Museum Quarter (Museumplein)
The Museumplein neighborhood is part of the Oud-Zuid district, one of the city's most prestigious central neighborhoods, home to high-end shopping (P.C. Hooftstraat and Van Baerlestraat), the city's biggest park and some of its best restaurants.Venture beyond the Museumplein's boundaries when visiting the nearby Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum and find other highlights of the posh neighborhood these sites occupy: the Museum Quarter.
The square was reconstructed in 1999 by the Swedish landscape architect Sven-Ingvar Andersson. It is used for (mass) events such as festivals, celebrations, and demonstrations. It includes underground parking spaces and an underground supermarket. In the winter, the pond is being transformed into an artificial ice skating area.
The Concertgebouw is located on Van Baerlestraat and is home to the famous Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra 
(Koninklijk Concertgebouworkest). Because of its highly regarded acoustics, the Concertgebouw is generally considered to be among the world's finest concert halls in the world.
Every Wednesday afternoon during the cultural season, from the beginning of September to the end of June, a free lunch concert is offered in the Concertgebouw at 12.30 p.m.
How to get there?
Tram lines 2, 3, 5, 12, 16 and 24 serve the Museum Quarter neighborhood.
The Canal Bus , a hop-on/hop-off canal boat line, stops on the Singelgracht, just across the Stadhouderskade from the northern entrance to the Vondelpark.
nearby Attractions
Concertgebouw concert hallDiamond factories see craftsmen at work during a free guided tour
Diamond Museum
Filmmuseum
PC Hooftstraat elegant shopping street
Rijksmuseum National Museum of the Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum
Van Gogh Museum world's largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh
Vondelpark
the city's largest park, with cafés, ponds and English gardens
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