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• Stand in line (it is well worth the wait) for a visit to the expanded Anne Frank House, where the original diary is among the displays.
• Sample a local brew — from Heineken to some less-well-known brands — at a brown cafe, where the beer is plentiful, the decor is often historic and the menu sometimes includes lunch and dinner. (Brown cafes are Holland’s traditional local pubs.)
• Take the kids to a petting zoo, such as the De Bijlmerweide children’s farm, for an up-close look at rabbits and goats.
• Indulge in purse envy at the Tassenmuseum Hendrikje (Bag and Purse Museum), where more than 3,500 handbags and accessories are on exhibit, with the oldest dating from the Middle Ages.
• Attend the annual Robeco Summer Concerts in July and August at the Concertgebouw, boasting more than 100 concerts of classical, world music and jazz.
• Stop and smell the flowers — make that tulips when in season — aboard the 78-person Rembrandt, which plies the rivers and canals between Amsterdam and Antwerp.
• Inject some fun into learning at NEMO, an interactive science museum for the whole family that’s shaped like a giant ship.
• Pick up a dozen Koggetjes, an Amsterdam butter cookie that dates from the medieval era and which is still made at city bake shops.
• Take a day trip to Zaanse Schans, a living-history museum with 17th and 18th century houses, windmills, cheese shops and even a pancake restaurant.
• Listen to the strains of organ music played by the handful of street organists who still entertain crowds in the city, down from hundreds in the early 20th century.
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