Amsterdam - Anne Frank House

Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who got famous by the dairy she kept during World War II. Not only can you read her story since it got published in 1947 due to her father, you can also visit the Secret Annex where Anne, her family, the family van Pels and Fritz Pfeffer hid from July 6 1942 till August 4 1944. 


I visited the Anne Frank House today and it's beautiful. Not like, pretty beautiful, but beautiful. The house tells such a strong and sad story and I felt quite weird walking there. The rooms are almost empty for reasons, but some old documents and original objects belonging to the 8 people are being displayed. There are a few short films being played in several rooms to tell the story of the people in hiding and there are quotes from Anne's dairy on the walls to help tell the story.

The museum is absolutely a place worth visiting. Tickets are not very expensive (€4,50 for teens up to 17 and €9,- for people older than 17). The queue is quite long though, for there can only be a certain amount of people inside the House and it's a very popular place to visit. I therefore recommend buying your tickets online.


It's also easy to find. Well, if you know where to find it. I, for one, was too stubborn to print/buy a map and sort of got lost in Amsterdam. That wasn't actually a bad thing, because in this way I saw some more of the city and I found the Waterstones (yay books). After that it was quite easily to find, because when you've reached the New Church (when you come from Central Station) you'll find signs that'll lead you the way.


I had quite some fun in the little time I spend in Amsterdam and I absolutely recommend a visit to the Anne Frank House. You can visit http://www.annefrank.org/en/ for some more information.