Amsterdam Tourism

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Amsterdam Food Markets: 8 Best Markets to Eat Like a Local (2026)

Amsterdam’s food markets are the cheapest, most flavour-packed way to eat in the city — and the most direct route…

Updated October 26, 2026 · 15 min

Staying on a real, working Amsterdam houseboat is one of the most uniquely Dutch experiences possible in the city. There…

Updated October 26, 2026 · 14 min

Amsterdam’s tourist trail — Dam Square, Anne Frank, the canal belt — barely scratches the surface. The locals’ Amsterdam is…

Updated October 26, 2026 · 15 min

The Dutch are some of the most fluent English-speakers in Europe — the vast majority of Amsterdammers speak English, and…

Updated October 26, 2026 · 15 min

Amsterdam is steadily becoming a more accessible city, but it would be dishonest to call it barrier-free. The cobbled streets…

Updated October 26, 2026 · 14 min

Amsterdam in winter is the city at its coziest: brown cafes packed with locals, mulled-wine carts at every Christmas market,…

Updated October 26, 2026 · 16 min

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was the most important painter of the Dutch Golden Age and spent the most productive 38…

Updated October 26, 2026 · 15 min

The Bloemenmarkt is Amsterdam’s floating flower market — a row of stalls on barges along the Singel canal between Muntplein…

Updated October 26, 2026 · 15 min

Haarlem is the day trip from Amsterdam that locals secretly recommend over Volendam or Zaanse Schans. Fifteen minutes by train,…

Updated October 26, 2026 · 15 min

Amsterdam Noord is the city’s industrial-cool counter-narrative — across the IJ harbour from Centraal Station, reached only by free ferry,…

Updated October 26, 2026 · 16 min