Amsterdam
Follow the Money
Overview:
Welcome to Follow The Money, an audio tour guide through the center of Amsterdam. The
walk takes you in 45 minutes past the rich, financial history of
Amsterdam and covers a period of over 400 years: from the 17th century to the present.
During the tour Mercury, Roman god of commerce, provides you background information about buildings and places that are inextricably linked to the city's financial history. For example, the tour takes you past the first stock exchange building in Amsterdam, which was built by Hendrick de Keyser and the Beurs van Berlage, designed by Hendrik Peter Berlage. Also the former Nederlandsche Bank on the Rokin and the Munttoren are visited.
Starting point: Amsterdam Museum, Kalverstraat 92
This walk has been made possible by Stichting Capital Amsterdam.
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LIST OF SITES
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Options Exchange
- 3. Exchange of Hendrick de Keyser
- 4. Kalverstraat
- 5. The Royal Palace
- 6. Exchange of Zocher
- 7. Fraud in the 17th Century
- 8. The Beurs van Berlage
- 9. Beursplein 5
- 10. Warmoesstraat
- 11. Oude Kerk or Old Church
- 12. Pawnbroker 'Stadsbank van Lening'
- 13. Dirck van Os
- 14. Central Bank of the Netherlands
- 15. Operation Aunt Betty
- 16. Munttoren
- 17. The Bank of Insinger de Beaufort
- 18. The Bazel Building
- 19. The Golden Bend
- 20. The Van Eeghen Family