• The Rijksmuseum is the national museum of the Netherlands. The Erotic Museum, museum about sex and history of the Red Light Districts.
• The Van Gogh Museum specialises in works by Vincent van Gogh.
• The Stedelijk Museum specialises in modern art.
• The Rembrandt House Museum specialises in works by Rembrandt van Rijn.
• The Anne Frank House, Prinsengracht 263.
• The Hermitage Amsterdam, a dependency of the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg.
• The Tropenmuseum, anthropological museum.
• The NEMO (museum), the science museum in a building that looks like a sinking ship.
• The Burcht, National Trade Unions Museum built by Hendrik Petrus Berlage.
• The Verzetsmuseum, the Amsterdam resistance museum.
• The Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam's historical museum.
• The Allard Pierson Museum, Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam.
• The Bijbels Museum, where the Bible, art and culture meet in a monument full of history.
• The Filmmuseum, Holland's museum for cinematography
• The Joods Historisch Museum, The Jewish Historical Museum collects objects and works of art associated with the religion, culture and history of the Jews in the Netherlands and its former colonies.
• The Museum Van Loon, a home on the canal. The double-sized canal house dates from 1672.
• The Nederlands Scheepvaart Museum, museum about Dutch maritime history. Due to renovation closed from January 2007, probably until June 2009.
• The Universiteitsmuseum, the Amsterdam university museum.
  The Het Schip, museum about the Amsterdam School architectural movement of the early 20th century.
• The The Amsterdam Dungeon, a unique combination of a museum, theatre and an attraction park.
• Museum Geelvinck-Hinlopen, a mansion on the Herengracht, with four period rooms and a nice garden.

Churches:

• Oude Kerk (ca. 1400)
• Nieuwe Kerk (1490)
• Zuiderkerk the city's first church built specifically for Protestant services. (1603-1611)
• Noorderkerk (1620-1623)
• Westerkerk, finished in 1638 after a design by Hendrick de Keyser
• Oosterkerk, construction was completed in 1671
• Ronde Lutherse Kerk, first round Lutheran Church / Reformed Church in the Netherlands with a copper dome.
• English Reformed Church, Amsterdam, one of the oldest buildings in Amsterdam, situated right in the centre of the city.
• Sint Nicolaaskerk, neo-Renaissance and Baroque church in Amsterdam

• De Duif

Bridges:

• The Magere Brug is probably the most famous draw bridge in Amsterdam.
• The Blauwe brug, which connects the Rembrandtplein area with the Waterlooplein area.
• The Python Bridge, bridge connects Sporenburg to Borneo Island and won the International Footbridge Award 2002.
• The Jan Schaeferbrug, built in 2001, straight through warehouse De Zwijger, after a design by architect T. Venhoeven

Buildings:

• Royal Palace (Amsterdam), former city hall, built in 1648.
• Stopera, Cityhall and Opera.
• Kalvertoren, shopping mall located in the busy Kalverstraat.
• AEX, stock trading building.
• Beurs van Berlage, was designed as a commodity exchange by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage.
• Centraal Station, neo gothic building.
• De Waag, part of the city fortifications was buit in 1481-1494.
• Montelbaanstoren, the tower was built in 1512 as a part of the city fortification.
• Munttoren, the tower was built in 1619-1620 and it is the southern tower among all other ones in Amsterdam