What should I do in Amsterdam?

[vocal tiger]

Going to Amsterdam for 5 days in April, what should I do there? Current list below.

[rapid shuttle]

Meet with me

[vocal tiger]

You in amsterdam?

[rapid shuttle]

The main office of my job is

I go there every so often

[vocal tiger]

Lets do it, I'm already meeting a couple people from the community there

[rapid shuttle]

Depends on the exact dates and time, lol.

I come from all the way down in the Netherlands

(Limburg, close to Maastricht)

[vocal tiger]

15th to 20th

[rapid shuttle]

Hmmm, might have hole in there somewhere.

[trim skiff]

seems awfully expensive for 5 days

[vocal tiger]

Half of it gets taken by flight and hotel both on the cheap end too

[flint halo]

go to the new bike garage

[vocal tiger]

Link?

[flint halo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_H421RS_Lc&ab_channel=BicycleDutch

[vocal tiger]

I can't ride a bike

[vocal tiger]

Current Plans
Meet 2-3 people I know online

Coffeeshop
Canals
Rijksmuseum
Van Gogh Museum
Anne Frank's House
Albert Cuyp Market

Going to try and go to a few other cities as well

[bronze wagon]

Amsterdam you also have an museum where you can see dead people organs and stuff also muscles and how the whole system looks inside of the body

It's called bodyworld

https://www.bodyworlds.nl/en/

But thats me just curious about the human body and stuff. I loved it!

[vocal tiger]

Possibly

[versed flame]

If you wanna take a break from Amsterdam, as a Dutch citizen myself I can recommend going to Rotterdam (more American-style city, personal key locations are the Erasmusbrug and Markthal), The Hague (politics stuff like the Binnenhof) and Utrecht (Domtoren and their nice canals).

[vocal tiger]

Planning to go to Hague and Utrecht, was also looking into Rotterdam

By chance do you know any events such as music festivals or concerts going on around the time I'm there to visit. I know Metallica will be there a week after I leave

[versed flame]

nice

[versed flame]

what kind of stuff are you in to?

[vocal tiger]

Just about anything besides anything

Usually Skiddle is good for finding events in the uk but find very few events in amsterdam listed on it

[versed flame]

This is what I could find so far: https://www.ticketmaster.nl/muziek/alle-muziek/10001/events?datestart=2023-04-15&language=en-us

[vocal tiger]

ty

[versed flame]

no worries :)

[whole hawk]

leave

[dark aspen]

red light district

[brisk gazelle]

It seems cheap af to me

My Japan trip in September is like 4,000 for 15 days 💀

1.6K just in the flight

[trim skiff]

Y'all just don't know how to plan good holidays

[whole hawk]

i would leave

like i said

[vocal tiger]

Plan me a holiday to Amsterdam akash

[versed flame]

I'm hoping to go to Japan in november aswell, just depends if one of my irl friends gets invited for an international beatbox tournament in Tokyo 👀

[trim skiff]

Sure what dates?

My favourite thing is holiday planning icl

[trim skiff]

My favourite thing is holiday planning icl

@vocal tiger If I were you, I'd first of all avoid the flights. Schiphol airport is like a warzone and isn't fun at all. You'd end up wasting a day there, where in reality that could be spent elsewhere

[versed flame]

Yeah it isn't the best atm

[rapid shuttle]

hmm?

[vocal tiger]

Starting April 15 will be there for 5 or 9 days depending on how much money I feel like spending

[trim skiff]

Alright, then in my opinion I'd get an inter-railing pass, which means you can go from London to anywhere in Europe under one cost. Then tickets between countries are like 20 euros.

Alternatively, just get a Eurostar ticket and go from London to Amsterdam in 4 hours.

[vocal tiger]

I'm nowhere near London need to see how much a flight to London is

Heathrow? Gatwick?which is best for getting the train to Amsterdam

[trim skiff]

Wait where are you located again haha?

I thought you were in London

But or doesn't matter if you go to London or not. The pass also covers UK trains.

[vocal tiger]

Does that include Scotland

[vocal tiger]

Aberdeen

[trim skiff]

Aberdeen to Amsterdam would be 40 euros extra, including the pass it's 300 total.

Having done inter railing before, it's stupidly fun, and a great way to see Europe.

If you really wanted to, you could go Amsterdam to Bulgaria for 18 euros extra

[vocal tiger]

More expensive than a flight 👀

[trim skiff]

I'd still look into it, as it allows you to go home earlier if you want, or stay longer

[vocal tiger]

Won't be able to stay longer due to work

[trim skiff]

Ah gotcha

[vocal tiger]

Is the pass for a year

[trim skiff]

No

[vocal tiger]

How long is the pass for

[trim skiff]

Depends on the pass

A 5, 7, 10 day pass will last a month, and you can use it any time within the month. Longer day passes will last up to 2 months

So you can stay in the city if you want.

https://www.interrail.eu/en/interrail-passes/global-pass

[vocal tiger]

4 days in a month is 160eur

Probably end up be cheaper than a flight including the Aberdeen train

Was it 40 to Amsterdam and back or 80 including return

[trim skiff]

40 each way

It's basically a Railcard with heavy heavy discounts

[vocal tiger]

Would be 18 hr train each way

[trim skiff]

Sounds worse than it is

[rapid shuttle]

Would probably be a sleeper train in that case