Amsterdam Off The Beaten Path

 18 Reviews  A day trip to Zaanse Schans is a must for the following reasons - View the windmills, Relax in the country, Inexpensive way to spend the day. Check out my travelogues and also the site below on how... 

 52 Reviews  Cross the 'IJ' behind the central station with the 'ijplein'-ferry. When you get off, walk along the waterside to the east (right) untill you arrive at the orange building called 'wilhelminadok' to... 

 54 Reviews  Four authentic "banning poles" or "boundary stakes" (banpaal in Dutch) can be found around Amsterdam. In 1544 emperor Charles V granted Amsterdam the right to ban criminals, vagabonds and other... 

 27 Reviews  DECO Sauna is one of my favorite places on the planet. It is a COED sauna so not for the modest. The interior bric-a-brac of an old Parisian department store has been magically transported to a... 

 12 Reviews  Naturally I did walk through the famous Red Light District. I have to be honest, it really did not do much for me. The thought of walking through a street with prostitutes on display sounds exciting.... 

 16 Reviews  I went in February, and it was still fun! Cold enough that they had a huge ice house set up you could walk through, and a miniature to match the rest of this fun park----most in 1:25 scale. The Dutch... 

 20 Reviews  Besides graffitti, statues and sculptures are usually the only form of public art in a city - but not in Amsterdam! I discovered the first truly public and free art gallery is located in the center of... 

 11 Reviews  Simply beautiful!! I dont know the statistics of how many acres and how many varieties of tulips etc. You can definitely spend half a day in this beautiful place. If you have time, dont go with the... 

 23 Reviews  It would take too much to put this "tip" under "Local Customs" because of its coffeeshops and the cannabis you can get there, familiar with all locals. The Nieuwendijk is one of the oldest shoppings... 

 5 Reviews  Sauna Van Egmond Haarlem is just 20km West of Amsterdam. A short 15 minutes train ride will get you there for 8 euros or so. It has an impressive church with a pipe organ but that`s not why you... 

 18 Reviews  This is one of the oldest bars in Amsterdam. Totally unique in Amsterdam, is that it has a non-smoking room. In de Wildeman serves over 200 different beers. It is tiny and busy, it may take a while... 

 17 Reviews  Strangly shaped on the map, a long green stripe is leading away just uotside the ringed canals. this is the Vondel park, Amsterdam's central park, that offers some green and nature in this hectic and... 

 8 Reviews  The Dappermarkt in the eastern part of Amsterdam was chosen as 'Best market of The Netherlands' in 2006. It's a good place to see the different cultures of the city side by side. There are Dutch,... 

 8 Reviews  Many Amsterdammers like to spend a warm summer’s day on the sandy expanses of the North Sea coast. The seaside resorts of Zandvoort and Bloemendaal are very popular, and both can be reached easily by... 

 4 Reviews  The traditional Dutch villages that tour buses or guides will take you to are very nice and interesting but if you want to see a Dutch village that remains largely unvisited by non Dutch people you... 

 6 Reviews  A few km from A`dam is Muiden. Nice typical village with the river and boats all along. On its edge you find this castle now, after many years, open to the public. April up to and including October:... 

 6 Reviews  In the weekends a ferryboat connects the North bank of the Nieuwe Meer (Oude Haagseweg near McDonald´s and the beaches) with the South bank (close to the pancake restaurant Boerderij Meerzicht, see my... 

 2 Reviews  Rotterdam is 65 minutes from Amsterdam Centraal and this will soon be down to 35 minutes with the new high speed line opening soon. We went for the day and went to the Euromast Tower and a harbour... 

 1 Review  Visiting a Delft porcelain factory is quite an experience and one which I really enjoyed, maybe because I use to do pottery with my friend and one of the things that amused us most was mixing the... 

 5 Reviews  The first thing I will always do after I get off the train at Centraal, is walk to frederic on Brouwersgracht and rent a bicycle. In Sept. '03 they were only 40 Euros/week. Especially during good... 

 3 Reviews  We used the hydrofoil to connect with the DFDS ferry to Newcastle @ 5 euros each. You can avoid the main canal road & head under the bridge half right in front of the ferry. The walk into Ijmuiden... 

 1 Review  A city like AMS with its big and famous red light district must have a "sex musem" as well, I guess. There is also an "Erotic museum" right in the red light zone, but we didn´t visit that. The sex... 

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