Hofje Van Brienen

Must see if you’re close by

MUST SEE if you’re nearby anyway. We had time to kill before the Ann Frank House, and so glad we found this little gem. Beautiful glimpse into a courtyard of Amsterdam, gives a completely different vi...

Beautiful Hidden Garden with Royal Lanterns

Amsterdam has many "Hofjes" ( is a Dutch word for a courtyard with almshouses around it). Hofje van Brienen is one of them that you can visit it. This place is very neat, beautiful and peaceful. I lov...

Secret garden

It's good to read TripAdvisor. Because now I find new things in my hometown. Like this hofje. People live here so I only went in for a quick look out of curiosity. It's beautiful. Wish I lived here.

Quiet oasis of calm

Sought out this place when I read about these places in a guidebook. Pretty gardens and a quietness about the place but these apartments are lived in - you can see little personal objects outside each...

In Spanish, we would call the Hofjes, "refugees" or "indoor courties" and were built in the 17th century.

Original Text

These are small apartments , 12 or 13, around a central patio with a careful garden, almost always, with a single entrance door to the outside world, hidden behind the facade ...