Article route: find out what to see in Amsterdam in 1, 2 and 3 days. Opening hours, cost of tickets to museums and attractions, how to get there. Each subsequent day complements the previous one - so in three days you will visit all the significant places of the city.
What to see in Amsterdam in 1 day
The main starting point of the route is Central station... The main sights of the city - Dam Square, the red light district and others - are within walking distance.
How to get from the airport? Take the train: it takes 20 minutes to get to the Amsterdam Centraal station - Central Station. The ticket costs 5 euros, at night trains leave every hour. Bus number 197 goes to Museum Square, the ticket costs 5 euros. A taxi ride will cost 40-50 euros. Read more on how to get from Schiphol airport to the center
Dam Square It is easy to recognize by the snow-white National Monument, it is located at the intersection of Damrak and Rokin streets. In the southeast direction from the square is the famous red light district, in the west - the Royal Palace and the New Church. It is better to visit the region of sin in the evening, and you can not worry about transport - buses run at night.
During the day, it is good to walk around the center of the capital of the Netherlands. Royal Palace - this is the current residence of the monarchs, so it is not always possible to admire the interior decoration. Sometimes the palace is open for visits (from 11 to 17), entrance costs 10 euros. Nearby are the famous Madame Tussauds wax museum (entrance 22 euros) and New church - a temple in the Gothic style.
The historic center of Amsterdam is not difficult to see in one day - it is quite compact, you can get around it on foot. Cycling enthusiasts will easily find bike parking facilities, which are here at every step.
The best souvenirs, fresh flowers, seeds and plant bulbs can be bought at Floating flower market - Bloemenmarket... The Single Channel market has been around for over 100 years. Previously, there were boats with goods, now all the pavilions are stationary. The market is open on weekdays from 9 am to 5:30 pm, and on weekends from 11 am.
Not far from the market is cheese shop Reypenaer, where you can taste and buy real Dutch cheese, the average cost is 5-9 euros.
Near the Flower Market on the Koningsplein side are pavilions with Dutch herring, they are easy to recognize by the inscription Vis or Verse Haring. The fish costs about 3 euros. The Dutch themselves eat it whole, holding it by the tail, but for tourists they will cut it and put it on a bun. And the famous Dutch sandwich can be bought for 1.5-2.5 euros in "food walls" - FEBO or Smullers, their signs are everywhere in tourist places. Read more about how to eat cheap and tasty in Amsterdam and The Hague.
From the Flower Market it is easy to get to Amsterdam's main shopping street - Kalverstraat... Here you can dine and make pleasant purchases. Near the flower market and the eastern part of Kalverstraat, there is the Monet Square and its main decoration - the Monet Tower.
You won't be able to see everything in Amsterdam in 1 day, but we recommend that in the evening be sure to look into red light district - in the De Wallen quarter between the Central Station and the New Church. Here, in red-lit windows, the priestesses of love display themselves as merchandise. You cannot take pictures of the ladies, for this vigilant guards can inflict light bodily harm.
Youth strives for numerous coffee shops and smart shopswhere psychedelic substances are legally sold.
For the most curious, museums are open: from 9:30 to 23:30 - Museum of Sex (4 euros), from 10 to 22 - Marijuana museum (9 euros), from 11 am to 1 am - Erotic Museum (7 euros), from 12 to midnight - Museum of prostitution (10 euros). Opens at 19:00 Casa Rosso Sex Theater (from 40 euros).
Book your Amsterdam hotels in advance! On our trip to Holland, we allowed ourselves to stretch, as a result, the options for the best price have already been sorted out. To find hotels at the best price, use Roomguru, a search engine that compares prices and allows you to find the best deal. If you start looking for accommodation in advance, you can find good hostels starting at € 21 per person, and double rooms in a city center hotel starting at € 70.
Day 2 in Amsterdam: what to see?
If the first day is devoted to the main attractions, then the second day in Amsterdam should be devoted to museums and less touristy places.
From the Central Station by tram (No. 12, 11, 5, 2, 3) it is easy to reach the famous Museum Square, stop Hobbemastraat. There are four main museums here: the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Museum of Modern Art (Stedelejk) and the Diamond Museum. Opposite the Rijksmuseum are huge letters "I AMSTERDAM", so that the photo session can be combined with the cultural program.
Even for a cursory inspection, you need to allocate at least 1-1.5 hours for each museum. IN Rijksmuseum there are paintings by Dutch artists and the famous "Night Watch" by Rembrandt. IN the Van Gogh Museum collected more than 200 canvases of the genius. IN Stedelejk Museum - canvases by Picasso, Cezanne, Kandinsky, Monet, Chagall and Kazimir Malevich.
The Rijksmuseum is open from 9 am to 5 pm, the Van Gogh Museum is open until 6 pm, on Friday until 10 pm, the Stedeleyk Museum is open from 10 am to 6 pm, on Thursday until 10 pm There may be queues at the entrance to museums, so it is better to buy tickets online and with printouts go along the special corridor. Tickets cost 17-20 euros.
The creator diamond museum became Coster Diamonds, which fulfilled the British order for the polishing of the Koh-i-nor diamond. The ticket costs 8.5 euros, people will be able to watch the technique of the jewelers, and then admire the stones in the vault.
What else to see in Amsterdam in 2 days? In warm weather take a walk on boats and boats... Usually the simplest cruise takes just over an hour and costs 13-16 euros. From the Museum Square, you can walk along the three Grand Canals.
Another option is to visit in Amsterdam zoo Natura Artis Magistra (metro stop "Waterlooplein"), where more than 6,000 animals live, take a walk in the botanical garden or go to the planetarium and museums. The entrance to the zoo costs 20 euros (for children 3-9 years old - 16.5 euros), open all year round until 18 hours. You can buy tickets online.
In the evening you can look into Chinatown, it runs parallel to the red light district on Zeedijk Street. There are a lot of restaurants with Asian cuisine, where you can dine for 8 euros. There is also a real Buddhist temple He Hua Temple.
3 day in Amsterdam: what to see?
The third day in Amsterdam can be dedicated to the prestigious Jordan quarter... To do this, you need to take the metro and get off at the Nieuwmarkt stop. At 69 Sint Antoniesbreestraat, there is a public library in the house of the Pinto banker, an old building built in 1605.
Nearby on the Jodenbreestraat is open Rembrandt House Museum... The furnishings of those times have been restored in the house according to the inventory preserved after the sale of the artist's property at auction. In the interior there are engravings by Rembrandt and paintings by his students. Not far from the Museum at Waterloo Square is grand flea market and Jewish Museum in 4 synagogues on the Nieuwe Amstelstraat. The museum is open from 11 am to 5 pm, admission is 15 euros.
If you have time and energy, then you can visit in Amsterdam Western Church on the Prinsengracht embankment. It is easy to see the whole city from its bell tower. Entrance from 10 to 15, except Sunday. Installed on the church square Anne Frank monument, not far from her house-museum... The exposition is dedicated to the life of a Jewish girl during the Nazi occupation. The opening hours are changing, entrance fee is 10 euros.
In the evening you can go to Leiden Square, tram stop Leidseplein. On the square there is a city theater and more than 100 restaurants where you can taste any cuisine of the world.
If you did not manage to visit everything you wanted to see in Amsterdam in 3 days, then you should not be upset - but there will be a great reason to return to this wonderful city again.
