Top 5 Must-See Activities in Amsterdam

These are the most famous Amsterdam tourist attractions & sight tours which sees thousands and millions of visitors each year:


Best Fun & Unusual Things to Do in Amsterdam

Are you a fun seeker on a visit to Amsterdam and you seems not to get where and when to have fun? Don’t worry, though Amsterdam is a flat city with no much high towers or buildings but there is way more fun-filled activity to do here than just cycling around, visiting the red-light district and chattering a boat on the canals. Many Unusual and fun-filled events are all hidden in this beautiful city, it takes a good researcher to get these activities.

So join us as we go down the list of 15 unusual and fun-filled activities to do in Amsterdam.

Fun Things To Do In Amsterdam

Unusual Things to Do in Amsterdam

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Spend your night at Leidseplein

One of the fun filled activities you shouldn’t miss is to spend more than one night in Leidseplein, because Leidseplein has so much to offer, it’s hard to see everything in one short trip. From the attraction as the square gets illuminated with colourful light when the sun goes down; to the nightclubs that serves as live venues that host some of the world's best musicians and artists.

Chess lovers would also find Leidseplein a fun...

Amsterdam City Tour by Tuk-Tuk with Cheese Tasting

1. Amsterdam City Tour by Tuk-Tuk with Cheese Tasting

clock Duration: 2 hours
  • Electric tuk-tuk tour around Amsterdam during two-hours
  • Cheese tasting and a drink to have a happy ending of the tour.
  • Live commentary from the local guide to learn more fascinating facts about the city.
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Von Gogh Museum

One of the unusual activities to be done in Netherlands as a whole on a visit is Reading and Viewing Von Gogh's astonishing works. Von Gogh is one of the world most respected iconic artists of all time, born in Zudert (Netherlands), isn’t it amazing that an entire museum is dedicated to his life and his work. Surprisingly, it is amazing to know that this museum houses 400 drawings, 200 paintings and 700 letters by Vincent Von Gogh. Grab...

Amsterdam Private Food Tour with Local Including 6 or 10 Tastings

2. Amsterdam Private Food Tour with Local Including 6 or 10 Tastings

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  • The best Dutch and international treats in Amsterdam with stops at a family restaurant and Albert Cuyp Market.
  • Three-hour private tour covering all the flavors that have influenced the Dutch cuisine.
  • Mouth-watering Dutch snacks from sweet to salty.
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Artis Royal Zoo

Another fun-filled event in Amsterdam is a visit to the oldest Zoo in Holland. It is always fun-filled to view caged animals perform through a well-protected and guided tour in a Zoo, and no doubt this Zoo in Amsterdam provides the best of it. With more than 900 different species of animals, 200 different types of trees, this zoo provides the best of its kind experience. Something unusual and about this Zoo is the availability of an Aquarium,...

Amsterdam Pizza Dinner Cruise Including Drinks

3. Amsterdam Pizza Dinner Cruise Including Drinks

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  • A picturesque ricer cruise and a unique dining experience.
  • An opportunity to combine sightseeing and enjoying tasty food.
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360 degree view at Canvas

Isn’t it amazing to have a 360 degree view of Amsterdam through glass walls and rooftop terrace? Located on the 7th floor of a former Newspaper building in the Industrial east of Amsterdam is Canvas giving an unusual view of the city.

Apart from getting beautiful views from the 7th floor, you can also do some little dancing on the terrace with your spouse. Also, there lies a bar, the serve is good, formal and friendly and the menu...

Small-Group Amsterdam Beer Tour

4. Small-Group Amsterdam Beer Tour

clock Duration: 3 hours 30
  • The informative beer tour highlights the places essential for the beer industry in Amsterdam, as well as various interesting points of interest.
  • Along the way, the participants visit different places where they can sample beer and ale.
  • The activity isn't only about famous brands, such as Heineken and Amstel, but also about...
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VR Game House Amsterdam

Oops!!! We bring you the highest fun-filled activities in Amsterdam. Apart from canals, museums, and bus tour activities, the Virtual Reality Gamehouse right in the center near Dan Square is also on our list of the unusual things (filled with fun to do) in Amsterdam.

Enjoy the fun as you play games in Amsterdam's first Virtual Reality Gamehouse, there you play games like boxing, running, wrestling, motor driving, Adventure games, VR...

