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The Royal Palace. The Royal Palace and adjacent Dam Square are situated right in the centre of the city, they may be called the heart of Amsterdam. Nearby there is Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. The Royal Palace used to be a city hall, and only after Napoleon raised to the Dutch throne his brother Louie, it was turned into The Royal Palace. Nowadays everybody has an opportunity look at the inside of the palace and to have a walk along its corridors, surely under the stipulation that at this time it is not used by the royal family.

Oude Kerk. Many tourists get quite surprised, when they learn that Oude Kerk is situated in the centre of Red Light District. Surrounded by prostitutes, which sell themselves in red-lighted windows, Oude Kerk managed to save its medieval look, the road beside is cobbled, and it's quite easy to slip on it when it's raining. The decoration of the church was removed in the times of Reformation. There is a legend of the 13th century:'Once upon a time there lived a man. One day he got very ill and actually was very close to death. Since that moment a host, that was given him at Eucharist, started appearing in his house. The man even tried to burn it, but nothing worked. After the man died the host was kept in one of the chapels, which after some time burnt down, but the host got through this fire too'. Since then, people pilgrimage to Oude Kerk in memory of this miracle. On the 15th of March annual ceremonial procession is organized, and it has an end at Oude Kerk.
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