Carpe Diem: Go to Museum and Something Else to Enjoy in Amsterdam

Amsterdam is a perfect city to take a walk. Even if you have only three or four days, do not miss an opportunity to walk about the city and inhale its exhilarating air.

The best time for a trip to Amsterdam is Thursday at the height of spring season. Nightclubs and bars are open late from Thursday to Saturday everywhere in the city, and even museums and shops continue their work for a couple of hours longer than usual. During a weekend in Amsterdam, you can manage to do much more than you expected, when in any other city it won’t be enough a week to finish with.

Ticket For The Earliest Flight To Amsterdam

Book ahead a ticket for the earliest flight to Amsterdam on Thursday and plan to go back as late as possible on Sunday, thus reserving yourself  complete four days to enjoy  the trip to the max. It will be enough to relish all the attractions of the city: from banal, but so attractive to millions of tourists, exploring a red-light district with some stops in coffeeshops, where smoking marijuana is allowed, to rather unexpected attending floristics courses and study Dutch Art Deco or Renaissance architecture.

From the end of March as soon as the famous flower park – Keukenhof – announces its opening you can get itchy feet before your trip. This time of the year people go to Amsterdam for many reasons. First, to enjoy carpets of tulips, hugging the ground, then admire Europe’s largest floral parade – Bloemencorso – which is held in late April – early May, also to celebrate the Queen’s birthday on April, 30, and at last to overeat herring at “Flags Day” on the first Saturday of June and sunbathe on city beaches. The so-called «high season» for some tourists ends in September with Flower Festival, other flora admirers prefer to come to Amsterdam in late November to participate in the International Festival of cannabis. In addition, of course, in the end of December, when the city resembles illustrations for children’s winter tales and it is very easy to believe in miracles, you may want to spend your holidays in the sixth largest capital in Europe on Christmas.

Couple Of Nights In The Hotelboat IDEAAL

To feel the city from inside and understand native customs, book a room in an authentic houseboat. A couple of nights in the Hotelboat IDEAAL or The Guest-Houseboat will be a perfect choice for those who want to be like locals.

You can easily find things to do in Amsterdam at Musement, but to begin with try to look at the city from the water: go on a boat tour with Holland International or alternatively, buy a ticket for a “hop on – hop off” canal cruise for 24 hours on Amsterdam Canal Bus. Thus, you will be able to have stops in the places you like, go sightseeing and then continue your journey with the next canal bus. During your stops, you can manage to visit quite many from the most incredible Amsterdam museums, including not only famous Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum, but also museums of the history of sex, drugs, art, tattoos and lots more.

The Cat Boat

If you are still not impressed, only in Amsterdam you will be able to see The Cat Boat, the world’s only floating house for homeless animals. Although Amsterdam is a very safe city, however, in a case of trouble, police officers, using a very interesting technology for such a job, in-line skates, may come to help you faster. After all, go to Amsterdam to be able to base your own opinion on your own impressions, immerse yourself in the local atmosphere, go to a very authentic place – Café Loetje – to eat some tastiest Dutch food and talk with the locals. What for? To find out the truth about the city – all what you cannot read in guidebooks. However, everything, the natives believe is that Amsterdam is not the worst place in the world to live in, and by the end of the day, you may find yourself agree with them.

Article was contributed by Inna Aksenova,  a professional travel blogger and freelance writer, writing articles for various blogs and news sites.