Additional fees are charged for entrance to the Exhibition Room. Photo credit: Museum Amsterdam. Did you know there are more canals in Amsterdam than in Venice? We recommend De Duif as a starting point.
And if you feel like experiencing the beauty of the canals from the water — you could always treat yourself to a Private Two-Hour Boat Tour. Blijburg is situated on the artificial island of IJburg. Besides swimming and sunbathing, there are also beach parties hosted regularly on-site. Photo credit: Franklin Heijnen.
It has a piano inside which is free for anyone to play — as well as an amazing rooftop terrace which offers spectacular views of the city. EYE Film Institute Netherlands comprises four cinemas, a film lab, a square-metre exhibition room and the biggest film library in the Netherlands. The basement section is free of charge and houses a permanent exhibition.
The building itself is a sight worth seeing! We highly recommend taking a few moments to stand outside and marvel at this modern architectural masterpiece. Photo credit: Artur Salisz. Amsterdamse Bos Amsterdam Forest is another Dutch artificial invention. Forest is a misleading name though; the area includes jogging and biking trails, small pools and a river.
If you feel like going deeper into the natural world, be sure to check out our Dutch Wetlands Canoe Safari , which leaves from Amsterdam and gives you the chance to get up close and personal with a range of aquatic and birdlife. Every Sunday a market is held somewhere in Amsterdam and the locations always change. Besides free food and drink tastings, these markets are perfect places to find one-of-a-kind souvenirs.
Noord is actually a whole neighbourhood in Amsterdam and there are parts of it that must be seen. Nieuwendammerdijk and Schellingwouderdijk are streets that were originally built as dikes — they are truly fascinating to see! The best part is that you can take the ferry to Noord for free. If that sounds like fun, you might also like to discover the charming neighbourhood of Zaanse Schans, with its cute windmills, on our Countryside Bike Tour.
Photo credit: Kevin Gessner. With the Indian neighbourhood and the East district just around the corner, Oosterpark demonstrates how multicultural Amsterdam really is. Photo credit: Marc van Woudenberg.
An added bonus — the ferry ride is free! Photo by Niels Smeets. It might sound like the name of a nutty professor, but Albert Cuypmarkt is actually the largest and most popular outdoor market in the Netherlands. It runs six days a week and it costs nothing to enter. Photo credit: Dona. Photo credit: Caspar Noyons.
Locals love this market and so will you. We recommend heading there early in the morning to see the freshest blooms on display. Photo by Daniel Spilka. This free concert series is hugely popular with locals and tourists so be prepared to hustle for a seat. The Lunchtime Concerts in the Recital Hall require a ticket, which can be picked up for free at the Entrance Hall from He wrote a book about Dutch colonial rule in Indonesia and it became an overnight success. This fascinating little museum traces the life and work of Multatuli, the most famous 19 th Century writer in Holland, with a range of displays that include pieces of his furniture as well as artifacts from his time in Asia.
Entry is free. Your email address will not be published. Sign me up for the newsletter. Budget Meals. Pub Food. Photo credit: Museum Amsterdam 3. Photo credit: Marc van Woudenberg Photo by Niels Smeets Dive into the chaos of Albert Cuypmarkt It might sound like the name of a nutty professor, but Albert Cuypmarkt is actually the largest and most popular outdoor market in the Netherlands.
Photo credit: Dona The epic garden is only open from March 20 to May 18 and features a vast, colorful array of flowers, including the Netherlands' famous tulips. Because anyone over the age of 18 can buy and smoke weed legally, if that's what you're into. Did you think you'd make it very far down this list without coming across marijuana?
Many U. Whether or not it's your scene, it's still cool. If you're going to indulge, head to one of the city's famed coffeeshops , where buying and smoking marijuana is legal.
But if you're more of a beer drinker, you'll have plenty to drink. Amsterdam is the home of Heineken , so of course you'll find some passionate beer drinkers here. You can tour the Heineken factory or visit smaller, local breweries if you're into craft brews.
Because a canalside walk would make any day better. Often called the " Venice of the North ," Amsterdam is known for its gorgeous 17th century canals. Walking along them and across their bridges is the perfect way to see the city. And if you can't get enough of the canals, you can actually live on one.
In a houseboat, of course. There are also houseboats you can rent for short-term stays. Because your city's parade can't compare to Amsterdam's canal parades. The King's Day and Gay Pride parades take to the water with floats that literally float. It's impossible to get tired of Amsterdam's stunning architecture. Canal houses, windmills, Renaissance buildings and contemporary structures all contribute to Amsterdam's unique architecture.
All of the waffles. Stroopwaffles: two deliciously sweet waffle-esque wafers with an even sweeter caramel-like "stroop" aka syrup in the middle. Pannekoeken and poffertjes. Pannekoeken are large i. Poffertjes are miniature pancakes that are made with yeast so they're extra fluffy.
Amsterdam actually has three! De Wallen, the most in famous of the three, developed around the Oude Kerk because of course at some point in the 13th century. Today, though the rum-drinking clientele is long gone, the cis-women behind red light windows and trans women behind blue light ones keep on fascinating and entertaining thousands of visitors every day. Legalization has been gaining ground across the globe as the soundest type of drug policy, but the Kingdom only adopted a tolerant attitude toward weed and pills specifically to be able to fight so-called hard drugs more efficiently and harshly.
And while the city proper has a population of about , people, everywhere you go is almost as crowded as Disneyland. After all, around 20 million tourists visit it each year!
So in the past five years, measures like a ban on Red Light District tours, the implementation of the highest tourist tax in Europe, and the removal of the famous I amsterdam Letters were adopted to curb excessive tourism in Amsterdam. Amsterdam is one of the most sustainable cities in Europe, yet within the central boroughs, parks are relatively scarce. Vondelpark makes up for that, though. Outside of Asia, entering an airport seems almost guaranteed to be a dreadful experience.
Yet we both know efficiency and comfort are two things the Dutch excel at. It will probably leave you with a great first impression of the country. The other set, which stood south of the Rijksmuseum, was removed in At the point of writing, the traveling sign is by Sloterplas Lake in western Amsterdam.
While speculative markets had begun to flourish in other European cities a couple centuries back, Amsterdam is known for inventing the modern stock exchange by moving it into a building as early as From , the Amsterdam HQ houses the registered office of a stock market accounting for six other European global cities, including Paris, Milan, and Brussels.
Between the s and the s, a radical fight for housing rights broke out throughout the Netherlands, with Amsterdam as its epicenter. Anarchist-leaning groups would occupy abandoned buildings and wreak havoc when police tried to evict them.
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