This April 2026 article from the New York Times provides a wonderful overview of what to do, essentials, neighborhoods, shopping, where to stay, where to eat and drink.
Whether you want to go beyond the biking and the canals, or you only have a day
De 9 Straatjes stands for 3×3 cozy shoppingstreets and 4 canals in the middle of the Unesco World Heritage Canal Belt. Just behind the Palace at Dam Square you’ll find Singel, Heren-, Keizers- and Prinsengracht. There you’ll enjoy the delightful self-named area, brimming with over 250 shops, eateries, hotels, museums and a vibrant historical ambience.
Tour the moving and historic Anne Frank House please NOTE, that tickets often sell out weeks or even months in advance, so we highly recommend booking as early as possible.
Visit the iconic Rijksmuseum and see masterpieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Van Gogh.
The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is open daily from 9 AM, with tickets required in advance for timed entry, offering access to the world’s largest collection of Van Gogh’s works.
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder (English: Our Lord in the Attic) is a 17th-century canal house, house church, and museum in the city center of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The Catholic church was built on the top three floors of the canal house during the 1660s. It is an important example of a "schuilkerk", or "clandestine church" in which Catholics and other religious dissenters from the seventeenth-century Dutch Reformed Church, unable to worship in public, held services. The church has been open as a museum since 28 April 1888,[1] and has 85,000 visitors annually.
Relax with a walk or picnic in Vondelpark, Amsterdam’s most famous park.