Homomonument
Three pink granite triangles reclaimed from a Nazi badge, set so flush into the pavement you can walk straight through them.
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When it opened in 1987 it was the first monument anywhere to commemorate gays and lesbians killed by the Nazi regime. Designer Karin Daan laid it so flat into the street that taxi drivers park inside it without noticing — the invisibility is deliberate, and eerie once you register it.
What to look for
- The three separate pink granite triangles set into the ground — together they form one larger triangle
- The Keizersgracht canal bank and Westerkerk church framing the site
- Wreaths or flowers left around 4–5 May (Remembrance Day and Liberation Day)
On the Keizersgracht canal bank near Westerkerk; Liberation Day (5 May) turns the site into a street party.
Homomonument is one of 36 sights worth the detour in Amsterdam, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Amsterdam pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
More to see in Amsterdam
- RijksmuseumOne million objects collected over 200 years — and the 8,000 on display include the Dutch Golden Age painters who changed what art could be.
- Amstel RiverAmsterdam literally means "Amstel Dam" — the city takes its name from a medieval dam built across this river.
- Van Gogh MuseumThe world's largest Van Gogh collection exists because his sister-in-law spent years refusing to let his unsold work disappear.
- WeespA town that Holland deliberately over-fortified — then flooded on purpose to hold back armies.
- Johan Cruyff ArenaThe Netherlands' largest stadium exists because Amsterdam lost the 1992 Olympics bid to Barcelona — and built something better anyway.
- Defence Line of Amsterdam (Stelling van Amsterdam)Dutch engineers turned the polder itself into a weapon: flood the fields to about 30 centimetres — too shallow for boats to cross — and Amsterdam becomes an island.