Amsterdam Insider

Avoid the tourist traps of Amsterdam. A guide to the insider hotspots, recommended by locals: restaurants, bars, sights, shops, museums, children's attractions, and more.

Written by a savvy journalist who lives and works in the city. The 200 best things to do and see in Amsterdam in 2024 and 2025. The complete guide to everything that's cool in the 'Venice of the North'. It's like being taken around by a savvy local.

The Offline Guide to Amsterdam is unabashedly honest. It provides an inside-out perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love.

You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, culture, kids attractions, lodging, shopping and much, much more. Written by a savvy journalist who lives and works in the city. For travelers who want to fully experience the place as the locals live it.

Includes:

Activities Architecture Bars Clubs Events Hotels Kids Lunch Museums Music Restaurants Shopping Sightseeing Theatres

The one-dimensional Amsterdam of tulips, wooden shoes, and 17th-century canal houses is the stuff of many a standard guidebook, but with its trendy restaurants, family friendly parks and hot design & architecture, the city is much more than that.