Amsterdam Tickets: Top Things To Do & Attractions

The Netherlands' museum for modern and contemporary art and design, housed in a striking bathtub-shaped extension.

The canal house where Rembrandt lived and worked for nearly 20 years, restored with his original studio and etching press.

A working royal residence on Dam Square, built as the 17th-century city hall and still used for state visits today.

A hands-on science museum shaped like a ship's hull, with a rooftop terrace looking out over the harbour.

The Dutch Resistance Museum, telling the story of everyday choices made under German occupation through personal objects and accounts.

A former window brothel turned museum, showing what daily work in Amsterdam's red-light trade actually looks like.

Opened in 2024 in a former teacher-training college, telling the story of the persecution of Dutch Jews during WWII.

A photography museum inside a canal house, showing contemporary and historical work from photographers worldwide.

A small Red Light District museum on the history, cultivation, and culture of cannabis and hemp.

An immersive multimedia walk through Rembrandt's life, told alongside reproductions of his best-known paintings.

A moated medieval castle just outside the city, once home to the poet and statesman P.C. Hooft.

A rotating programme of major international art exhibitions in the building that once housed the Hermitage Amsterdam.

A monumental 17th-century canal house on Herengracht kept as a period museum, gardens included.

A social-housing block built in 1921 and the finest surviving example of the Amsterdam School architecture movement.

Amsterdam's oldest building, consecrated in 1306, standing at the centre of the Red Light District it predates by centuries.

A 17th-century merchant's house on Herengracht, furnished to show how Amsterdam's wealthiest families once lived.

The Netherlands' national film museum, housed in a striking angular building on the IJ waterfront.

The brewery where Heineken was first produced in 1867, now a self-guided tour ending with two beers included.

The Van Gogh Museum, Anne Frank House, and Royal Palace regularly sell out days ahead, especially from June to August. Booking online secures a timed entry slot and skips the walk-up queue.

Spring (March to May) brings tulip season and mild weather but the biggest crowds. Early autumn (September–October) offers a quieter, equally scenic canal ring with fewer queues.

GVB trams, buses, and the metro cover the whole city; a 24-hour ticket costs €10 and covers unlimited rides. Bikes are everywhere, but stay in the marked cycle lanes.

The Singel, Herengracht, Keizersgracht, and Prinsengracht canals fan out from the centre, lined with 17th-century merchant houses. Most first-time visitors base themselves here.

Once a working-class district, now full of narrow streets, hidden courtyards, and the Saturday Noordermarkt. A 25-minute walk from De Pijp.

Home to the Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Stedelijk Museum, and Concertgebouw, all within walking distance of Museumplein.

A lively, diverse neighbourhood built around the Albert Cuyp Market, a short tram ride south of the centre.