Best Things To Do in Amsterdam Netherlands 2025 4K - Island Hopper TV

What's going on everybody. This is Island Hopper TV. And today we're coming to you from Amsterdam here in the Netherlands with 25 things to see and do here. Amsterdam is one of the most visited cities in Europe and it has a population of 2.4 million people in the metropolitan area. Coming to you from the Northern part of Europe. This here is a Schengen visa country. Let's go. First up, we're going out to Kuchenhof, which is actually the tulip garden that's open seasonally and that's open in the spring time from March 20th to May 11th. It is in the town of Lisse and the prices range depending on where you get the ticket. If you get it online, it's 20 euros, but if you actually get it at the ticket office on site, it's 25 euros. So it pays to advance book and children four to 17. The tickets are nine euros online and 14 euros at the ticket office. Now here we are at Zondam. This is actually just North of Amsterdam, about 25 minutes by train out here. You're going to see unique architecture that are like little houses stacked on top of each other and painted green. And the reason they're painted green is for protection against the harsh damp climate of the Netherlands up here. And in the 1700s, this is actually where they built a lot of the important ships for the Dutch seafaring community. But nowadays most people come up here for the architecture and just a little bit further South of here is the windmill village. So as you know, Amsterdam and the Netherlands is famous for its windmills. Anywhere you go around the world where the Dutch were, you'll also see these windmills. But Hey, right here at the windmill village, you'll get plenty of them. Really a nice place to walk around and get some good views. The Netherlands is very flat and that includes Amsterdam, which also is called Amstel dam because this is where the dam for the Amstel river is. And now we're going to take a walk around central Amsterdam. Here you have the canal walk. As you know, the canals are very famous in Amsterdam. As you go around the city, you'll notice canals everywhere and walking around where they have the cafes, the restaurants, really a nice vibe, plenty of people on bikes, which is something we'll talk about a little later. And Amsterdam is very friendly for walking. People want to know when the best time to visit ideally June to August if you want the best weather. But because the tulip season starts in March, a lot of people like to show up around late March and then may when tulip seasons over is when actually it starts to warm up. So good weather then. But honestly, most people don't come to Amsterdam because of good weather. They come because of the vibes. Now we're actually going to take a look around central Amsterdam here. And while here, the famous neighborhood is going to be Devallen. As you guys know, this is actually where one of the most famous districts is. It's also the oldest district in here and it was founded around the 1300s. Amsterdam is a very old city. And this is where there's going to be a lot of people in the neighborhood of Binnenstad as well. So very famous area. You're also going to find the Royal Palace here, which tends to attract street performers as well as tour guides who city tours and narrations about the history of the area. But let's talk more about that Royal Palace. It is one of the largest and most prestigious buildings in the Netherlands and it was actually built as a town hall before it became a palace. And if you wanted to do a tour of the palace, that's around 12 euros. Now one of the best ways to actually get around Amsterdam and see it from the canal system is a canal boat tour. And one of the good things about the canal boat tour is it's actually encapsulated. So you're out of the elements, depending on if it's raining, sleeting, snowing, or if it's a little bit hot even. So that's a benefit, but you can still see outside. And I've done these tours every time I come to Amsterdam. I would say this is one of those things that pretty much everyone does when they come to the city. If you want to do one of the group tours and save some money, just go to pier five, but you can also get more of a private kind of tour at other areas. Just contact one of the local travel guide shops and they'll help assist you getting those tickets. If you get one of the I Amsterdam city cards, it includes a free canal cruise. So you can go on their website before you arrive and actually get some details about what all comes with that. If this is something you're interested in, I would make a point of getting one right away so that you don't feel like you're losing any value. If you get it later on. For me, one of the best ways to get around the city is by tram. You can actually purchase one of those cards at any of the stations and these trams take you all around Amsterdam. Just take into consideration, Amsterdam is not really a big city. It's very walking friendly, but if you need to go in long range distance around the city, the tram is the best way if you're not on a bike. But one more thing about the I Amsterdam is it does include public transport, the canal cruise museums and attractions around 70 different museums, also bike rentals. So it could really be a great value doing it all. And as far as riding a bike around Amsterdam, I would say there's no city in the world that I've been to that has so many bicycles. I've been to cities where they have a lot of motor scooters, but bicycles, Amsterdam takes the cake. You'll see bicycles everywhere. Sometimes they're stacked on top of each other in all areas around the central station. And that's because people are actually riding their bike from their flat or from their hotel to the stations to go long range. And that's kind of how it goes around here. So bikes really an awesome option for getting around the city of Amsterdam. Now we're going to talk about the museum. So there is many different museums. We talked about the city pass, including 70 museums in that pass. By the way, if you wanted to get that pass, the price is 65 euros for 24 hours, 90 euros for 48 hours and then 108 euros for 72 hours. I would say the best value is the 72 hour one. For me, I cover most of Amsterdam in two to three days and some of the most famous museums here. One of them is going to be the Van Gogh museum. First time I ever went to an art museum was the Van Gogh museum