On the another bank we can see the remarkable building. This is the Amsterdam Allard Pierson museum. From Wikipedia: The name of the Allard Pierson Museum derives from the first professor of classical archaeology at the University of Amsterdam, Allard Pierson (1831–1896). This former clergyman was invited in 1877 to occupy the chair of Aesthetics, Art History, and Modern Languages at the newly founded university. His passion for antiquity, fuelled by his travels to the Mediterranean area, led to his assembling a collection of plaster casts from 1877 to 1895.
This is the easiest and fastest route for a first acquaintance with Amsterdam. Clear descriptions of places are based on a world encyclopedia made by people for people. Nothing more and everything is easy. This feeling gives Amsterdam and this route seems to be so.