Things to do in Amsterdam

Things to do

1. The Anne Frank House

   The annex behind the revolving bookcase, left empty of furniture at her father’s wish. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Culture and historyMuseum1 hr 30 min≈ €16best in the morning

2. The Rijksmuseum

   The Night Watch, Vermeer, and eight hundred years of the Netherlands in a building with a bike path running through it. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Culture and historyMuseum3 hr 30 min≈ €23best in the morning

3. The Van Gogh Museum

   Two hundred paintings and five hundred drawings, in the order he painted them. Timed tickets required. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Culture and historyMuseum2 hr 30 min≈ €22best in the afternoon

4. The canals by electric boat

   A hundred and sixty-five listed canals, and the only scale at which the city makes sense. On Wikipedia (in French)

   RelaxationViewpoint2 hr≈ €25best in the afternoon

5. The Jordaan and its hofjes

   A working-class district turned the most expensive, and almshouse courtyards hidden behind anonymous doors. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Off the beaten trackMonument2 hr 30 minFreebest in the afternoon

6. Amsterdam by bike

   Eight hundred thousand bikes for eight hundred thousand residents. Ride on the right, ring your bell, and never stop in the bike lane. On Wikipedia (in French)

   Adventure and sportsSport3 hr≈ €15best in the morning

When to go

The most pleasant months in Amsterdam: in April, May, June and September, taking weather and crowds into account.

More ideas for those months: where to go in April, where to go in May, where to go in June, where to go in September.

Averages measured over recent years: mean temperatures and number of rainy days, month by month.

What budget on the ground?

Per person and per day, including accommodation, meals, local transport and visits — excluding the round trip. An estimate calculated the same way as in the app, from the local cost of living.

Budget

€80

Mid-range

€145

Comfort

€275

Getting there from Paris: the carbon footprint

Per person, round trip, in kilograms of CO₂ equivalent — manufacturing, energy and, for flights, contrails included.

Train

35 kg

Bus

40 kg

Plane

190 kg

By train rather than by plane: 160 kg less CO₂e per person (5 times less).

Factors from ADEME (Impact CO₂); outside France, rail uses the European average published by the European Environment Agency.

Book on the ground

Tours and tickets

• Go City Multi-attraction passes for big cities
• Klook Tours, tickets and excursions
• Tiqets Museums and monuments, skip-the-line tickets
• WeGoTrip Self-paced audio tours

Internet on site (eSIM)

• Airalo Data eSIM, by country or region
• Drimsim SIM card that works in almost every country
• Saily Data eSIM
• Yesim Data eSIM

From the airport

• GetTransfer Drivers make an offer for your ride
• Intui Private transfers at a fixed price
• Kiwitaxi Booked transfers, from taxi to minibus
• Welcome Pickups Driver waiting on arrival, price fixed in advance

Rent a car

• Auto Europe Rental comparison
• EconomyBookings Rental comparison
• GetRentacar Cars from rental companies and private owners
• Localrent Local rental companies, often no credit card needed

Partner links: if you book through them, Tripora may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you and without changing the order of these lists, which is alphabetical.

Good to know: Netherlands

Plugs

Type C, F, 230 V

Emergencies

112

Driving

On the right

Near Amsterdam

• Rotterdam Netherlands, 57 km
• Antwerp Belgium, 130 km
• Ghent Belgium, 170 km
• Brussels Belgium, 170 km
• Bruges Belgium, 170 km
• Düsseldorf Germany, 180 km

Elsewhere in Netherlands

• Rotterdam