Wednesday, May 3, 2023

The guide to Amsterdam and around


I have been living in Amsterdam for almost two years now and have been exploring the city and the country since then (corona rules and weather permitting of course 😝). Here is a list of things I have done and seen over these years, I will keep updating as and when I explore more. And I plan to write blog posts on each of them soon.


Museums visited across Netherlands

In Amsterdam
  • Museum Amstelkring (Lord in the attic museum)
  • Anne Frank museum
  • Foam photography museum
  • Grachten Museum (Museum of Canals)
  • Hermitage museum
  • Nemo science museum
  • De Nieuwe Kerk (the New Church)
  • Oude Kerk (Old Church)
  • Rijksmuseum (4 visits)
  • Het Scheepvaart Museum (the Maritime Museum)
  • Van Loon Museum
  • Van Gogh museum
Other parts of Netherlands
  • Frans Hals museum (Haarlem)
  • Kroller Muller Museum (Veluwe)
  • LAM museum (Keukenhof)
  • Mauritshuis (Hague)
  • Museum Prinsenhof (Delft)
  • Waterland museum (Monnickendam)

Interesting experiences and things to do
  • Boating in canals of Amsterdam
  • Kings Day celebrations
  • Keukenhof gardens and tulip season
  • Keukenhof castle
  • Zaanse Schans
  • Beaches around Amsterdam (Ijmuiden, Noordwijk, Scheveningen, Zaandvoort)

National parks and hikes near Amsterdam
  • Bison trail
  • Schoorl trail
  • Veluwe national park and the Hoge Veluwe

Cycling trips to places nearby (Link)
  • Abcoude
  • Amsterdam Bos
  • Haarlem
  • Lisse tulip fields
  • Monnickendam
  • Muiden
  • Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
  • Het Twiske
  • Vught

Cities and villages of Netherlands (Link)
  • Delft
  • Hague
  • Giethoorn
  • Leiden
  • Lemmer
  • Marken
  • Volendam
  • Zaanse Schaans

Trips to neighbouring countries from Amsterdam
  • Antwerp
  • Bruges
  • Christmas market at Essen

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