Amsterdam: Paradise for Culture Lovers and Fun Seekers

Amsterdam is love at first sight. Leidseplein hums with activity, canal houses sparkle in the sun, Kalverstraat bursts with shoppers, canal-side cafés and hordes of tourists wander through the Red Light District – Amsterdam is the city to be!

Whether you would like to stroll along Dam Square, cruise the canals, visit a museum or go for a picnic in one of the many parks, Amsterdam-Now takes you to well-known places and highlights such as the Van Gogh Museum and the Red Light District but also to lesser known sights and hotspots like a Chinese Temple and an alms court. Whatever you do, be sure to include a boat trip on the Amsterdam canals. Be Dutch with the Dutch and explore the city on a guided bicycle tour.

See and Do

Museums

Parks and Gardens

Tips

Neighbourhoods

Entertainment and Nightlife

Peaceful Oasis in Bustling Amsterdam

Peaceful Oasis in Bustling Amsterdam

Tucked away behind Kalverstraat, you will find Begijnhof, Beguine Court, a green space that offers a welcome break from Amsterdam’s people-packed streets. Sneak into this haven of rest through a little gateway on Spui or go to the main entrance on Gedempte...

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Dam Square and the National Monument

Dam Square and the National Monument

Dam Square is at the very heart of Amsterdam. The National Monument is right in the middle of this vast square that buzzes with activity all year round. In spring, the fun fair and its Ferris wheel attracts locals and tourists alike. In summer, street entertainers and...

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Red Light District for Tourists

Red Light District for Tourists

The Historic Centre of Amsterdam spills over with museums, cafes, coffeeshops, stylish gables and facades. Humpback bridges span the leafy canals lined with a hotchpotch of buildings. Sex shops and porn theatres rub shoulder with museums and fashion boutiques. Be sure...

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Oosterpark and Slavery Monument

Oosterpark and Slavery Monument

Oosterpark is a favourite picnic spot at weekends. It is also popular with cyclist and walkers. The park abounds in statues of which the Slavery Monument is the most famous. Oosterpark is located just outside Amsterdam centre but still close enough to go there for a...

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Jordaan and Anne Frank

Jordaan and Anne Frank

Stroll at leisure through the Jordaan neighbourhood in Amsterdam. Visit Anne Frank's tiny bedroom in the Anne Frank Museum, discover charming 'hofjes' often hidden from sight, go shopping in the 9-Streets, mix with the locals over a beer, throw in a Houseboat Museum...

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Rijksmuseum Garden

Rijksmuseum Garden

The Rijksmuseum is probably the best-known museum in Amsterdam. The museum's garden is less familiar even though there is no entrance fee! There is no doubt about it this garden is beautifully maintained - flowerbeds with flowering summer plants, gazebos and...

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Van Gogh Museum

Van Gogh Museum

Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam houses the art collection of Theo van Gogh, Vincent’s younger brother and art collector. The collection consists of 200 paintings and 500 drawings by Vincent and works of Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin, Monet and other contemporaries. Van Gogh...

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Art in A Bathtub

Art in A Bathtub

The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam is a leading Modern Art Museum. Priceless art in a modern building - that's what to expect when you visit Het Stedelijk Museum. The museum is home to modern works of art and includes artists such as Matisse, Picasso, Newman,...

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Free Things to Do in Amsterdam

Free Things to Do in Amsterdam

The Dutch are renowned for their 'commercial mind' and for most Amsterdam attraction you will have to spend a few euros. Free things to do in Amsterdam include strolling along canals, free concerts, a free museum and many more freebies. Below you will find...

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Vondelpark

Vondelpark

Vondelpark in Amsterdam is a favourite summer haunt of locals and tourists alike. They spread out their picnic blanket, open their bottle of viña ducaro tinto (a nice way of saying red wine) and unwrap their crispy brown rolls sprinkled with sunflower seeds and...

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Hofje Gardens and Courtyards

Hofje Gardens and Courtyards

Hofjes are courtyards ringed by social housing meant for mainly elderly women who were often widowed and had no means of income. Hofjes were funded by wealthy Amsterdam merchants. These courtyards feature well-tended gardens with flowering shrubs, trees and colourful...

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Amsterdam Chinatown

Amsterdam Chinatown

Amsterdam has its own Chinatown, far smaller than in cities like London, Paris or New York but definitely worth to explore. This neighbourhood is just steps away from Centraal Station and close to Amsterdam's famous Red Light District. Amsterdam Chinatown is also home...

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Westerkerk and Anne Frank

Westerkerk and Anne Frank

Westerkerk and Anne Frank are intrinsically connected. She mentions the chimes of Westerkerk in her diary entry of 11 July 1942. Westerkerk is a relatively young church as it was built between 1620 and 1631. Late 16th and early 17th century Amsterdam expanded and...

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Where Eccentricity and Domesticity Meet

Where Eccentricity and Domesticity Meet

The Red Light District in Amsterdam never sleeps. Evening is the best time to wander along Oudezijds Achterburgwal, but many tourists also amble this leafy canal during the day. Peep shows, porn shops, (sex) bars and live sex shows stand cheek-by-jowl to stately canal...

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Amsterdam Centre

Amsterdam Centre

Dam Square, Anne Frank House, Kalverstraat shopping street is what most visitors to Amsterdam want to visit. Yet the city centre has much more to offer. Canals lined with gabled houses mirrored in the water. The charms of Amsterdam are supplemented by a string of...

