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Netherlands — The Dispatches

Amsterdam

A merchant city built on wooden piles and threaded with more canals than Venice — 165 of them, a UNESCO ring dug in the Golden Age. Gabled houses leaning over the water, bikes stacked on every bridge, Van Gogh and Vermeer round the Museumplein, and tulip fields a train ride out. Flat, tolerant, and best seen from a saddle.

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Amsterdam
Fig. 1 — AmsterdamPhotograph · O. Daly

Top recommendations

3 picks
Canal tour

Canal tour

The UNESCO canal ring, best seen from the water.

A'DAM Lookout

A'DAM Lookout

Rooftop views and a swing that dangles you over the edge.

Bloemenmarkt

Bloemenmarkt

The floating flower market on the Singel canal.

Where to eat

9 entries
Pizzeria DopeApple ↗·Google ↗
Men ImpossibleApple ↗·Google ↗
Vegan Junk Food BarApple ↗·Google ↗

Vegan café

Wok To WalkApple ↗·Google ↗
Meatless DistrictApple ↗·Google ↗

Where to drink

2 entries

What to do

15 entries
Heineken Experience tourApple ↗·Google ↗
Zaanse Schans (tulip fields)Apple ↗·Google ↗

~£11.50 by bus

Art galleriesApple ↗·Google ↗
Christmas marketApple ↗·Google ↗
Techno TuesdayApple ↗·Google ↗

Maybe 🤪

Cafés 🍃Apple ↗·Google ↗
A'DAM LookoutApple ↗·Google ↗
Zaans Museum & Verkade ExperienceApple ↗·Google ↗
KattenKabinet (Cat Cabinet)Apple ↗·Google ↗
BloemenmarktApple ↗·Google ↗

The gallery

5 postcards
Amsterdam — photo 1
Amsterdam — photo 2
Amsterdam — photo 3
Amsterdam — photo 4
Amsterdam — photo 5