Summer Tips

Summer Tips

Summer Tips Summer Tips: When summer arrives, Amsterdammers move outdoors. They populate outdoor cafés, lounge in the parks or bask in the sun before their own front doors. Summer is the perfect season to visit Amsterdam. Summer is also the time of the best festivals...
Red Light District for Tourists

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...
Amsterdam on a Tight Budget

Amsterdam on a Tight Budget

Amsterdam on a Tight Budget Free lunchtime concerts, the ideal place to eat your lunch. But when you buy your packed lunch from Albert Heijn Supermarket, be sure to get a ‘silent’ bag to take with you to one of the free lunchtime concert in Amsterdam. Any...
Free Things to Do in Amsterdam

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...
Tips for Potheads in Amsterdam

Tips for Potheads in Amsterdam

Tips for Potheads in Amsterdam A coffeeshop is not a coffeebar Going to Amsterdam and not visiting a coffeeshop is like going to India and not seeing Taj Mahal. Coffeeshops set Amsterdam apart and they are one of the reasons why the city is fun to visit. But be aware:...
New Year’s Eve in Amsterdam

New Year’s Eve in Amsterdam

New Year’s Eve in Amsterdam Oud en Nieuw (Old and New) is the Dutch equivalent for New Year’s Eve. Many Dutch people celebrate at home together with friends and family. There are street parties all over Amsterdam and the national countdown is at Oosterdok...