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Sport Amsterdam is home to Ajax, one of the top Dutch football teams, who play at the Amsterdam Arena. If there are no matches being played visitors can still look around the Arena's World of Ajax museum, (tel: (020) 311 1333; website: www.ajax.nl) that charts the history of the club. Admission to the museum is f12.50. A valid passport is required to buy match tickets. A truly spectacular sight in Amsterdam in winter is a frozen canal, all the more so when the local people don their skates and claim the smart Keizergracht as their own fun ice rink. In warmer weather, Formula One racing fans will want to visit Zandvoort, five kilometres (three miles) west of Haarlem, where the Dutch Grand Prix is held. Golf: Golf en Conference Centre, Amstelborgh, is a public course, where the green fees are f20. It is located a 10-minute walk from Duivendrecht Metro, at Borchlandweg 6 (tel: (020) 697 5000; fax: (020) 697 1306). Gyms and leisure centres: Sporting Club Leidseplein, Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 18 (tel: (020) 620 6631; fax: (020) 638 3531), offers aerobics, tennis and fitness. It is open Monday to Friday 1000-0000 and Saturday and Sunday 1000-1800. A day card costs f25. Fitness Aerobic Centre Jansen, Rokin 109-111 (tel: (020) 626 9366), is open Monday to Friday 1000-2230 and Saturday and Sunday 1200-2000. A day card costs f25. |