Anne Frank House
The annexe behind the swinging bookcase, left bare.
Duration
1 hr 30 min – 2 hrs
Best time
First slot of the day
Open
Every day
Entry price
16.5 EUR
The Frank family and four other people hid for twenty-five months in the back annexe of 263 Prinsengracht, behind a swinging bookcase installed by staff of the business. They were betrayed in August 1944; Anne died at Bergen-Belsen, and her father was the only one of the eight to survive.
The annexe is left without furniture, at Otto Frank's request: it had been stripped by the Germans, and he refused to have it furnished again. The original diary is displayed at the end of the route.
Getting there
Prinsengracht 263, next to the Westerkerk. Tram 13 or 17, Westermarkt stop.
What the price covers
adult entry, booking fee included; 7 € from 10 to 17. Timed slot booked online only.
What to bring
- Walking shoes
Rules on site
Tickets are online only, timed, and released six weeks ahead: there is no box office, and turning up without one is pointless. The stairs to the annexe are very steep and there is no lift.
Checked on 29 August 2026 at Anne Frank House — tickets
Other places in Amsterdam
- The canal ringFour concentric canals dug in the seventeenth century, fifteen hundred bridges and leaning houses.
- RijksmuseumRembrandt's Night Watch and Vermeer's Milkmaid, in a brick palace.
- The JordaanThe old working-class quarter turned into the pleasantest: hidden courtyards, markets and brown cafés.
- VondelparkForty-seven hectares in the middle of the city, where Amsterdam runs, eats and plays.