Planning a trip to Amsterdam ?

One of my dutch colleagues, Floris has charted a tour program for visiting Amsterdam during the long weekend in April end. It is the Queen's day celebration weekend with live music and a lot of drunk people on the streets. Seems like a good fun.

 

• Guided tour through the Red Light district (I will be the guide)


• Boat tour through the canals of Amsterdam, passing Anne Frank house, the Western tower and the houses of everybody that matters in today’s world of journalism, TV, media, art.


• Lunch Pick-nick in Vondelpark, the hippest place in summer


• Visit to Van Gogh museum, the world’s largest collection of his paintings


• Guided walking tour through the Jewish quarter, Rembrandt House, Amstel River area with famous bridges, theatre, John Lennon Bed-in Hotel, 17th century trading places and shipyards (17th century is Holland’s Golden Age); again I will gladly be the tour guide.


• And of course I will take you guys to a coffee shop for hashish or in my case space cake.


• Visit to Keukenhof, the large tulip exhibition that is open from end of march until the beginning of May. It is about 30 km away from Amsterdam and requires public transport or car

Then of course there are some special programme items for this weekend because of Queen’s day:

• On Friday night 29 April there is a large party with live music in many places in The Hague and in Utrecht (both are about 35 minutes by train from Amsterdam).


• On April 30 Amsterdam is the place to be with live music, free market and lots of drunken people.