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Amsterdam

Arrive by sea overnight and step into a city built on canals. Museum mornings, brown cafés, and a bicycle that gets you everywhere before lunch.

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Worth the detour

  • Vondelpark

    Free

    Forty-seven hectares of paths and ponds where the whole city seems to be on a bicycle.

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  • Van Gogh Museum

    £24

    Chronological and quietly devastating. Timed entry only, and worth the booking fee.

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  • Rijksmuseum

    £25

    The Dutch masters in the grandest building in the city. Book the first slot of the day.

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  • Cycling the Amstel

    £18

    A flat riverside path runs south out of the city, with village stops and a riverside swim on a warm day.

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  • Zaanse Schans

    Free

    Working windmills, clog workshops and green timber houses on the Zaan, half an hour from the city.

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Suggested activities

  • A canal ride at blue hour
  • Morning at the Rijksmuseum
  • Cycle the Vondelpark loop
  • Lunch at the Albert Cuyp market

Where to stay

hotel · design

Jordaan Canal Rooms

A narrow canal house with eleven rooms, steep stairs and windows over the water. Adults and older children only.

£215 / night

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apartment · family

Oosterpark Family Apartments

Two-bedroom apartments with kitchens and a laundry, ten minutes by tram from the centre.

£186 / night

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52.368, 4.904Family suitability: goodDemonstration destination data, not a verified DFDS listing.