Walking routes · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Walking routes in Amsterdam
Amsterdam is small enough that the canal ring and the museum quarter are twenty minutes apart on foot, and flat enough that the only thing slowing you down is stepping out of the bike lane. The two routes below split the city the way it actually divides: the 17th-century centre, and the 19th-century museum district south of it.
The oldest church in the city, a hidden church in an attic, the medieval weigh house and the house where Rembrandt lived and painted.
Oude Kerk · Our Lord in the Attic · De Waag · Rembrandt House
Dam Square out along the Prinsengracht to the Jordaan, back through the Nine Streets to the flower market.
Dam Square · Anne Frank House & Westerkerk · Noordermarkt · De Negen Straatjes · Begijnhof · Bloemenmarkt
Vondelpark into the Van Gogh and the Rijksmuseum, then east to the brewery and the Albert Cuyp market.
Vondelpark · Van Gogh Museum · Rijksmuseum · Heineken Experience · Albert Cuyp Market
The botanic garden, the Holocaust museum and the theatre opposite, the resistance museum, a brewery under a windmill, the maritime museum and the NEMO roof.
Hortus Botanicus · National Holocaust Museum · Resistance Museum · De Gooyer windmill · Het Scheepvaartmuseum · NEMO rooftop
Two great museums in the morning, Vondelpark for lunch, the Nine Streets and Anne Frank's house, Dam Square, a canal boat and the ferry to the lookout at sunset.
Rijksmuseum · Van Gogh Museum · Vondelpark · De Negen Straatjes · Anne Frank House · Dam Square · Canal Cruise · A'DAM Lookout
Planning the rest of the trip
These routes cover the walking. The Amsterdam guide has where to stay, what a day costs at each tier, and what to book before you go.