Discover the best activities in Amsterdam. From museums and canal cruises to unique experiences, find the perfect outing for your visit.
The Heineken Experience is a self-guided interactive tour through Heineken's original Amsterdam brewery, built in 1867. The tour takes you through the full brewing process, the brand's history and a series of immersive exhibits, and ends with two cold Heineken beers. A good choice for visitors who want to learn about this iconic beer in a entertaining way.
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 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 ARTIS Groote Museum is an interactive nature museum inside a 170-year-old monument on the ARTIS grounds in Amsterdam, built in 1855. The museum is mostly centred in us - humans - you’ll discover how we, together with: animals, plants, and microbes form one ecosystem. You will do this by touching, smelling, listening, and observing different installations.
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.
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.
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.
Soft light, water lilies and 150 years of Impressionism. The show follows the French painter through his life and masterpieces: the harbours of Normandy, the Seine at sunrise, the gardens of Giverny. All projected across 3,800 square meters of walls, floors and ceilings with music carefully chosen to make this a compelling experience.
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.
The House of Bols Cocktail Experience takes you on a sensory journey through the history and flavours of one of the world’s oldest distilled spirit brands.
It combines multimedia exhibits, aroma installations and interactive games that explore the art of mixology. At the end of the tour you can enjoy a freshly prepared cocktail, which is included in your entree ticket!
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.
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.
The only outlet shopping center in close to Amsterdam , the complex features over 100 stores offering high-quality international and Dutch brands at year-round discounts of up to 70%