30 Minute Private Vacation Photography Session with Local Photographer in Amsterdam

5. 30 Minute Private Vacation Photography Session with Local Photographer in Amsterdam

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  • Flytographer 30-Minute Vacation Photo Shoot

    Connect with a local hand-picked professional photographer in Amsterdam and capture your most memorable moments during this private photo shoot. Get insider tips on the best things to do in Amsterdam, including where to eat & what to see from your vacation photographer. Return from your trip with...
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Labyrinth Cocktail Bar

Are you looking for a fun-filled Cocktail Bar? Then Labyrinth is the answer to your quest. This lively multi-functional venue serves cocktails that are inspired by great works of poetry and literature. Isn’t that interesting?

Guests enjoy delicious soul food while listening to poets, storytellers and spoken word artists perform their works, this place is truly blessed. This fun-filled Bar is one which you should be prepared to visit...

Private Vacation Photography Session with Local Photographer in Amsterdam

6. Private Vacation Photography Session with Local Photographer in Amsterdam

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  • Flytographer Private Vacation Photo Shoot

    Connect with a local hand-picked professional photographer in Amsterdam and capture your most memorable moments during this private photo shoot. Get insider tips on the best things to do in Amsterdam, including where to eat & what to see from your vacation photographer. Return from your trip with...
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Relaxing at Strandzuid

Want to have your fun-filled hangout with family and friends? Then go for Strandzuid Beach, it is one of those urban beaches in Amsterdam but it is uniquely structured and it is a comfy sun-bathing spot. The Sandy beach provide a nice hangout spot for a relaxing having a drink in one hand and you can also go for a little ping-pong match with your friends.

Located in the southern part of the city between Amsterdam RAI and the Beautrix...

Amsterdam Countryside, Windmills & Fishing Villages - Private Day Tour

7. Amsterdam Countryside, Windmills & Fishing Villages - Private Day Tour

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  • This wonderful tour covers the magnificent Dutch polder landscape with its ribbons of farmland north of Amsterdam. You will please yourself with the visit of fishing villages marked by windmills, lakes, dikes and dams.This tour allows you to visit a working windmill, a visit to a wooden shoe manufactory and cheese...
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Have a unique Nude Beach Experience at Zandvoort

One of the unusual activities people don’t really take note of is visiting one the city’s nude beach. It is always fun-filled for first time visitors of Nude beaches because they got to enjoy the warmth of nature on their naked bodies.

Nude beaches usually have less services to offer than textile beaches but the large Zandvoort nude Beach offers you the opportunity to feel the nature nakedly. Unlike every other, Zangvoort beach...

Volendam & Zaanse Schans Tour: Dutcher than Dutch

8. Volendam & Zaanse Schans Tour: Dutcher than Dutch

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  • This tour offers you pure Dutch culture. Discover the ultimate windmill town of the Netherlands, visit the country’s most famous fishing village, learn about cheese making and watch how a shoemaker crafts traditional wooden clogs.

    Volendam is the most famous fishing village in the Netherlands, and not without reason. It used to be the...
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Visit Huis Marseille

Are you a photographer, and you want to learn more in your hobby? Oh my God, Amsterdam provides you to have the best view of expertized photography work. Huis Marseille is the first museum in Amsterdam to be dedicated completely to photography, isn’t the interesting? This is a new Museum but unusually fun-filled as you get to view over 5000 works of photography. The architectural design of the house is enough to mesmerize you into asking...

Private tour to Zaanse Schans &Volendam: Cheese, Windmills, clogs

9. Private tour to Zaanse Schans &Volendam: Cheese, Windmills, clogs

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  • Avoid the inconvenience of renting a car and maneuvering through unfamiliar country roads. With a personal driver/host , your tour becomes effortlessly smooth and stress-free.

    Be Dutch for a day! A day full of windmills, cheese and traditional wooden clogs.

    Covered with water, cows grazing the fresh grasses, colourful flowers and...
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SWING on Europe’s Highest Swing

Do you want to have a complete fearless fun- filled event in Amsterdam? Then you’ve got to swing here. Located on the A’DAM Tower is a giant swing on the edge in almost 200 meters height, it provides a good view of the city as you are strapped to this swing. Viewing the Flat-Shaped Amsterdam city also comes with fun on this viewpoint because you will be pushed front and back having Amsterdam city below your feet, it only takes the...

