The Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam
The Rijksmuseum My second day in Amsterdam was a beautiful Sunday, and I had 9 AM tickets for the Rijksmuseum . So I got up early and left the Social Hub with just a cup of coffee in my stomach. When you travel to the Rijksmuseum by public transportation, you arrive on a trolley, I was on the No. 1, which travels along Weteringschans, and stops along a canal, in front of the museum. My plan was to find someplace to eat in the center of the city, but I found nothing open, not even a bakery whose website said it should have been. But being out so early on a Sunday meant that there were very few people out, and I had the canals almost to myself. Eventually, I walked under the museum to the Museumplein , a park that is home to several cultural institutions. The park originally opened in 1883 as part of the Colonial and Export Exhibition. It was rebuilt in 1999, and now includes an underground garage and supermarket. The Museumplein also serves as a place for large festivals and conce...