Free Walking Tour in A'dam: Absolutely Amsterdam
Overview
Together with one of our passionate local guides, you’ll explore how freedom, tolerance, trade, rebellion, and creativity shaped the city—and why Amsterdam still feels unlike anywhere else in the world today.
This isn’t a generic, scripted tour filled with endless dates and names you won’t remember. We keep things personal, interactive, and honest. Expect fascinating stories, dark history, local gossip, humor, awkward Dutch habits, and the kind of insights you only get from people who actually live here.
Every guide brings their own personality, expertise, humor, and perspective, which means no two tours are ever the same.
By the end of the tour, you won’t just have seen Amsterdam — you’ll understand why people fall in love with it.
This activity includes:
- Zuiderkerk
- Damrak
- Oost-Indisch Huis
- Royal Palace Amsterdam
- De Wallenwinkel
- The Dancing Houses
- Nieuwmarkt
- Beurs van Berlage
- Dam Square
- Oudemanhuispoort
- Waterloopleinmarkt
- Our Lord in the Attic Museum (Former Hidden Catholic Church)
- Chinatown
- DAM SQUARE
- ROYAL PALACE
- RED LIGHT DISTRICT
- OLD HARBOR
- DUTCH EAST INDIES HQ
- JEWISH QUARTER / WWII / NAZI OCCUPATION
- CANAL BELT or AMSTEL RIVER
- GLORIOUS CANAL HOUSES
- REMBRANDT
- COFFEESHOPS
- HIDDEN CHURCHES
- BIKE CULTURE
- AMSTERDAM LIFESTYLE
- UNIQUE PERSONAL STORIES
- ...AND MORE!
Our Guides
On arrival
Meet us in front of the Stock Exchange (Beursplein 5), which is located on the main street between Central Station and Dam Square. Your guide will be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the start of the tour, holding a yellow umbrella.
Things to note
PLEASE NOTE: The free tours is for individuals and small groups of up to 5 persons. Bigger groups can contact us for a private tour. We reserve the right to turn away multiple reservations resulting in groups bigger than 5 people. This includes different members of the same group attempting to join the tour by making several individual bookings.
In case of rain, we will do our very best to keep you dry during our tour. But we do ask you to dress appropriately for the weather gods of the day.
TOUR / SIGHTS MAY VARY DEPENDING ON GUIDE AND WEATHER (WINTER) CONDITIONS. During winter and/or bad weather, we tend to walk a shorter route.
Cancellation policy
You are free to cancel a booking anytime. We kindly remind you to cancel bookings you cannot arrive for. Being reported as absent decreases your customer level points and the benefits you can enjoy.
