Amsterdam - Rembrandt Square

(Local Name: Rembrandtsplein) Besides the Leidseplein the Rembrandtsplein is the most important leisure center in the city, albeit different in character. There are cafes and eating places here, too, but the Rembrandtsplein is predominantly the quarter for night clubs and striptease establishments. The square, in which the butter market used to be held, has always been a center of social life. When fairs were held here it swarmed with people in search of the abundance of entertainments to be found in the booths and at the many stalls. When the butter market was discontinued in the mid-19th C. the square retained its atmosphere as somewhere to stroll and find amusement. It was then that it acquired its present name when the little park was laid out with its statue of Rembrandt.