Begijnhof (Berginerkloster) er en af de ældste gårde eller indre pladser i Amsterdam. Oprindeligt var den et kloster for fromme kvinder, der levede som nonner, men ikke havde aflagt klostered, men levede i et religiøst fællesskab uden at trække sig tilbage for omverdenen. Berginerordenen eksisterede i Nordeuropa fra 1200-1500.
I 1389 omtaltes for første gang et Berginerkloster i Amsterdam.
Fra 1578, da Amsterdam blev protestantisk, og til 1795 var det ikke tilladt katolikker at praktisere deres religion offentligt, men berginerne blev ladt i fred. Husene var kvindernes private ejendom og stedet en romersk-katolsk enklave i et overvejende protestantisk Amsterdam og forblev at være det i mere end 200 år.
I 1607 blev den gotiske kirke, indviet 1417 (i dag Den engelske reformerte kirke), i gården af byrådet givet til Det engelske protestantiske samfund, og fra da af måtte berginerne ty til forskellige skjulte huskirker. I 1671 åbnedes en huskirke i to sammenhængende huse i gården, den blev kaldt "kapellet".
De sidste berginer døde i 1971, men det er stadig kun kvinder der kan bo i gården.

The Begijnhof is one of the oldest inner courts in the city of Amsterdam. It was originally a béguinage, an architectural complex built to house beguines, religious women who lived like nuns without taking vows or retiring from the world. The beguines order were active in Northern Europe in the 13th–16th centuries.
In 1389 a Amsterdam Bigijnhof (Beguinage) was mentioned for the first time. 
From 1578, when the city of Amsterdam officially became Protestant, to 1795 Roman Catholics in Amsterdam were not allowed to openly practice their religion. But the beguines were left in peace. The houses were a personal property of the women who lived there and thus the courtyard was a Roman Catholic enclave in a predominantly protestant Amsterdam for more than 200 years.
In 1607 the gothic courtyard church, consecrated on October 7th 1417, was given by the city council to the English protestant community (today The English Reformed Church). From then on the Beguines had to make do with various hidden house churches. I 1671 an official house church was opened in two connected houses and was simply called "the chapel".
The last beguine passed away in 1971, but still only women reside in the courtyard.