Antique
Stores District
Nieuwe Spiegelstraat runs between the world-famous Rijksmuseum
and Keizersgracht, its history goes back as far as the
17th century.
In and around this street with its many characteristic
Amsterdam facades more than 70 art and antique dealers
have set up business.
These specialists offer a wide range of objects,ranging
from Egyptian antiquities which are 6,000 years old to
seventeenth-century Delft ware, from antique Chinese porcelain
to abstract modern art.
You name it, it is for sale
in the Spiegelkwartier. This makes the Spiegelkwartier a must-see
quarter for those with an eye for the unique, rare and
beautiful.
How to get there
Take tram 1, 2 or 5 from Magna Plaza, just behind the
Royal Palace. Get off at Leidseplein (5th stop) and
turn left into the Weteringschans. After a 5-minute
walk you will see the Rijksmuseum on your right. Turn
left; you are now in the Spiegelkwartier District. You
will find the first antique stores here. At the corner
of Weteringschans and Spiegelgracht you will see the
well-known Diamond House Lazare Diamonds on the
right in the Museum Plaza building; on the left-hand
corner there is Reflex Modern Art Gallery which
sells contemporary art.
If you keep on walking you will get to Keizersgracht.
Turn left there and you will find yourself in familiar
territory, in Leidsestraat.