Outside the Centre of Amsterdam
The centre of Amsterdam comprises only about 4% of the surface of Amsterdam and houses around 10% of its population. There are of course many things to do outside the centre. Here is a small selection, particularly in the immediate surroundings of the centre
The Eye Filmmuseum
Exploring & Hanging Out
- Coffee at the Eye, the café-restaurant of the Eye Film Museum across the IJ river has a beautiful view - take the (free) ferry behind the Central Station, review, video, 23 minutes by foot and ferry, IJpromenade 1 (Amsterdam North)
- Vondelpark, the Central Park of Amsterdam, video, 🚲 9 minutes, entrance just outside the Centre between Stadhouderskade 24 and 25 (Old South)
- Pancake Boat, eat pancakes while doing a tour of the IJ river, review, video, 18 minutes by bike and ferry, Ms. van Riemsdijkweg 33 (NDSM Warf)
Rijksmuseum
Museums
Some of the largest and most popular museums are in the Museum Quarter, which is just outside the Centre
- Rijksmuseum, national treasures, most renowned art collection in the Netherlands, review, video, 🚲 10 minutes, Museumstraat 1 (Museum Quarter)
- Van Gogh Museum, paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, review, video, 🚲 11 minutes, Museumplein 6 (Museum Quarter)
- Eye, film museum, 10 minutes by bike and ferry, IJpromenade 1 (Amsterdam North)
- Tropics Museum, anthropology/world culture, 🚲 16 minutes, Linnaeusstraat 2 (Oosterpark Area, just outside the Centre)
- Het Schip, museum devoted to the Amsterdam School of Architecture, review, video, 🚲 8 minutes, Oostzaanstraat 45 (Westerpark Area)
- Stedelijk Museum, modern art in a 🛁 bathtub, 🚲 12 minutes, Museumplein 10 (Museum Quarter)
- Moco, modern and contemporary art, prolonged Banksy exhibition, 🚲 11 minutes, Honthorststraat 20 (Museum Quarter)
- Heineken Experience, beer brewing and history of the Heineken brand 🚲 12 minutes, Stadhouderskade 78 (De Pijp)
- NXT, audio-visual and digital art, exhibition “Shifting Proximities” review, video 🚲⛴ 13 minutes by bike and ferry, Asterweg 22 (North)
- Straat, street art, 🚲⛴ 14 minutes, NDSM-Plein (North)
- Diamond Museum (Museum Quarter)
- https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/see-and-do/things-to-do/museums-and-galleries/museums
Restaurants
- nNea, Neapolitan pizza, review 🚲 7 minutes, Bilderdijkstraat 92 (Amsterdam West)
- Bak, modern French cuisine with vegetarian options 🚲 7 minutes, Van Diemenstraat 408 (Western Islands, just outside the Centre)
- Saravanaa Bhavan, dosas/Indian/ Hakka/vegetarian 🚲 11 minutes, Stadhouderskade 123 (Pijp, just outside the Centre)
- Otemba Ramen, ramen/Japanese, menu 🚲 7 minutes, Kinkerstraat 56 (Old West)
- Rijks, Michelin-starred former canteen of the Rijksmuseum, Museumstraat 2 (Museum Quarter)
Concertgebouw
Entertainment
- Concertgebouw, classical concerts and chamber music, review, video, 🚲 12 minutes, Concertgebouwplein 10 (Museum Quarter)
- Muziekgebouw, classical and modern music concerts, 🚲 11 minutes, Piet Heinkade 1 (Eastern Islands)
- Bimhuis, jazz concerts, 🚲 11 minutes, Piet Heinkade 3 (Eastern Islands)
Keukenhof
Outside of Amsterdam
Here some sights that are further out. See also this video
- Keukenhof, tulip gardens, March-May, video, 2 hours by foot and train, also bus excursions from Amsterdam, Lisse
- Zaanse Schans, open-air and museum exhibits about life below sea-level, video, 40 minutes by bike, train and foot, Zaandam
- Muiderslot Castle, video, 🚲 1 hour, or by tram to IJburg (tram 26 at Central Station, 15 minutes) and from there by ferry (45 minutes), Muiden
- Czar Peter House, the home of Peter the Great when he was a shipbuilding apprentice, video, 30 minutes by bike, train and foot, Zaandam
- Cobra Museum, modern art from the 1950’s Cobra (Copenhagen-Brussels-Amsterdam) movement, review, 50 minutes by foot and tram, Amstelveen
