King's Day, the party of the year in Amsterdam. Save the date: 27 April. Koningsdag is one of the biggest street parties in Amsterdam to celebrate the King's birthday. Thousands of boats with partying people fill the canals. Expect a lively atmosphere and big crowds, Amsterdam’s population on King’s Day is twice that of any [...]

Amsterdam is a city of festivals, the majority of which take place on those long, sun blazed summer days and evenings that make you wish you had a lifetime to spend in this city. No fewer than 300 festivals take place this year, and a little company called Amsterdam Marketing has been commissioned with a [...]

Traditionally, the Dutch know themselves to be either cunning traders or preachers with pointed fingers, yet on King’s Day all fingers go. It seems that literally everybody will engage in the activity of commerce at the most basic level when knickknacks that have been saved up for the preceding 12 months are displayed on blankets [...]

This year marks the 125th anniversary of the death of Vincent van Gogh and in case you’re planning a visit to the Van Gogh museum of Amsterdam, you’ll find yourself in the company of an estimated 180,000 international visitors wanting to take stock of the artist's legacy. According to the people making this prognosis, around half [...]

The Rijksmuseum appears to have a permanent deal on offer; for every generation that grows up, it organises one Rembrandt exhibition. Every twenty years or so, the old Master is broadly measured out by the museum. The Rijks’, already kind of obsessed with the painter on a regular day, then pulls out all the stops to prime the latest [...]

Most people visiting Amsterdam pay a visit to the Anne Frank House, so it should be no wonder that this museum continues to top the bill of most popular tourist activities in Amsterdam. But it appears that Anne Frank’s fame is ever growing. Last year, the Anne Frank House drew another record number of visitors. A [...]

When you have been shopping in Amsterdam and have bought expensive items, you might want to hold off opening them during your stay in an Amsterdam Apartment accommodation. The reason is that in some circumstances you are eligible for a tax refund if you leave the items unopened until you head back home. Here is [...]

Strolling around in Amsterdam along the beautiful canals this winter is one thing, getting lost on purpose another, and finding your way back to your Amsterdam Apartment abode can turn out to be yet another thing altogether... Asking the locals works most of the time but what do you do when you’ve been out clubbing [...]

Christmas is a time for friends and family to be together and present shopping reflects this. The more personable or unique your gifts, the better they’ll be loved. So why not go on the hunt for shops that only sell unique gifts? It might save you a lot of fuss. The following three shops could [...]

Christmas markets spring up throughout Amsterdam in December. Whether you come along for tasty seasonal food and drink, to entertain the kids at the ice rink or merely to smell those delicious spices wafting between the market stalls with their enticing illuminations and the festive tunes, it certainly will ease you into the Christmas mood. […]