Keukenhof Skip-the-line Tickets Countryside & Farm, private Tour

10. Keukenhof Skip-the-line Tickets Countryside & Farm, private Tour

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  • Combine a tour of the authentic Dutch countryside with the blossoming tulip fields of the Keukenhof. (21 march 2024 - 12 may 2024)

    When people come to visit the Netherlands, there is one thing they really don’t want to miss: the tulips. That’s why we offer you the private Keukenhof Tour in combination with the picturesque Dutch...
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Have a Coffee Shop and Ganja Tour

This is one of the interesting fun-filled things to do in Amsterdam. It is good to know that Coffee shops in Amsterdam and Netherlands at large means a bar/café to smoke legal drugs so it is obviously a tour for 18+ and retired people. Enjoy the Fun as you mix with locals to have this fun-filled activity.

It is hard to find the best out of the over 250 coffee shops in Amsterdam, so in this directory you will find 10 of the most...

Best Kept Secret Private Walking Tour of Amsterdam

11. Best Kept Secret Private Walking Tour of Amsterdam

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  • If you’ve never been to the Netherlands before then famous and notorious city of Amsterdam with its picture perfect cityscape is probably exactly what you imagined the city to be like. After all, here you will not only find historical monuments, a palace, beautiful houses with classical facades along canals, hidden courtyards, houseboats and...
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Lodge at the COCOMAMA Hotel

Are you thinking of where to stay in Amsterdam? Are you thinking of a fun-filled place to lodge in Amsterdam? Don’t go right or left, COCOMAMA is the perfect place for you to stay. It is the first boutique hotel in the city of Amsterdam. It is a Dutch-themed mixed-sex dorms and private rooms in a contemporary hostel with a guest kitchen.

This Hotel is the perfect place to lodge because apart from the beautiful interior décor and...

Royal Flower Auction - Small Public Tour from Amsterdam

12. Royal Flower Auction - Small Public Tour from Amsterdam

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  • Go off-the-beaten tracks with a multiple award winning tour operator and visit Royal FloraHolland, generally known as the Flower Auction. This public group tour for max 6 travelers departs from Amsterdam Central Station (hotel pick-up and drop-off optional).

    'Together we are strong' is the notion upon which the world's largest trading...
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Visit the floating Flower Market

You wouldn’t want to miss this unusual and fun- filled place in Amsterdam. It is quite unusual because it is a Floating market, the only of its kind in the World. Isn’t that intriguing? The Bloemenmarkt as called by locals is founded in 1862 on Singel Canal between Muntplein and Koningsplein in the city’s southern canal belt.

It would be an offence on yourself if you visit Amsterdam without buying a flower in this floating Flower...

Amsterdam Private Boat Trip with Pizza and Unlimited Drinks

13. Amsterdam Private Boat Trip with Pizza and Unlimited Drinks

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  • Private pizza cruise for 1,5 hours on the famous canals. Discover Amsterdam with your group and make a unique tour with pizza and drinks on the canals. The local skipper/guide will let you see the best hotspots of the...
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Get drunk at the Ultimate Party Pub Crawl

There is more fun for Night lifers in Amsterdam because getting drunk at the Ultimate Party Pub Crawl is an experience you won’t forget in your life time. You and your friends can play the drinking game here and it would be fun capturing the fun-filled moments on your phone. If you are in Amsterdam, it is a must-to-do activity of having a crazy night in this Pub.

Amsterdam Salsa Lovers Dancing Experience

14. Amsterdam Salsa Lovers Dancing Experience

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  • Great opportunity to meet with like minded travelers, share some similar interests, culture, make friends and to practice your salsa moves. We will take you to the most popular salsa venue in...
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EasyLaughs in Amsterdam

There is nothing more fun-filled than having a Good Friday outing laughing your ass out in EasyLaughs. Enjoy the intriguing moments of fun as you watch improvised comedy at the CREA café.

Laughing they say increases lifespan, so don’t get serious all the time even if you are in Amsterdam for a serious business trip, land yourself straight away at the EASYLAUGHS on Friday and we know by the time you are out of this place, your...

Private countryside tour: the highlights of Holland with guide and car

15. Private countryside tour: the highlights of Holland with guide and car

clock Duration: 7 hours
  • Experience Holland with Holland Windmills, our small and local tour company. We are born and raised here and love to show you the best places during your holiday in Holland. We also love telling you stories about Holland!

    See famous windmills, taste cheese, try wooden shoes and walk through scenic villages. We know the best sights, what to...
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Conclusion

We believe this our guide of fun-filled events and activities to do in Amsterdam will give you an experience you won’t forget in your lifetime. And don’t forget to have your gallery updated in each of these fun-filled places and events. Wish you the best of fun as you follow our guide.

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