Tip-Based Walking Tour of Amsterdam ✽

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Are you ready for your Amsterdam adventure?

Then join us on an exciting journey along the beautiful canals of Amsterdam!

Together with your super-local guide, you will discover how freedom and tolerance shaped the city and its culture over time and understand how these values continue to influence its liberal culture today.

Be prepared to challenge all your preconceived ideas you may have of Amsterdam because after this tour you will never look and think of Amsterdam in the same way!

“From the Red Light District to the evolution of Amsterdam as the global center of world trade in the 17th century, its transition from a republic to a monarchy, the tragedy of the Nazi occupation and its enlightened and effective attitude to drug control, your guide will stitch these diverse items together with humorous personal anecdotes and insightful commentary on the underlying social and cultural mores of the Dutch people”.

Highlights on our itinerary

OLD HARBOR • CENTRAL STATION • A HIDDEN CHURCH • PROSTITUTION & THE RED LIGHT DISTRICT • CHINATOWN • NIEUWMARKT SQUARE • COFFEESHOPS AND DUTCH DRUG LAWS EXPLAINED • REMBRANDT • THE DUTCH EAST INDIA HEADQUARTERS • THE JEWISH QUARTER or ANN FRANKS HOUSE • QUAINT CANALS & GLORIOUS CANAL HOUSES • UNIVERSITY DISTRICT • DUTCH BIKE CULTURE • DAM SQUARE & THE ROYAL PALACE • AMSTERDAM LIFESTYLE • UNIQUE PERSONAL STORIES

On this tour we will see, experience, and discuss:

History

• The ‘Golden Age’: how Amsterdam was able to become the richest city on the planet in the 17th Century
• Why the Dutch made the surprising transition from a Republic to Monarchy
• The tragedy of WWII and the Nazi occupation

Modern Life

• Why Amsterdam’s brothels are going out of business and the uncertain future of the Red Light District
• Coffee Shops & Dutch (soft)drug policies explained: why it originated in Chinatown and how Marijuana is not as legal as you may think…
• How the hippies saved Amsterdam
• The latest gossip around our current Royal Family at the Royal Palace

Culture

• Where Rembrandt painted his first masterpiece
• What lies beneath the famous ‘Dutch tolerance’
• The Dutch way of life: from our bike culture to why we keep our curtains open – at all times!

...and much, MUCH more!

Included are:

• Expert local guide: your new best friend in Amsterdam!
• Free Dutch snack
• Free Souvenir
• Free interactive map of Amsterdam with your guide's suggestions of places where to eat, drink and explore
• Discounts to museums, canal cruises, and other attractions

Duration

Around 2.5 Hours

Distance covered

2.5km / 1.5 Mi

Languages

English

Staring point:

Beursplein (in front of the stock exchange)

Endpoint:

Dam Square

✽ How Does a tip-based tour work?

On a tip-based tour, you decide the value of a tour by tipping your guide how much you think the tour was worth to you. This motivates us to give you the best possible experience – always!

Please note:

• Max 7 people per booking. Bigger groups can book a private tour. We reserve the right to turn away multiple reservations resulting in groups bigger than 7 people. This includes different members of the same group attempting to join the tour by making several individual bookings.
• Every tour is unique. Route, sights, and topics may vary slightly depending on weather and/or guide.
• Our tours are suitable for guests with an advanced understanding of English, as we cover many complex topics. We reserve the right to turn away guests with a limited understanding of English.