highlights: de waag (old city gate), rembrandt house (famous painter who lived in the jewish quarter),waterloo sqare market, old draw bridge, spinoza monument (jewish philosopher), (previous) jewish boys orphanage, portuguese synagogue, world's most important jewish library, jewish historical museum, gratitude monument, plantage park, henri polaklaan (named after the founder of the netherland's first diamond union), hollandsche schouwburg, auschwitz monument, dock worker monument (commemorating the largest public anti-nazi uprise).
