Discover the best activities in Amsterdam. From museums and canal cruises to unique experiences, find the perfect outing for your visit.
The Heineken VIP Tour is a 2.5-hour guided tour of the Heineken Experience, led by a personal guide and with around 10 participants per group. The tour takes you also into areas not open to general visitors, including the Heritage Quarter with a private collection of around 120,000 archive objects and one of two hidden bars where you will taste 5 premium Heineken beers, paired with snacks matched to each beer.
Two art shows, one extraordinary building and 325 works by the greatest painters in Dutch history. Fabrique des Lumières takes the art pieces off the museum wall and immerse you in a unique show with music that shifts from tranquil to fierce as the paintings move around you.
ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo is a 19th-century zoo in the heart of Amsterdam. It is the oldest zoo in the Netherlands and one of the oldest in Europe (opened in 1838) and surrounded by Amsterdams historic canals. The entry includes the newly renovated Aquarium, the Planetarium, daily zookeeper talks, and on weekends a free guided tour. A good choice for families and anyone who wants a half-day outdoors in green space close to the city centre.
The Amsterdam Airport Express, rides between the city centre and Schiphol Airport without any transfers. It’s the most convenient public transport option if you're staying in the city centre. During the day it drives every 7 to 15 minutes and at night the N97 Niteliner takes over, running once an hour.
Rent a bike for €16.50 per 24 hours, long enough to cycle the historic centre in the morning, take a free ferry to NDSM in the afternoon, and still have time to bike somewhere for dinner. The bikes come with two locks, a phone holder and a city map. The staff adjust the bike to your height at pick-up and walk you through the lock system. Ideal for anyone who wants to move through Amsterdam the way locals do, without a fixed itinerary or a deadline.
A5D flight simulation that takes you across the landscapes, history and landmarks of the Netherlands through three immersive shows. The flight takes over 22 Dutch locations, with synchronised motion, wind, mist and scent effects. During the flight you’ll pass over tulip fields, the windmills of Kinderdijk, the Wadden Sea, Rotterdam’s harbor and many other iconic landscapes across the country.
Eight rooms of light, music and festival culture in a one hour. AMAZE takes you from the origin of sound through a laser show, a mirror maze and other surprising rooms. This is the only experience in Amsterdam built entirely around electronic music and the closest thing to a festival the city has indoors.
Moonwalkers is a 50-minute immersive experience co-created and narrated by Tom Hanks, built from thousands of NASA never seen before images. The exhibition focuses on the Apollo missions and the current Artemis programme, with interviews with active astronauts that give it a perspective that feels as much about the future as the past.
An interactive experience where you can explore our country’s best-known traditions, landscapes and cultural icons through 10 immersive rooms in just over an hour. You will step inside a canal boat, cycle to music, wander through a giant tulip field and watch Dutch masterpieces come to life.
The only museum in the world dedicated entirely to microbes, located on the ARTIS grounds in the heart of Amsterdam. The museum makes the invisible visible: living microbes, microscopes and interactive displays show you a world that's everywhere around you and inside you, but impossible to see with the naked eye. Entry includes daily Lab Talks with Micropia's own lab technicians and other interactive activities.
The 100 Highlighs Cruise is one of Amsterdam’s best priced canal cruise. It departs daily from Centraal Station, Damrak or Rijksmuseum or Leidseplein and takes you through the most known spots of the city like the Anne Frank House, Rijksmuseum and the skinny bridge. The audioguide is available in more then 15 languages.
A complete lunch or dinner with dessert in one of the best-located restaurants in the city. Good food, generous portions and enough rock memorabilia to feel as if you are eating in a museum. The restaurant sits five minutes from Museumsquare and Leidseplein, the ideal place to eat between museums and sightseeing.
