Culture Tours in Amsterdam

Golden Age houses, museums, and the stories behind Amsterdam's streets.

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Amsterdam's history is layered into its streets — Golden Age merchant houses, wartime hiding places, and centuries of trade all within a short walk of each other. These tours dig into that history and the museums and landmarks that hold it, with context you won't get from just walking past.

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Cannabis Culture: From Tolerance to Tourism

Beyond the smoke and stereotypes lies a fascinating experiment in tolerance. This tour explores Amsterdam's coffeeshop culture - not to promote drug use, but to understand a uniquely Dutch approach to a global issue. Learn about the 'gedoogbeleid'…

From €9

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Amsterdam by Night: Lighting the Water

An evening walk through the city that organised night on purpose. Ten stops from Centraal to the Munttoren follow oil lanterns, locked gates, canal lamps, and a wooden-looking drawbridge that still opens for river traffic. About 2.9 km. Read each stop…

From €10

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Street Art Revolution: Amsterdam Underground

Amsterdam isn't just museums and canals - it's Europe's underground art capital! This tour takes you through hidden alleys and industrial zones where spray cans speak louder than words. Meet the stories behind massive murals, learn the secret language…

From €13

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Resistance Stories: Hidden Heroes of WWII

Amsterdam's WWII resistance told through its real streets and real people. The February Strike of 1941. The rescue of 600 Jewish children at the Crèche on Plantage Middenlaan. Self-guided in the StepQuests app: GPS between stops, stories you read on…

From €13

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Amsterdam on a Fork: Herring to Jenever

Eight edible stops in central Amsterdam: harbour herring, Noordermarkt pie, Nine Streets cheese, Singel stroopwafel, alley fries, a FEBO automat snack, a croquette lunch, and a historic jenever tasting room. Self-guided in the StepQuests app: GPS…

59 min