and create a perfect contrast with the plateau of the Pays de Caux above the cliffs.

On the other side of the Fjord from Preikestolen is another breathtaking cliff, Kjerag. Its highest point is 1110 m above sea level, but it is the northern drop to Lysefjorden that attracts most visitors.

The White Cliffs of Dover are one of England’s most recognizable landmarks. The sheer cliffs of white chalk mark the closest part of England and reach up to 350 feet (110 m).