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City Guide Amsterdam, Netherlands

Visiting Amsterdam

Known as the ‘Venice of the North’, Amsterdam is a city built on a cobweb of canals that boasts one of the most picturesque settings in the world. True, it is a city full of hazy coffee shops where stoners smoke all day and where prostitutes standing in red-lit windows try to lure in prospective customers, but there is much more to the Dutch capital than hookers and hash. It boasts world-class museums, great architecture and a buzzing nightlife making it the perfect city for a few days break.

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Amsterdam - Ask the locals

In this podcast Hostelworld.com's Colm Hanratty takes to the streets of Amsterdam to ask the locals where are their favourite places to eat, drink and more. He finds out where is good for couscous and what is the year's best festival among other things.

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10 Things You Need To Know About Amsterdam

Find out the best way to get around the canals in Amsterdam, its best museums and more with Hostelworld.com's Colm Hanratty.

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Amsterdam Pocket Guide

Amsterdam Pocket Guide

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Amsterdam City Reviews

  • 80%

    lau_tinz6286

    Actually Amsterdan is not about drugs, it's about bicycles and canals.

    Lovelly city! Expensive to eat though (apart from the americans Mc Donalds, Burguer King, Subway, etc...)

    Insider Tip:Go on weekends. Pubs and nightclubs get empty during from sunday to thursday. Don't miss out the Anne Franks Museum. The best museum I've been (and I've been in the most famous museums in Europe). Very touching. Definately worthy! But buy the ticket in advance (here: http://www.annefrank.org/en/Museum/Practical-information/Online-ticket-sales/) , otherwise we gonna wait at least one hour on the line

  • 80%

    robyqui319

    Amsterdam rules!

    There are lots of places to eat in every street you go. Basicaly you can find anything in Amsterdam and the city is so beautiful!!!

    Insider Tip:Bring an umbrella. Hehe.

  • 80%

    criiszilla

    Amsterdam... need i say more

    Fun and different, rainy a lot so make sure you dress for the weather. Very nostalgic wonderful place to visit.

    Insider Tip:It is quite pricey, food is overly pricey and beer. So find where the local hang out otherwise you will pay alot more.

  • 80%

    langmc

    Beautiful, beautiful Amsterdam.

    I think I have to say my favorite place was Amsterdam, and not even for the weed (which was indeed fine weed). It's actually comprehensively just the best city I've ever seen. Surrounding Holland is full of windmills, clogs, cheese and its most famous city is an exercise in freedom that just happens to be incredibly beautiful as well: it has more canals than VENICE. It's a city on the water with beautiful swans, weeping willows, bicycles EVERYWHERE because the city is so flat!

    Insider Tip:Vondel Park is a great place to chill.

  • 60%

    NeverSettleBDD

    Safe but boring

    Tons of rules (like censored internet), but clean and safe. No partying, no fun of any kind, but I got the best nights sleep I've ever gotten in a bunk bed. "relatively" close to Centraal station if you take the tram and then walk 100 meters, but good luck trying to find it.

Netherlands: Itinerary

Known as the ‘Venice of the North’, Amsterdam is a city built on a cobweb of canals that boasts one of the most picturesque settings in the world. True, it is a city full of hazy coffee shops where stoners smoke all day and where prostitutes standing in red-lit windows try to lure in prospective customers, but there is much more to the Dutch capital than hookers and hash. It boasts world-class museums, great architecture and a buzzing nightlife making it the perfect city for a few days break.

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Amsterdam Tours

Tour en bicicleta por Amsterdam

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