Amsterdam is one of the most expensive cities in Europe, but even if you travel with a small budget, this does not mean that you will have to limit yourself to hiking and inspecting attractions. We tell you how to visit excursions, swim on a ferry through the channels and listen to music on one of the best concert venues, without spending a penny.
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Excursions
To meet the city, you can go to Three -hour walking tour – Sandeman’s New Amsterdam holds them all year round. Experienced guides show tourists the main attractions of Amsterdam, accompanying this with interesting facts and details. Although excursions are free, tips are only welcome to guides. Tour schedule can be viewed.
Another company, City Free Tour, organizes free Red Lights quarter excursions – The district, known for its brothels and caffeshopes. Every Friday from 20:00 to 21:30 guides tell the history of the quarter and share the legends with which it is surrounded. To visit the tour, you need to register on the company’s website.
Free Diamond factory excursions Gassan can be found out about carats, colors and transparency of diamonds, as well as observe the process of their cuts. Excursions take place in 27 languages, each of them lasts an hour. After graduation, all visitors are offered to go to the coffee store and get a free drink.
Interesting excursions from local residents in Amsterdam
Museums
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Amsterdam has several small galleries with a free entrance – for example, a gallery of art and architecture Radar or specializing in surrealism Kochbox. If you are interested in contemporary art, then you can visit the gallery W139 or museum Melkweg GalerieIn which free photo exhibitions are held, changing every month.
IN Netherlands Institute of Cinema Eye There is a free constant exposition, and Dutch films show on the basement. In addition to the exhibition, the museum building itself deserves attention – by the way, you can get to it Free ferry Buiksloterwegwho walks from the Central Railway Station around the clock.
In Amsterdam Museum of cheese You can find out about the history and features of the manufacture of cheese, look at the items related to the cheese, and try on the traditional costume of the Dutch cheese. In addition, here you can taste a variety of types of cheese, from famous to little -known and exotic – and all this is also free.
Attractions
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In Amsterdam 165 channels – This is approximately three times more than in Venice. You can walk along them, or you can ride on free ferries, which are departed from the central station. Furges go along the three routes: in addition to the cinema museum, they can be reached, for example, to the NDSM-a former shipyard converted into art space. The entrance to it, by the way, is also free.
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After walking through the channels, you can visit the oldest closed courtyard of Amsterdam Beginagewhich appeared in the Middle Ages – it is called an island of silence and tranquility in the middle of the city center. In addition, there is one of the two wooden houses remaining in the city. You can get into the courtyard through an inconspicuous wooden door in the Square Square.
Another place where you can take a break from noise and fuss are located on the outskirts and is called the Amsterdam Forest. This is a huge park with a river, ponds, gardens and monuments. There is even a small goat farm where tourists can feed animals.
On a rainy day, you should go to Library OBA – One of the largest in Europe. Here you can look through books and magazines in different languages, listen to piano music and rise to the top floor, from which a panoramic view of the city center opens.
Another free terrace with a panoramic look is on the roof Scientific Center NEMO. In the summer, it turns into a kind of city beach with comfortable sun loungers.
Flea and floating markets
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Amsterdam flea and markets deserve attention, even if you are not going to buy anything. For example, there is the only one in the world floating flower marketWhere you can admire exotic flowers and famous Dutch tulips. It includes 15 stores, which are located on floating platforms along the embankment.
Market Art Plein Spui You can call an open -air gallery: here paintings by local and foreign artists are sold, made in various styles and techniques. He works only on Sundays.
The largest and most famous Netherlands market – Albert Kyop market – appeared in the 19th century. Almost everything can be met there: from traditional and exotic products to jewelry and cameras.
Concerts
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IN National Opera and Ballet Theater Free concerts arrange every Tuesday at 12:30. At the same time, but on Wednesdays and from September to June, free sessions are held in the hall “Consetgebau”which is considered one of the best concert venues in the city. In both cases, concerts last half an hour.
From 20:00 to Tuesdays, except July and August, you can listen to jazz in the club Bimhuis. At this time, jam sessions are held there together with musicians from the Amsterdam Conservatory. And every first Monday of the month, dancers and musicians together arrange an impromptu performance – the entrance to it is also free.
If you prefer blues or acoustic rock, you can go to the bar MALOE MELOwidely known among musicians and lovers of blues around the world. On Wednesdays, free concerts are held here-they usually begin at 21: 30-22: 00.
The author of the text: Yana Kasatkina
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