Tour with official guide in Amsterdam
I am an official guide. On this tour I will tell you about the origins of Amsterdam, which date back to the year 1000, when the farmers and fishermen of this swampy area settled next to the Amstel River where they built their first houses and the old Church. In 1275 a dam was built on the Amstel River, which eventually gave rise to the city's name Amsterdam.
Amsterdam is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. No two days are the same here, its culture, tolerance, its organization, that human scale makes this special. No city in the world has preserved its 17th century form so intact.
This is the result of carefully executed planning according to its principles of conserving its national heritage. My passion for history, architecture, and the development of this country makes my work become one of my hobbies.
The purpose of this tour is for you to understand as much as possible about this country, its culture, its customs, and its secret corners.
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Official tour guide in Amsterdam
What's included in Tour with official guide in Amsterdam
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Centraal Station
Neo-Renaissance style building built by architect Pierre Kuiper. For the construction of Amsterdam Central Station it was necessary to build three artificial islands and use more than eight thousand wooden pillars to support the structure. This train station is very close to the city center and all the trains that connect Amsterdam with all of Europe leave (and arrive) from it.
Beurs van Berlage
La Bours van The first fair in Holland The first Stock Exchange in the Netherlands was founded by the Dutch East India Company in 1602. They decided to issue shares to finance their maritime activities. However, they needed an exchange building to trade the shares. In 1896, the city council decided to build a new stock exchange. The Stock Exchange building fell to the architect and urban planner Berlage to design a completely new building, among which the clock tower stands out. Berlage, as a fervent socialist, believed that the Beurshandel would not last long. But he resolved this dilemma intelligently and creatively, he decided to design the new Stock Exchange building in such a way that in the future, after the triumph of socialism, it could serve as a large community house, a people's palace. He built a de facto kind of symbolic town hall, a "people's palace" that could temporarily serve as a Stock Exchange.
Damrak
The Damrak is the original mouth of the Amstel River. The dam at Amstel created an open seaport called Damrak and an inland port (Rokin) with a market square, Dam Square. The development around the dam formed the basis for it to become a powerful commercial city. At the beginning of the 13th century, Amsterdam received city rights. Due to increasing trade contacts in the 14th century, mainly with the Scandinavian countries, Amsterdam grew rapidly. Defense walls and mainly commercial houses were built to store grain, wood and beer. The population grew to 3,000 inhabitants. In the 19th century the canal was filled in, except for the boat docks. Gabled houses with different and ancient architectural styles make this "Damrak" street a trip back to the 17th / 18th century with its Renaissance, Classicist, "Jugendstil" / Art Nouveau facades are among the most picturesque in the city.
Inclusions
- Information of all kinds, cultural, historical, religious, etc.
- All Fees and Taxes
- Walking tour.
- Tips on where to go after the tour.
- Free Dutch cheese tasting.
- Tips
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- There are no child seats for children
- It is not advisable for people who cannot walk or have difficulty walking.
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You can choose to be picked up from a list of locations, or alternatively, have the choice to make your own way to the meeting points
Please arrive at the pick up point 15 minutes before departure time.
Additional Information
I will be waiting right under the letters that say Centraal Station that are below the shield of the Dutch royal house with the 3 golden lions, in the middle of the two towers.
Meeting Points
- Stationsplein 16, 1012 AB Amsterdam. I will be outside the station under the silver letters that say "Centraal Station" under the shield of the 3 golden lions that is the symbol of the Dutch royal house, next to the subway entrance.
End Points
- Flower Market at Singel Canal 540, 1017 AZ. Next to the Munttoren. (Coin Tower)
