The Amsterdam Bike Experience
Pedal along wine-red bike lanes, across humpback bridges and along off-the-beaten-path canals. Your bike will whisk you about Amsterdam faster than the tram or a taxi. Rent a bike for your entire stay and feel like a local.
Rent your bike from MacBike next to Centraal Station. Join their daily two-hour tour that runs along Dam Square, Royal Palace, Nieuwe Kerk, Rembrandtplein, Museumplein, Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, De Pijp, Heineken Experience, Skinny Bridge, Plantage neighbourhood and Oosterdok,...
July 31st, 2010 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: amsterdam transport, featuredarticle, things to do in amsterdam
10 Amazing Facts about Amsterdam
Amsterdam, city of bicycles, tulips and clogs, attracts thousands of visitors every year. Surrounded by romantic canals, you might feel as if you are strolling through an open-air museum. Hanging out at a sidewalk café and people watching is fun. Sniffing up culture is easy because Amsterdam has over forty-two museums, Van Gogh Museum, Rijksmuseum and Anne Frank House are the top three. Off beat choices are the Hash Marihuana and Hemp Museum and the Sex Museum. Did you know that the Dutch favourite...
June 3rd, 2010 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: featuredarticle, things to do in amsterdam
Go Dutch, Rent a Bike
Amsterdam is a bike-friendly city, not only because it is a compact city but also because of the bike lanes and the absence of elevations. The only hurdles are steep bridges and traffic humps. Should I mention head winds and downpours? Forget about these as bike rides are best in sunny weather.
BIKE LANES
Four hundred kilometres (250 miles) of bike lanes make the city cycle-perfect and safe. Bike lanes or fietspaden are easy to spot because they are wine-red and run along the right side of the road....
May 14th, 2010 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: things to do in amsterdam, top-feature
All My Bikes
Key in hand, wanting to unlock my bike, I stopped short. An empty place stared at me. Who borrowed (read: nicked) my bike?
Mine was one of the three thousand bikes that are stolen in the Netherlands every day. If all sixteen and a half million Dutch people had bikes, it would mean that each of us has a bicycle stolen every six years. My first bicycle was a present on my tenth birthday. Since then I haved owned another five. Only one of my six bikes was stolen. That happened yesterday.
The theft felt...
April 30th, 2010 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: things to do in amsterdam
Only Orange Counts on Queen’s Day
Make sure your Amsterdam spring holiday coincides with 30th April, Queen Beatrix’s official birthday. Celebrations take place throughout the country, but festivities in Amsterdam are more flamboyant and on a larger scale. On Koninginnedag, Queen’s Day, the city transforms itself into one vast orange sea of people. Orange caps, hats, feather boas, jackets, clogs, socks and face paint are the day’s fashion. Orange balloons float in the air. Orange-themed window displays dazzle the eye. Pastries...
April 18th, 2010 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: things to do in amsterdam, top-feature
Amsterdam: What’s On This Week
The tourist season starts in April. This month can bring any kind of weather. If it’s rainy visit one of the many exhibitions in the museums. If the weather is glorious go to Keukenhof Flower Garden. The cultural season is still in full swing. Book your opera, concerts and ballet tickets direct at the theatres or go to Leidsplein Ticket Shop for half price tickets.
AMSTERDAM FOR CULTURE LOVERS
WHAT: Photography and Astronomy
Photo exhibition documenting the history of astronomy and displaying...
April 16th, 2010 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: best of week, museums, music, Performing Arts - Theater & Dance, things to do in amsterdam
Friday Night – Skating Night
Grab your skates, don flowery clothes, bring a smile and join Friday Night Springtime Skate. Anyone can join as long as they are experienced skaters who can brake in expected and unexpected circumstances. Besides, they will have to keep up with the group’s speed. If not, the advice is practise and join the tour next month. Wrist, elbow and knee protection as well as a helmet are not fashion gear but essential items as the twenty-kilometre tour runs across challenging roads and obstacles.
Friday...
April 14th, 2010 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Family Friendly, Outdoors & Recreation, things to do in amsterdam
Amsterdam: What’s On This Week
March is a good month to visit museums and theatres, because it is still too cold to be outside all day. The cultural season is still in full swing so you have plenty to choose from.
AMSTERDAM FOR CULTURE LOVERS
WHAT: Photography and Astronomy
Photo exhibition documenting the history of astronomy and displaying present-day images taken by telescopes and space probes.
WHERE:Huis Marseille, Keizersgracht 401
WHEN: until 30 May 2010, from 11.00 – 18.00, closed on Monday
WHAT: Oman
Exhibition showing ...
March 18th, 2010 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: best of week, things to do in amsterdam
Amsterdam: What’s on this Week
February provides you with a good excuse to visit museums and theatres, because it is still too cold to be outside all day. The bonus is that tourists haven’t arrived yet. You will have the city almost to yourself.
AMSTERDAM FOR CULTURE LOVERS
WHAT: Edward Burtynsky / Oil
Photo exhibition documenting the aspects of the oil industry. His photos show how essential but also vulnerable oil has became.
WHERE:Huis Marseille, Keizersgracht 401 (map)
WHEN: until 28 February 2010, from 11.00 – 18.00,...
February 8th, 2010 | Marianne Crone | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: best of week, things to do in amsterdam
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