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This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.

A beautifully eclectic mix of architectural styles.

This unattributed sculpture in Amsterdam is hiding in plain sight.

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

The history and future of cannabis.

This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Museum preserving torture methods from the past.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

What was once a bustling mining installation is now a bustling hub of contemporary art.

The former home of a trailblazing surrealist is still filled with haunting dolls and grim paintings.

Dummies recreate radiological discoveries from history.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.

Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.

Only museum in the world devoted to bookbinding and book arts holds a permanent collection representing five centuries.