The story
Audio tour · Rijksmuseum
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You're standing in front of the Rijksmuseum, the largest art museum in the Netherlands. Take a moment to look up. With its towers, steep roofs and red brick, it looks more like a cathedral than a museum. Architect Pierre Cuypers blended Gothic and Renaissance styles, and when it opened in 1885, plenty of people thought it looked far too much like a church. A few years later, Cuypers also designed Amsterdam's Central Station. Can you see the family resemblance?
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