On our last full day in Amsterdam we decided to visit NEMO Science Museum. Of course, as usual, there was a lot of wandering to get there. Munttoren and part of the flower market:

Munttoren

Bulbs for sale

Another interesting cartouche on a house wall and some almost-hidden street art of Rembrandt:

House decoration

Hidden street art, Rembrandt

Lovely canal views:

Canal view, Kloveniersburgwal

Canal view, Kloveniersburgwal

Advertising for raincoats (which fortunately we didn’t need) and some more modern housing – I can’t remember now what the monument / sculpture is:

Raincoats on Kloveniersburgwal

Urban housing and unknown monument

Another tower (Montelbaanstoren), some random lions, and then finally we were at Oosterdok where the museum is located:

Montelbaanstoren

Random lions

Oosterdok

NEMO is the green building shaped like a ship’s prow in the background of some of the photos below. Oosterdok was busy with boats, and I spotted a washing line. Will Andrew approve?

Botel Elodie

Fleur

Elodie and Fleur

Washing line

Flora

The museum was very busy and very interactive (see general view) and largely aimed at children – other than a rather explicit section on sex! I didn’t photograph much, but liked the water wheel at the entrance and the water clock just inside. From the timeline I chose Ada Lovelace (because women’s history, of course) and Lord Kelvin (because Glasgow connections).

Water wheel

Water wheel

Water clock

Water clock

Ada Lovelace

Lord Kelvin

General view

The best bit of NEMO (in my opinion anyway, and one which you can enter for free) is the sloping roof terrace from where you get great views, as seen at the top of the post and below.

Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum) seen through a sculpture

Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum)

John on the terrace

In summer the central channel is a water feature

View of Scheepvaartmuseum (National Maritime Museum) and beyond

Looking the other way: Sea Palace restaurant, library, Basilica of Saint Nicholas

We wandered home, spotting another few interesting details on the way.

“Once called hope, now called service”?

and breath

“City restoration”?

This was our last evening in Amsterdam, which we spent in a lovely Thai restaurant, Sukhothai Thanee. However, our flight the next day wasn’t till mid-afternoon so there is one final post to come. Stay tuned!