Amsterdam for a weekend
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté.
Petit Futé
Where to stay ?
The map of your stay "Amsterdam for a weekend"
Detail of the stay : Amsterdam for a weekend
How to get there
Boat trip on the canals and Red Light District
Steps: Amsterdam
After arrival at the hotel, it is advisable to take a boat trip and/or a walk in the red zone. Might as well start with the serious stuff, right? A boat trip gives you a first overall impression of the city. You can take a boat on the Damrak, the street in front of the station or at many places throughout the city. Ask at the reception desk of your hotel. Depending on the length of the boat trip, organise your dinner (remember that Dutch kitchens close early, around 10.30 pm). You can easily find an Indonesian, Chinese or Thai restaurant near the Red Square. After the boat trip, go for a walk in the Red Square, watch out for pickpockets of course. A word of advice: leave the area when there are only men left. You can have a drink at Engelbewaarder (Kloveniersburgwal 59), a very friendly literary café where you can have a well-deserved snack. If you have some energy left, you can take a walk around the very touristic Leidseplein for a last drink and even go out if you wish.
Anne Franck Museum and Jordaan district
Steps: Amsterdam
Saturday will ideally start early with a visit to the (Prinsengracht maison d'Anne Frank263). It is advisable to go there before the opening by having previously bought your ticket online, if you go in the afternoon you will have to spend hours in the longest queue in Amsterdam (sic). After Anne Frank's house, continue your walk along the Prinsengracht and turn left at the Noorderkerk (Northern Church). Every Saturday on the church square, the organic market displays its goods. It is very popular and we can understand why. Admire the beautiful products and then enjoy the famous Winkelcafé apple pie at the corner of Westerstraat and Noordermarkt. Continue your walk in the district of theJordaan, once the prolo district of the city now one of the most fashionable districts of the capital. Return to Anne Frank's house by following another channel, the Keizersgracht for example. Go to the Place du Spui where the entrance to the beguinage is located (take the alley on the left when you are in front of the Caffé Esprit and turn left again). Breathe, you're out of time! If you wish, it is possible to visit the Amsterdam City Historical Museum (Amsterdam Musem) or at least go through the Civic Guards Gallery (it is free). In the evening, you can go to Melkweg or Paradiso, two musical temples in Amsterdam (check the Internet schedules in advance). For jazz lovers, a visit to Muziekgebouw aan't-IJ is a must. This complex also houses a jazz room (Bimhuis). Classical music lovers will find their happiness at the Concertgebouw, renowned for its remarkable acoustics and exceptional orchestra. Otherwise, you always have the possibility to push the door of one of the many brown coffees in the city, renowned for their authenticity.
Places of interest : AMSTERDAM MUSEUM ANNE FRANK HUIS - MAISON D'ANNE FRANK SPUI NOORDERMARKT / BOERENMARKT
