On foot · HISTORY WALKING TOURS IN THE NETHERLANDS
The 7 best history walking tours in the Netherlands you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and how far it actually walks. Number one is there for a reason.
Join an English-language, small-group walk through central Amsterdam with guide Samuel or another SideWalks guide. In two hours, connect the city’s founding, Golden Age, canals, Anne Frank House, Dutch freedoms, tulip fever, and sloping houses for $6.05.
“Samuel is a very good tour guide, open to questions, dynamic, interesting and open to any topic. Recommendable walking tour.”
Spend two hours walking Amsterdam’s Old Town, Red Light District, Dam Square, Begijnhof, canals and Flower Market with a local guide. Guides such as Robin, Aaron, James and Arie are praised for lively stories, local insight and humor. The tour is available in English, German and Spanish.
“The tour guide was lovely and enthusiastic whilst showing us around. Very knowledgeable and provided lots of information. Very happy with the tour and would recommend the tour guide.”
Walk through Amsterdam’s wartime story with a local English-speaking guide. You’ll visit Dam Square, a hiding place at Kattengat, Willem Arondeus’s former street, and finish outside the Anne Frank House. Guides have included Iris, Tristan, Stein, Leo, Gee, and Madeline.
“Tour guide very informative. Well worth going on tour seeing that it’s so difficult getting tickets to enter house”
Walk Rotterdam with local guides Yoreh or Elmer, covering WWII history, old harbor districts, the Erasmus Bridge, Cube Houses, Markthal, and future building plans. Expect about 5 kilometers, 11,000 steps, visual aids, stroopwafels, photo tips, and a small-group pace.
“Yoreh was our tour guide today. It was only my wife and me and Yoreh's guided tour was fantastic. Yoreh gave us loads of information about Rotterdam. History which we were not aware of and how difficult it was for the people of Rotterdam during the German bombing and invasion. Yoreh's knowledge and enthusiasm was phenomenal. Yoreh always gave us useful tips of museums and places to eat. I highly recommend this tour as we now have a list of things to do over the next few days”
Spend two hours with an Italian-speaking guide tracing Amsterdam’s Jewish community, Nazi occupation, and Anne Frank’s family. You’ll begin at H’ART Museum, visit the National Holocaust Names Memorial, and finish outside the Anne Frank House. Guide Ginevra is praised for her clear, engaging storytelling.
“Molto interessante, coinvolgente, ho scoperto cose che non conoscevo”
Walk from Dam Square through the Royal Palace, Begijnhof, Nieuwmarkt, Bloemenmarkt, Spui, and the Jordaan area with a private English-speaking guide. Henk and Sylvia are among the named guides, and the flexible format suits first-time visitors who want local history, orientation, and food tips.
“Our private tour with Henk was fabulous! Henk is super knowledgeable about Amsterdam’s history and took us to historical sites/important landmarks that we definitely would have missed on our own. The walking tour also helped us get familiar with the layout of Amsterdam which helped us navigate the city a bit easier thereafter. Overall, it was a wonderful tour and I highly recommend it!”
Spend about two hours walking Amsterdam’s Jewish Quarter with a local guide such as James, Misha, Keese, or Stan. Visit memorials, the Portuguese Synagogue, Dam Square, and wartime sites while hearing the story of Anne Frank and Amsterdam’s Jewish community. The Anne Frank House ticket is not included.
“Our guides knowledge of this history we were surprised on how incomplete the history of the ww2 years is and how much more needs to be found and documented.”
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