Amsterdam was the home of Anne Frank.
Amsterdam . Amsterdam 's main attractions , including its historic canals , the Rijksmuseum , the Van Gogh Museum , Stedelijk Museum , Hermitage Amsterdam , Anne Frank House , Amsterdam Museum , its red-light district , and its many cannabis coffee shops draw more than 5 million international visitors annually . The Anne Frank House ( Anne Frank Huis ) is a writer 's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank . During World War II , Anne Frank hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the 17th-century canal house , known as the Secret Annex ( Achterhuis ) .