Visiting the Anne Frank House is surely a must when you are in Amsterdam. It is one of Amsterdam's landmarks that attracts more than a million visitors a year. And that's great, because it keeps the memories of Anne Frank alive. Visiting the Anne Frank House means a trip back in time. For it is a museum with a story. A very special, but unfortunately also tragic story about the life and death of young Anne and her family. Everyone is familiar with Anne Frank's diary. But visiting her house really gives a good view of her life. When you visit the Anne Frank House, you can take a look at the "Secret Annex": the part where the Jewish family hid from the Germans for years. This is also the place where Anne wrote her world-famous diary.

Anne Frank's diary

In every history lesson on World War II, the story and diary of Anne Frank will appear. And not only in the Netherlands, Anne is famous all over the world and her story is told everywhere. The story of the ordinary girl who found herself in a horrible time. The Germans invaded our country and that put Anne and her family in mortal danger. Anne's father, Otto Frank, began setting up a hiding place in his company on Prinsengracht in the first few months of 1942. Together with a number of employees, the "Secret Annex" was realized. On July 6, 1942, Otto was forced to lead his family to the Secret Annex to go into hiding. The day before, his daughter Margot had received a call for 'employment' in Germany. Together with several others, the Frank family went into hiding at the safe house. Only four people knew about the secret rooms in the building.

Visiting the Anne Frank House is an unforgettable experience

Everyone knows the tragic ending to this story. The family is betrayed and arrested. Only father Otto Frank returns after the war. The rest of the family died in a concentration camp. For the more than 2 years before this tragic end, the family spent in hiding in the Secret Annex. During this time, young Anne Frank kept a diary. Every day she described her life as a hider in Amsterdam. After the family was betrayed, the diary was secured by two employees of Otto's company. You can see Anne Frank's original diary when you visit the Anne Frank House on Prinsengracht. A visit to the Anne Frank House will leave a deep impression and is an experience you will not soon forget. You can experience for yourself what life was like for Anne and the other people in hiding. The fears they must have felt while hiding from the German occupiers. An impressive experience that you will not soon forget.

Tips for Visiting the Anne Frank House

Do you want to visit the Anne Frank House? Tips always come in handy. Therefore we have collected a number of tips for you. Because visiting the Anne Frank House can have quite an impact on people, it is recommended not to bring children under the age of 10 to the museum. This because of the intense story. Of course, it is up to the parents themselves to judge whether their children are ready for a visit that can evoke many emotions. So feel free to bring young children, but keep in mind the intense subject matter that will be covered. Also, large bags are prohibited in the Anne Frank House, as are strollers and baby carriages. Only handbags smaller than A4 size may be taken inside. The Anne Frank House is extremely popular and therefore long queues can occur at the entrance. As a tip we can give you that it is more convenient to buy your tickets in advance so you can skip the queues.

Other tips we can give you when you want to visit the Anne Frank House is to take a tour. At Tickets2Cities, you can book a ‘City Tour in Amsterdam with book passages by Anne Frank’. A two-hour walk through Amsterdam where a guide will tell you all about Anne Frank's life. During the walk, passages from the book are read aloud which makes this tour even more impressive. Or follow in Anne Frank's footsteps and learn more about World War II during the ‘Private walk: Anne Frank in Amsterdam’. You can also book this tour at Tickets2Cities.