Point of interest
Anne Frank House
in Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Frank family's hiding place on the Prinsengracht — moving and intense; online tickets only.
Where it is
The Anne Frank House is on the Prinsengracht 263–267 by the Westermarkt, next to the Westerkerk on the edge of the Jordaan.
Address: 267 Prinsengracht, 1016 GV Amsterdam
What it is
The route leads through the original front house and Secret Annex, past the swinging bookcase that hid the entrance, up to Anne's room with the pictures she pasted on the wall. The museum pairs the personal story with education against antisemitism and discrimination; tickets must be booked online in advance.
History
From 1942 to 1944 Anne Frank, her family and four others hid from the German occupiers in the Secret Annex at the back of this canal house. After their betrayal and deportation only her father, Otto Frank, survived; he published his daughter's famous diary, and the house opened as a museum in 1960.