If you follow my blog you may have read my previous lists from Amsterdam – My Top 5 Amsterdam Museums, bikes of Amsterdam Photo blog and my visit to the House of Bols – but this isn’t everything we did on our long weekend, we even managed some free activities…. Read on to find out more!
Canal boat trip
We went up and down the canals – some of the major ones and some of the smaller ones, seeing more of Amsterdam that we would have on foot….
Walking – FREE, enjoy the sights of Amsterdam on foot
Make it more interesting by walking through the red light district and play hooker bingo… The rules are simple – select 5 attributes that you might expect to see and tick them off as you walk past the red lit shop fronts. Now the girls don’t like photos, so here are some other sights you might see in the red light district!:
Classic car
Classy rubber ducks!
We didn’t make it inside the Tulip Musuem
The condomerie shop – for both practical and novelty needs!
The war memorial in the main square of the old town
Complete with pigeons sitting on the doves of peace
These ladies looking out of their window through the boxes if tulips make a welcome contrast to the red lit doors
Little gems found everywhere, keep your eyes peeled!
Some really cute alleyways
Higgledy piggledy houses everywhere – they prop each other up!
Some of the more *interesting* coffee houses can be found here
The Begijnhof is a little treasure – an oasis of calm tucked away from the busier main streets
One of the oldest surviving wooden houses
The beautiful garden that the Begijnhof houses face on to
Amsterdam at night – again not a huge amount of photos from the red light district at night!
Smiling in the sun!
Visit the Library FREE Between Central Station & Nemo Science centre with great view from top floor cafe restaurant:
Everyone enjoys the view!
View across the city
You can see the Nemo science centre Ipoh the left and all the boats moored up
Street food : not free but very cheap and good!
Free Dutch cheese tasters? Yes please – I think we tried them all!
But even better is Febo – the automated croquet machine!
Sate flavoured as Indonesian food is big here (due to the Dutch colonies out there)
Tiva having a go at the dispenser – this place is perfect for late night munchies!
Ganache chocolate shop right by the Oude Kirk
What a selection!
Herring – so fresh!
Stroopwafle maker – he was churning them out at the market
Tiva tackling it!
Bitterballen – great with beer!
Oh yeah, beer!
And this was all mine…. I mean a typical Indonesian spread! (I shared, really!)
Agness of eTramping says
I love Amsterdam! It is one of the most spectacular cities in the world!
Katie Hughes says
I agree and there is so much to do there Agness!