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Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum vs Royal Palace Amsterdam

Both are rated very highly by writers. On balance, Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum is the choice of most writers compared to Royal Palace Amsterdam. Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum ranks #8 in Amsterdam with recommendations from 6 sources like The Telegraph, Lonely Planet and Fodor's.

Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum
8 / 10
Kattenburgerplein 1, 1018 KK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Fodor's Fodor's
"This impossible-to-overlook example of Dutch Classicism became the new home of the Maritime Museum in the 1970s." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"An immense 17th-century admiralty building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of maritime memorabilia." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"If it’s nautical art that floats your boat, then the Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum is a must." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"Formerly the Admiralty's principal warehouse, this vast building, erected on 18,000 piles, has housed the Amsterdam Maritime Museum since 1973." Full review
The Telegraph The Telegraph
"Five hundred years of maritime history is packed into the elegant Dutch classicist Admiralty Arsenal, built on the water in 1655 to stock and supply the vessels of the Golden Age." Full review
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Royal Palace Amsterdam
Royal Palace Amsterdam
8 / 10
Dam, Amsterdam 1012 RJ, The Netherlands
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Fodor's Fodor's
"From the outside, it is somewhat hard to believe that these ponderous premises were declaimed by poet and diplomat Constantijn Huygens as the "Eighth Wonder of the World"." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"One of the Dam's heavier features is the solid, neoclassical facade of the Royal Palace (1648-55)." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Commissioned as a town hall in 1648, this building became a palace in the 19th century." Full review
Not For Tourists Not For Tourists
"Want to see where royalty held their parties?"
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
1 Star
"William of Orange, King of the United Provinces in 1814, made it his residence. Nowadays the Queen only makes occasional appearances here." Full review
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