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Skinny Bridge Famous Bridge in Amsterdam

Skinny Bridge Famous Bridge in Amsterdam

Skinny Bridge is one of the 1,200 bridges that span the canals that crisscross Amsterdam. Some are simply a means to cross the water, others are picturesque or true feats of engineering. Many are illuminated at night and offer a romantic backdrop. Magere Brug or...

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Where Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary

Where Anne Frank Wrote Her Diary

The Anne Frank House is a museum that shows the Frank family’s wartime hiding place. You can walk through the rooms and see the place where a young Jewish girl wrote her diary. The Anne Frank House is very popular and visited by over a million visitors every year. It...

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Rent a Bike and Go Dutch

Rent a Bike and Go Dutch

Bikes festoon bridges, bikes safely locked to lamppost. Kids, fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers young professionals, old professionals, in fact everyone in Amsterdam seems to have a bike and use it as to get from A to B. Why not join them for the unique...

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Home of Rembrandt’s Night Watch

Home of Rembrandt’s Night Watch

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is the number one art museum in the Netherlands and art lovers cannot afford to miss it. The museum possesses an unrivalled collection of Dutch art. The Rijkmuseum in Amsterdam is famous for its collection of works of art from the 15th to...

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Amsterdam Cat Museum for Cat Lovers

Amsterdam Cat Museum for Cat Lovers

Cat-lovers will purr contently at the art collection of the Cat Museum in Amsterdam. All artworks on display are 'cat proof'; cat statuettes, cat portraits, cat paintings, cat pop art and cat artifacts. Situated in a beautiful canal house, the museum is also...

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Interactive exhibition Da Vinci Genius

Interactive exhibition Da Vinci Genius

DA VINCI: GENIUS is an award-winning interactive exhibition. The visitor enters an engaging world of technology through visuals and sound and delves into the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci. His obsession with history, art, science, astrology and nature made him a...

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Best Amsterdam Winter Break on a Budget

Best Amsterdam Winter Break on a Budget

Amsterdam is the ideal city for a short city break vacation. Winter is the perfect time because you save money on flights and hotels. The tourist crowd has gone and you share the city with the locals. Wander through museum and art galleries, amble along the canals and...

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Madame Tussauds lifelike Wax Figures of Celebrities

Madame Tussauds lifelike Wax Figures of Celebrities

Have you always wanted to be photographed standing next to Marilyn Munroe or is James Bond, alias Sean Connery more your type? All is possible at the Dutch branch of Madame Tussauds Museum one of the most popular attractions in Amsterdam. Take a selfie with King...

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Best Bridges, Canals and Singel of Amsterdam

Best Bridges, Canals and Singel of Amsterdam

Say Amsterdam and the first thing that comes to mind are canals and bridges. No wonder because Amsterdam canals are true eye-catchers. There are about two hundred canals in the city. Originally, the canals were a practical solution to a problematic situation....

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Betondorp birthplace of soccer-player Johan Cruijff

Betondorp birthplace of soccer-player Johan Cruijff

Tuindorp Watergraafsmeer is a neighbourhood in East Amsterdam better known as Betondorp. birthplace of the legendary soccer player Johan Cruijff (1947-2016). The district is located between the Kruislaan, Middenweg, Ringweg-Oost and Weespertrekvaart. This former...

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H’Art Museum Amsterdam and Rotating Art Exhibitions

H’Art Museum Amsterdam and Rotating Art Exhibitions

H'ART Museum in Amsterdam does not have its own collection but exhibits art borrowed from renowned international museums. A visit to the museum is a unique opportunity to get acquainted with a variety of different forms of art. H'ART Museum and Art on Loan Most...

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Amsterdam Tulip Museum learn about tulips

Amsterdam Tulip Museum learn about tulips

The Amsterdam Tulip Museum tells the history of the tulip. This small museum is on Prinsengracht opposite Anne Frank Museum. On entering, a kaleidoscope of colours greets you, red tulips, white lilies and golden daffodils. You may think that you are in the wrong...

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Casa Rosso Theatre Adult Live Show

Casa Rosso Theatre Adult Live Show

Casa Rosso theatre adult live show is right in the middle of the Red Light District in Amsterdam. It is a theater / club with non-stop erotic live shows for a varied audience of 60% men and 40% women. Casa Rosso was established some fifty years ago and is still...

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The Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum

The Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum

The Hash, Marijuana and Hemp Museum is one of the few museums in the world devoted entirely to cannabis. It is only logical that this is located in Amsterdam, given the tolerant policy towards soft drugs in the Netherlands. The museum consists of two small buildings...

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Erotic Museum where Naughty Dreams Come True

Erotic Museum where Naughty Dreams Come True

The Erotic Museum, where your naughty dreams come true, is located where you would expect it: in the heart of the Red Light District. The red neon light over the entrance beckons you from afar. The museum showcases the history of erotica. Its five floors are...

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National Monument Cenotaph on Dam Square

National Monument Cenotaph on Dam Square

The National Monument on Dam Square is a cenotaph in remembrance of those who fell in the Second World War. The steps of the National Monument are a popular place in Amsterdam to rest, eat a snack or do some people watching. The Remembrance Day ceremony takes places...

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