Local information and activities
Below is a simple guide of what is available in Amsterdam. Please contact the concierge at the Hotel Okura or Hilton Amsterdam for further details.
The Museum Quarter
Explore Amsterdam’s Museum Quarter and uncover a neighbourhood that’s home to some of the world’s most important artistic and historical treasures, chic dining experiences, many of the Netherlands’ fanciest shops and also one of the best-sounding orchestral concert venues on the planet.
In this area you will find:
- Rijksmuseum
- Van Gogh Museum
- Stedelijk Museum
- Royal Concert Hall (‘Concertgebouw’)
- High end shopping streets (PC Hooftstraat and Van Baerlestraat P.C. Hooftstraat), where you can find many of the world’s major fashion brands and boutiques.
- House of Bols Cocktail & Genever Experience
Albert Cuyp Market
The Albert Cuyp Market is a street market in Amsterdam, on the Albert Cuypstraat between Ferdinand Bolstraat and Van Woustraat, in the De Pijp area of the Oud-Zuid district of the city. The market began as an ad hoc collection of street traders and pushcarts. By the beginning of the 20th century, this had become so chaotic that in 1905, the city government decided to set up a market, at first only held on Saturday evenings. In 1912, the market became a daytime market open six days a week. The product selection at the market varies from the traditional range of vegetables, fruit and fish to clothing and even cameras.
https://albertcuyp-markt.amsterdam/
Anne Frank House
The Anne Frank House is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to wartime diarist Anne
Canal Tour
The best way to experience the beautiful canals of Amsterdam is by boat. The hotel concierge can assist in organizing a variety of canal rides.
Eye Film Museum
EYE Film Institute Netherlands is a Dutch archive and museum in Amsterdam that preserves and presents both Dutch and foreign films screened in the Netherlands. The museum collection includes 37,000 film titles, 60,000 posters, 700,000 photographs and 20,000 books. The earliest materials date from the start of the film industry in the Netherlands in 1895.
Flower Market
The Amsterdam Flower Market is the only floating flower market in the world, and one of the most fragrant places of interest of Amsterdam - in all seasons. This unique market exists since 1862. The flower stalls stand on the houseboats and evoke the old days when the market was daily supplied by boat. You will find there all sorts of tulips, narcissus, geraniums and many other types of flowers. At the Amsterdam Flower Market you can either buy bouquets, single flowers or bulbs. The bulbs are ready for export, so you can enjoy them at home too.
https://www.amsterdam.info/shopping/flowermarket/
Madame Tussauds Amsterdam
Museum chain for life-size wax replicas of famous Americans & historic icons in themed galleries
https://www.madametussauds.com/amsterdam/nl/
Museum Ons’Lieve Heer Op Solder
Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder is a 17th-century canal house, house church, and museum in the city center of Amsterdam. The Catholic Church was built on the top three floors of the canal house during the 1660s. It is an important example of a "schuilkerk", or "clandestine church" in which Catholics and other religious dissenters from the seventeenth century Dutch Reformed Church, unable to worship in public, held services.
Rembrandthuis
The Rembrandt House Museum is a historic house and art museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Painter Rembrandt lived and worked in the house between 1639 and 1656. The 17th-century interior has been reconstructed. The collection contains Rembrandt's etchings and paintings of his contemporaries.
https://www.rembrandthuis.nl/en/
Royal Palace of Amsterdam
The Royal Palace in Amsterdam is one of three palaces in the Netherlands which are at the disposal of the monarch by Act of Parliament. The palace was built as a city hall during the Dutch Golden Age in the 17th century. The building became the royal palace of King Louis Napoleon and later of the Dutch Royal House. It is situated on the west side of Dam Square in the centre of Amsterdam.
https://www.paleisamsterdam.nl/
Scheepvaartmuseum
The National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam shows you how the sea has shaped our Dutch culture. Stimulating, interactive exhibitions allow visitors to explore 500 years of maritime history.
The Hermitage
Hermitage Amsterdam is a branch museum of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located on the banks of the Amstel river in Amsterdam. The museum is located in the former Amstelhof, a classical style building from 1681. It is currently the largest satellite of the Hermitage Museum, with a total area of 12,846 m2 (138,270 sq ft) and fits with the museum's plan to make its collections accessible to more people. You can now visit the exhibition 1917. Romanovs & Revolution. The End of Monarchy, the exhibition Portrait Gallery of the Golden Age and the exhibition China of the new Outsider Art Museum in the Hermitage Amsterdam.
Verzetsmuseum
The Dutch Resistance Museum is located in the Plantage neighbourhood in Amsterdam. Chosen as the best historical museum of the Netherlands, tells the story of the Dutch people in World War II.
https://www.verzetsmuseum.org/museum/nl/museum
Vondelpark
Amsterdam's most famous park was designed and built in 1850 and today is a popular place for tourists and residents who can enjoy a variety of outdoor activities such as biking, hiking, jogging and picnicking.
https://www.hetvondelpark.net/
Heineken Experience
Interactive tour through beer giant's history in former brewery, with a tasting room finale.
https://www.heineken.com/gb/agegateway?returnurl=%2fHeineken-Experience%2fHeineken-Experience