"Amsterdam - I love it!" Top 5 Page for this destination Amsterdam by Mariajoy

Amsterdam Travel Guide: 10,466 reviews and 22,000 photos

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PetraE and I have taken several breaks in Amsterdam between 2002 and 2007 because we love it so much. This place is fun and lively and colourful and there is so much going on and so many interesting "must see" places and I have included lots of them here.

We revisited Amsterdam recently and had 4 days there, taking in the Artis Zoo, Dutch Resistance Museum, The Melkweg (to see Athlete) and a mini VT meeting in the Vondelpark. We also re-visited a great little Irish pub on the Amstel, Mulligans, where there is always live irish music - a great night out.

American Hotel and Canal tour boat on the Singel

Amsterdam is of course well known for it's canals and bridges, explore on foot (just look out for trams and bikes!!) or take a canal boat tour - there's plenty of places to buy tickets and then spend an hour or so seeing the sights at a leisurely pace!

Bikes twinkling on the Leidseplein

Pros and Cons

Pros:A fun city with friendly people,
Cons:Those STAIRS!!
In a nutshell:It HAS to be seen!!

Last visit to Amsterdam: Feb 2007
Intro Updated May 14, 2007
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Written Feb 19, 2007

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Random Acts of Photography
Written Apr 7, 2005

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Mini-VT meeting in the Vondelpark
Written Nov 20, 2005

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Classic Amsterdam Architecture
Written Feb 17, 2007

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traveling_tlc Mar 14, 2011 at 5:16 AM

Bravo. I hate zoo's they depress me and make me ashamed of my thumbs.... =(
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sunfinder Aug 22, 2010 at 6:35 AM

I fell in love with this place but they closed it down :( bastards
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jo104 Jul 24, 2008 at 3:50 AM

Hello A/Dam no 2 we have the same amount of tips I have a few less pics :-)
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pieter_jan_v Mar 29, 2008 at 2:40 AM

Maria, I am in the process of regrouping all A'dam restaurants by name (VT-staff request). I noticed an "s" too many at your Porto Carrara tip. PJ
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aussirose Feb 22, 2008 at 6:23 PM

What a fantastic page Maria!! And I saved a few of your tips for when we go....hopefully next year :o) BOOM Chicago looks like a good place for a vt meet ;o) Cheers, Ann.
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leecouk12324 Nov 12, 2007 at 6:40 PM

On "Canalboats" and "gezzelig". Oh - enig!
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jam42382 Oct 19, 2007 at 12:42 AM

Mariajoy you probably couldn't be more right!!every city has a zoo so what's the point to waste money to see animals that you have already seen???just because it is in a different city,or country,or continent????
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Anchovy56 Oct 16, 2007 at 8:12 AM

WHen I was 21 a psychologist described my as a Bohemian conservative..What a combo eh?
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jadedmuse Oct 8, 2007 at 10:49 AM

That little bit of "Chinese wisdom" on your scroll of paper...how funny is that?! I'm still trying to figure it out, too!
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yooperprof Aug 25, 2007 at 8:00 PM

I'm heading to A'dam in March for a holiday, so I'm just sussing out the place now. It sounds as if I need to make sure I go to NEMO on one of the days that it's TOTALLY OPEN!