back in 2015 and this actually inspired me to be more interested in art. Just seeing how many people really love Van Gogh, hearing the history of Van Gogh and seeing some of his art, which really is nice. If you just do the museum by itself, it's 27 euros in this area where the Van Gogh museum is. There is several other museums. There's also the mirroring cube, which you can see right next to the Van Gogh museum and a grassy knoll. But one of the main museums over here is the Amsterdam national museum called the Rijksmuseum dedicated to Dutch arts and history. It's located right here near all the other museums like the Van Gogh. It's 25 euro for adults and kids under 18 are actually free. So that's great. Uh, you should try to book ahead of time, especially during peak season for any of these museums because they do fill up fast. And now we're looking at the cool looking ship museum. This is called the Nemo museum. This is a science museum and science center. Uh, it's located along the Amstel riverfront, uh, across the river actually from the main area of Amsterdam, but it's also a landmark. Uh, so you could see it looks kind of cool from the sky and nearby. Here is the eye or the Amsterdam eye. It's a film archive museum. Cinema is located on the Northern bank of the river. Uh, here you also have an overlook, uh, that takes you all the way to the top. It's a high rise and that's above Amsterdam there. They call that the a dam tour. So that's right next to the eye film museum. Another famous museum is the Anne Frank house. This here is a museum dedicated to the preservation of the place where Anne Frank and her family hid during world war two. So this is a historical house right here in Amsterdam. And the ticket price to go here is seven euros. So this is one of the more affordable museums that you can check out while here. So as you can see, if you're planning to be here for two to three days, that city pass really makes sense. Now here we are at the central station. So taking trains all around Amsterdam and then taking it from Schiphol, the airport or to other places, uh, outside of Amsterdam like Utrecht or maybe going to Rotterdam or Den Haag. Central station is where you get those trains and you might even arrive here on a train from Schiphol. In fact, if you even plan to leave outside of the Netherlands, maybe even on a day trip to say Germany or to Brussels, maybe even going as far as Paris for a day trip, even something to consider from Amsterdam because Europe is so small, especially in this Northern area where the cities are so close. Brussels, for example, is two hours away by train. But if you took the high speed train to Paris, it would probably take around three hours and 20 minutes. You could even consider doing this whole area, this whole region in your trip, probably within seven to 10 days. Now staying in Netherlands, you could actually go to Den Haag and that would probably take around 30 minutes to get there by train, about 30 to 40 minutes. And that's the beach. So you're going to have a beach area. I wouldn't go there in the winter time to a beach, but in the summertime, this is really a nice place to go. Uh, they got beer gardens right there on the beach, really chilling. They do have an indoor kind of atrium as well on the pier. The old town itself is a bit more calm than Amsterdam. Now here we are at the Heineken beer experience. This is for all of you beer lovers. And as you know, Heineken comes from Holland here in the Netherlands and you can actually tour the brewery, the original one. They even offer a VIP tour for 49 euros. And now if you guys love parks, you can check out the big park here in Amsterdam called Vondelpark and it gets around 10 million visitors annually. Within the park is an open air theater, playgrounds. They also have food services here. Again, this is a place that you can really hang out during the summertime, winter time. It is a bit bleak here. I did walk around in the winter time when I came in around April, which is technically spring. It was just very cold and not much going on there in the park on a day like that. Now this is one of my favorite things to do. Giethoorn is going to be a canal system around a residential area. This is really a nice, peaceful environment. It's becoming more and more famous, but you could still come out here and relax. It's probably about 35 minutes to an hour away from Amsterdam and it may be worth the trip for some of you. It's really beautiful here. As you can see, especially on a clear day, there is no entrance fee to get in the village itself, but the boat tours cost around 16 to 26 euros per person for a one hour cruise and a private tour can cost around 125 euro per hour. It just depends on what you want to do. And of course, cafes in Amsterdam, very famous. There's specialty cafes. If you know what I'm talking about, then you know, but there's obviously coffee at most of these cafes. It's really a place you can go in there and think and work and get a lot of work done. And there's a really cool residential building here. It's called the sluices residence. I apologize for my pronunciation throughout the video. By the way, I'm not very good at speaking fluent Dutch, but I did my best. Anyway, this is a really cool structure to just marvel over. And then the big thing for me to do in Amsterdam is walk the streets. I always seem to arrive in Amsterdam on a red eye. So I'm early to check into my hotel and I always end up just walking the streets probably around like 8am because my flight arrives around five or six in the morning. And by 8am, what else am I going to do? Roam the streets. And that seems to be my experience. Every time I come to Amsterdam, just walking, roaming the streets and really just kind of seeing what's out there. And hopefully when you go, you get a little bit of sunshine. That's what I hope for, for you. But in summary, I do recommend two to three days here. I would say that be ready to do that city pass if you're looking to be very active. But if you're not someone who's looking to do the museums, you could probably pass on it and definitely consider getting out to the tulip museum. If you're here in season or going out to Giehoorn, maybe even going down to Utrecht or Den Haag and don't skip Rotterdam. I absolutely love Rotterdam. That's my favorite city in the Netherlands actually. So anyways, we'll see you guys on the next one from Prague. Click the link right here.