TOP 10 SHOPPING AREAS IN AMSTERDAM
/Amsterdam offers you a wide variety of shopping choices from upscale, designer fashion to art & antiques to vintage & retro to concept stores with one-of-a-kind finds. If you're a shopaholic or just love to shop while on holiday, then come along with Gessell as she guides you to spots that have what you're looking for.
NEW SYMBOLICA RIDE @ EFTELING THEME PARK
/Explore one of the most magical & thrilling places in the world and experience their newest attraction which takes you on an amazing journey through a magical palace to meet the king.
VROLIK & FUNERAL MUSEUMS
/Gessell takes you to two weird but wonderful, small museums with fascinating but uncomfortable subjects. One collects human and animal body parts for scientific study, the other chronicles how the Dutch celebrate death. Warning! Not for the squeamish!
ABOVE THE WINDMILLS OF ZAANSE SCHANS
/Get a birdseye view from way up high of this popular Dutch area with a group of windmills.
PAMPUS ISLAND AMSTERDAM- FORT & FOOD FESTIVAL
/Proef Pampus is a food festival held on Fort Island Pampus in the Ijsselmeer. Take the ferry there to enjoy nature, have some fun, explore the fort and learn some Dutch history.
BIKING ALONG THE AMSTEL
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Bike along the river to the quaint village of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. A wonderful day trip with boats, swimming, windmills, animals and waterside terraces.
WINDMILLS, CHEESE & WOODEN SHOES
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Sander tours the Waterland area with Experience Waterland and learns about the iconic Dutch symbols and traditions such as windmills, cheese makng, wooden shoes making and eating fish in a fishing village.
RED LIGHT DISTRICT SHOPPING SECRETS
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Gessell takes you to a cool area of the RLD with unique shops that sell one of a kind things like fantasy gifts, Asian housewares, vegan candy, rock & roll clothes and elegant hats for the Herring Days!
ART DECO AMSTERDAM: THE ROAD TO DE BAZEL
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Sander takes you to 4 great examples of Art Deco related architecture. The road starts at a hidden gem in Centraal Station. Next, discover murals by a famous Dutch artist. Further up the street step in for a smoke or just to check out their marbled walls. Finally take a tour of De Bazel, the huge Art Deco fortress which is now home to the city archives.
SOAR OVER THE DUTCH TULIP FIELDS
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Fly over the biggest tulip area of the Netherlands during their tulip festival and see how thousands of these flowers create a stunning patchwork of color that seems to go on forever.
HIDDEN HOFJES & SECRET COURTYARDS
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Go with Sander behind the walls, the gates and the doors to these quaint & oh so quiet, wonderful places that have existed here for hundreds of years.
TEA BRUNCH IN THE SMALLEST HOUSE
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Gessell & Anne not only discovered the smallest house in Amsterdam but had a lovely brunch in its cozy tea room! Another great surprise in the Red Light District.
MONDRIAN IN THE HAGUE
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To celebrate 100 years of the De Stijl art movement, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (Municipal museum of The Hague) is staging a few De Stijl and Piet Mondrian exhibits over the next year. Take a day trip with us and check it out.
FUN HOUSES & STREET SURPRISES
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We show you some cool, little spots that you probably wouldn't find on your own. So watch our vid and the next time you are out walking around the city, look for some of these historic little finds.
GRAND HOTEL AMRATH- ART DECO AMSTERDAM
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Now an elegant hotel, het Scheepvaarthuis or Shipping House was originally built to house offices for six shipping companies. It contains many unique features of Art Deco, Art Nouveau and Amsterdam School designs. A must see!
ART DECO AMSTERDAM- THEATER TUSCHINSKI
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Tour this iconic example of Art Deco architecture & design with host Sander. Built in 1921 you'll feel like you're attending a movie premiere almost 100 years ago.
WINTER WONDERLAND
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Winter is a wonderful time to be in Amsterdam. From Sinterklaas, Christmas, National Tulip Day & Chinese New Year. Add in outdoor light works that glow at night, life sized ice sculptures, falling snow, frozen lakes for ice skating and warm fireplaces with a warm drink. Life is good.
3 WARM PLACES WITH COOL FIREPLACES
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Gessell & Jessica take you to 3 great places where you can warm up next to a cozy fireplace with a hot drink or cocktail.
MUSIC IN ICE- DUTCH ICE SCULPTURE FESTIVAL 2016-2017
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