Amsterdam Features

Experience Amsterdam

When to Go

Amsterdam is bustling in the summer, as travelers and locals flock to city parks for sunbathing, before...

Top Reasons To Go

Bike around the city like a local...

Hidden behind innocent-looking gateways throughout the city center, most notably along the main ring...

Dining Like the Dutch

One thing you should be aware of is the Dutch custom of early dining; in fact, the vast majority of the...

Smoking Pot in Amsterdam

Unless you're a regular user, checking out one of those euphemistically named venues where marijuana...

Cheers to Dutch Beers

If you think Dutch beer begins and ends with Heineken, think again! The Netherlands has a thriving little...

Amsterdam's Magic Mushrooms

Only two decades after the Dutch government condoned the sale of marijuana and hash under the Opium Act...

Gay Amsterdam

Whether or not Amsterdam is the "Gay Capital of the World," as proclaimed by some admirers of the Netherlands'...

Gables & Hooks

The gabled houses on the Canal Ring are Amsterdam's most picture-perfect historic feature. Starting in...

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