Amsterdam Things to Do

Because of my curiosity of the red light district, so my friends who live in Amsterdam show me this colorful district, and luckily we are all girls..... In the day time this district just same like...

Amsterdam known for it's canals and bridges and of course the boats too, where there are 2,500 houseboats just in Amsterdam. So, beside walking to enjoy this city, we can take a tour along the canals...

The Anne Frank House - located at the Prinsengracht, close to the Westerkerk, in Amsterdam, is a museum dedicated to the Jewish girl Anne Frank who hid here with her family and other people from Nazi...

The Sex museum has been going for over twenty years and offers a real insite into the sensitive area of human sexuality.It has hundreds of interesting pieces of art,sculptures,exhibits,paintings and...

When I come out from Central Station, the first thing I saw is Dam Square. Mostly this square is a natural gathering place for both visitors and locals, served by multiple trams lines and easily...

I've been to the Rijksmuseum last year and although I don't like art, I was very very impressed by the Rijksmuseum. Everybody has heard of the Nachtwacht (Nightwatch) and I have seen many many...

No doubt this museum has the largest Van Gogh collection (200 paintings) but… - here I might sound somewhat iconoclast - the dark paintings of his early period in Den Haag or Drenthe are not...

As wonderful as a bag of tulip bulbs from Amsterdam/The Netherlands sounds, I would not recommend buying any bulbs in a bag, which cannot be open. We bought several of those typical bags (black bag,...

heineken is a local brewery and the Heineken Experience is located on the first Heineken brewery building. Inside you will see Heineken's brewery history , facts , pictures , equipment and of course...

When we around in this city, I always smell something strength from the coffee shop, I though it something new of the coffee, then my friend explained that is a cannabis, marijuana, and other drugs...

The Begijnhof - Beguinage in Amsterdam is certainly a pleasant and quiet part of the old city but as a beguinage I felt surprised by the architectural heterogeneity of this ensemble! Maybe I am too...

Madame Tussauds Museum located not far from National Monument, this wax museum was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud and the name used to be Madame Tussaud’s in London, and nowadays have some...

Leidseplein is a most popular square of Amsterdam. There are a lot of cafes, bars, restaurants on that square and in the surrounding streets. Most of the restaurants are not Dutch so that I sometimes...

Artis, the zoo. Lions, elephants, giraffes, foxes, monkeys ... You name it. Also planetarium, butterfly pavillion, aquarium... Visited with colleagues on 13 June, 2013. We saw both the library and the...

The park was somewhat a deception because there were nearly no flowers although it was begin May. Probably the fault of the long winter but in the country, from my train, I saw many huge fields with...

Not far from Red Light District, we can found this China Town, there are many shops ,cafe and restaurants here and not only Chinese but other Asian cultures are represented here such as...

I didn't get to visit this centre whilst in Amsterdam, but the very sight of the building that I had from the canal cruise was enough to impress me greatly. Set in Oosterdok on the water it looks for...

This was unexpected; I could not imagine a church with 2500 gravestones, often real works of art. With age I developed some interest for gravestones, monumental tombs and especially what we call...

The Yellow Bike shop was right next to our hotel (Hotel Inntel Amsterdam Center) so it was a no-brainer for us to just rent from there, and we did not regret it! This outfit is run by a bunch of...

It is not advisible to visit the Diamonds factories specially with your wifes ,fiancees,girlfriends etc.etc. You can take this suggestion as a warning tip. During the war Amsterdam losts 2000 diamond...

The 1st building that dominates Dam Square is the Royal Palace/ Koninklijk Paleis, built in 1648 and design by Jacob van Campen. The first Royal occupant 1808 was Loius Bonapart (brother of Napoleon)...

Visiting the Amsterdam Museums like the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Museum, Scheepvaart (Maritime) Museum and many other museums, churches or monuments it is difficult to avoid the word VOC. So what is...

When walking through the old Amsterdam I find the city quite typical but not monumental. I miss the monumental buildings, palaces, one sees along the avenues of Paris, Rome, Vienna, Prague, Budapest...

Once an old warehouse,this museum is situated in the heart of the Red Light District.Set on three floors there are various exhibits of Erotica such as paintings,photos,sculptures,waxworks and...

The Rembrandtplein square was named after the famous dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn who actually owned a house nearby from 1639 to 1656. A statue of Rembrandt was erected in the center of the square...