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No minimum number of attendeesNo minimum number of attendees is required for the tour
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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
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I'm Mirco, I'm currently living in Amsterdam and I have an addiction: travelling. Several times I have asked myself and searched for answers to the question: why do I travel? My feeling about traveling has evolved over time and has increasingly fueled my desire to discover new things but most of all to fill my eyes with colors, with the new hues that life can have. These can be related to a multitude of factors such as the culture of the place, religion, traditions, ideological, social and cultural contaminations, the sound of a language, flavors, smells, even the weather aspect that can affect the lifestyle and, last in the list but certainly not in importance, the fact that there are so many people everywhere and they are different from each other, each with their own palette of colors that they express through behaviors, thoughts, reflections, ways of dressing and more generally of approaching life. So far I have been lucky to explore various European countries as a tourist but I also lived for a month and an half in Dublin and six months in Aachen, Germany. However, the trip that changed my perception of things was definitely that one to Asia. I started from Kuala Lumpur and Melaka in Malaysia and already the impact was strong and electrifying. So I decided to expand my solo backpacking trip to Singapore, Bangkok, and Indonesia as well. I met a lot of people since I was trying to talk to as many people as possible driven by curiosity, and my mind began to think differently than before. Since I arrived in Amsterdam, I began to fall in love with this city that I had already seen as a tourist but I can assure you that living here is even better. After spending a good part of the winter studying, I thus decided to start a city tour with the idea of expanding it to more areas next summer.
Join the bike ride through the historic center of Amsterdam and some of the historic neighborhoods of the city such as Oostelijke Eiladen, Oud-Oost and De Pijp. The ride is around 10 km long, it is great for people of every age and it takes around 2.30 hours since it includes some breaks.
During the stops along the way, we'll discover together the most important events that animated the city as well as the characteristics and peculiarities of the places we will pass through and of the Dutch culture.
During the bike ride we will pass through the world-famous Dam Square, along the canals of the historic center until we arrive in the area of the zoo and De Gooyer mill. We will also get to admire Amsterdam from above from one of the highest points of the city.
Useful information:
The rent of the bikes is not included in the tour but you can get them in one of the many bike rental shops in the city (just to give you an idea, the De Stadsfieta 3, that is close to the meeting point, rents a bike for an entire day for around 8.50€). If you rent the bike for a longer period than the duration of the tour, at the end I can also give you suggestions about other places that you can explore on your own.
The meeting point that I suggest is just behind the Heineken Experience. It's basically a square and on one side there's even a bike rental shop (De Stadsfiets 3). We can meet in front of it. I usually wear a hat.
Let's start with the heart of the city, which is one of the first places to be developed at the origin of Amsterdam.
Cycling along what used to be the old Amstel riverbed we will reach the Central Station overlooking the IJ-river. This place can be considered as symbolically important for the birth of the city in fact it is located exactly where the mouth of the Amstel was located at its intersection with the IJ bay. This area was particularly rich in fish and indeed this was the main reason why the first inhabitants of the city decided to populate this land.
From here we can appreciate one of the most beautiful views of the city.
Let's find out the reason for the peculiar shape of the famous museum.
Let's take a brief look at one aspect that particularly characterizes the city but also the whole country: the continuous battle between man and water. This will also lead us to discover the reason for Amsterdam North's development across the IJ River.
In this short stop we will have the opportunity to introduce the reason for some architectural peculiarities of the city.
You'll have a chance to see and to know some peculiarities of the De Gooyer mill, a national monument and the tallest windmill in Amsterdam.
One of the city's most beautiful parks where we will have the opportunity to learn about some aspects and episodes of one of Amsterdam's historic neighborhoods such as Oud-Oost but where we will also find reminders of Dutch history related to the Golden Age and the decades that followed.
The last stop is in the same neighborhood where the tour began-De Pijp. De Pijp is a neighborhood to be discovered with a multitude of places to eat or drink and with some strong peculiarities such as the city's largest daily market, which is also one of the largest daily markets in Europe, and with Sarphatipark named after Samuel Sarphati, a personality who was very important for the rebirth and development of the city in the 19th century.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).
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