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• Amsterdam: The Ultimate Pocket Guide and Map (Lonely Planet Best of ...)

  Terry Carter, Lara Dunston

  
  
   

• Amsterdam (Lonely Planet City Guide)

  Jeremy Gray

  
  
   

• Brussels Bruges Antwerp and Ghent (Lonely Planet Encounter)

  Catherine Le Nevez

  
  
   

• Brussels (Time Out Brussels)

  Time Out Guides Ltd

  
  
   

• Get Lost!: The Cool Guide to Amsterdam (Get Lost)

  Joe Pauker

  
  
   

• Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp & Ghent (Eyewitness Travel Guide)

  Antony Mason

  
  
   

• The Rough Guide to Amsterdam (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

  Martin Dunford, Phil Lee, Karoline Densley

  
  Amsterdam was always a very easy-to-get-to destination for British travellers, but with the speeding up of Eurostar, it is even more accessible than ever. And if you are one of the many people who've realised this fact, you should be packing a copy of The Rough Guide to Amsterdam in your luggage. Of course, it is always safe to assume that this series will present a nonpareil guide to the country under view, but this is a particularly quirky and individual volume, crammed full of lateral thinking on the part of its team (Martin Dunford, Phil Lee and Karoline Densley), along with the requisite basic information.

  Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, may boast all the attractions of a large city, but is actually rather compact, and thus a perfect place for walking around (if, however, you want to use public transport, the city has one of the best systems in Europe). As the authors of point out, parts of the centre are quiet and not congested with traffic - principally because of the canals. The latter are, of course, the element that gives a particular character to the city, with the large gabled houses dotted along them. Dunford and co. draw attention to all the important sights that one must visit, such as (of course) the Anne Frank house; visiting the place where this most famous youthful victim of the Nazis hid away is still a moving experience (as ever, of course, the guide warns us to beware of the long queues, and suggests coming early or late to avoid the crush).

  There is a particularly accessible section of the guide on the history of the city -- one of the richest and most impressive histories in Europe, as well as listing the legendary venues for music and the visual arts (the section on the wonderful concert house, The Concertgebouw, is particularly instructive, detailing ticket availability and tours). But whatever your destination in Amsterdam -- from the astonishing treasures of the Rijksmuseum to the erotic diversions of the sex museums and the famous Red Light district -- this is the guide to take with you. --Barry Forshaw

  
   

• Bruges Insight Smart Guide (Insight Smart Guides) (Insight Smart Guides)

  Apa

  
  
   

• Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

  
  
   

• The Netherlands (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

  Neal Bedford, Simon Sellars

  
  
   

• Belgium and Luxembourg (Lonely Planet Country Guide)

  Gert Cole, Leanne Logan

  
  
   

• Major and Mrs.Holt's Battlefield Guide to Ypres Salient (Major & Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide)

  Tonie Holt, Valmai Holt

  
  
   

• The Rough Guide to Brussels - Edition 3

  Martin Dunford, Phil Lee

  
  
   

• The Rough Guide to Belgium and Luxembourg (Rough Guide Travel Guides)

  Martin Dunford, Phil Lee

  
  
   

• Bruges (Cadogan Guides)

  Antony Mason

  
  
   

• Road Atlas Benelux A4 spiral (Michelin Tourist & Motoring Atlases) (Michelin Tourist & Motoring Atlases)

  Michelin

  
  
   

• Brussels Berlitz Pocket Guide

  
  
   

• Good Beer Guide to Belgium

  Tim Webb

  
  
   

• France and Benelux (AA Road Map Europe Series)

  AA Publishing

  
  
   

• Bruges and Ghent Berlitz Pocket Guide

  Brigitte Lee, Jack Messenger