There are many cheap pizzerias, hamburger joints, loud bars and dance halls, but also beautiful theaters and cinemas. Leidse Square is the place where (especially) younger people go at night to have a good time. If you have time, do stop at the beautiful building …
The whole of the Netherlands in one breathtaking hour. ‘This is Holland’ shows all in a fun exhibition and great 5D Flight Experience about tulip fields, cities, water and land. Ready for take-off?
This attraction is for slightly older children (you must be at least four feet, or 120 centimetres, tall) and only those with iron nerves. At the A’DAM Lookout you swing over the edge of the top floor of the A’DAM Toren for a few minutes. …
Bowling, Laser Tag and Glow in the Dark Miniature Golf. There’s fun here for the whole family and good food too! If you still have a good voice after those activities, maybe you might enjoy karaoke. Games hall Aloha is less than five minutes from …
A scary adventure that takes you back to the city’s darkest history. A tour through the Dungeon allows only children of 10 years and older. Do you dare?
This beautiful green place is almost four hundred years old and was built as a nursery garden for herbs for pharmacists and doctors in the city.
They say that everything sounds beautiful in the Concertgebouw (Concert Hall). Well, let’s try that out. In this beautiful building, special concerts are held for children. Sing along! There are even baby performances for the youngest. Come a bit early to walk around the building and …
The Netherlands is famous for its cheese, clogs and…….? Correct: windmills! Mills were used in the Netherlands to pump water away from the land, but also to grind things – such as grain to make bread. At de Zaanse Schans you can see some of the most beautiful of …
Red, yellow, blue, white, with spots or without… At the Keukenhof you will see flowers, especially tulips, in all colors and types. This largest flower garden in the world is very special and worth a visit. There is a nice playground too and an animal …
The Netherlands does not have many real castles. But between Utrecht and Den Bosch you will find one of the most beautiful: Slot Loevestein. This castle, built between a series of rivers in the 14th century, was home to brave knights and noble women. But …
The history of Amsterdam has largely unfolded in the harbour. Several tour boats depart from the station and elsewhere in the city and take you through the centre and across ’t IJ in an hour. But you can also go to the North of Amsterdam …
This is the largest church with the highest tower in Amsterdam. Visit the church in the morning when the sunlight shines through the large windows. Enjoy the spectucular view from Westertoren in the digital tour.
It isn’t the biggest or most important bridge, nor was it the most expensive to build. Magere Brug (Skinny Bridge), however, is the most famous one.
This tower, which was once part of the Amsterdam’s city wall, is called the Schreierstoren, or Weeping Tower. The building got its name because it was the place where wives and families said goodbye to sailors on their departure to sea. Centuries ago, traveling to …
Nowadays you can just drink from the tap in Amsterdam. And if you are out with your parents, you can buy a bottle almost everywhere for a euro or just a little more. It is therefore difficult to imagine that less than two hundred years …
But nothing could be further from the truth, the Amsterdam city coat of arms with its recognizable red and black stripes on which three white crosses are placed one above the other, was conceived hundreds of years ago. In fact, it is so old that …
One even more beautiful and imaginative than the other. The so-called facing bricks however were not placed because they look good, but mainly served as a landmark. Before postal codes and house numbers were invented, postmen in the city had great difficulty finding the right …
When he was given the title of King of the Netherlands, after the conquest of the country in the nineteenth century, he immediately had a large balcony built on the palace on Dam Square. From there, he thought, he would be able to greet the …
