Archive for the Guide Category
Open Monument Day in Amsterdam
Every year the second weekend in Amsterdam is the period of great occasion when many of the unique Amsterdam monuments opens their doors to the Public. This weekend that is September 9 and 10, Amsterdam is celebrating the ‘Yearly Open monument day’ in which about 54 monumental buildings will be open to the Public. The [...]
Floating Dutchman makes its debut in Amsterdam
After a month long delay at last the floating Dutchman has been started with its real trip from the Schiphol airport by welcoming aboard its first paying passenger. Now the long layover in between the flights in Amsterdam is not a dreary period rather an interesting and entertaining one if the period is of about [...]
Gay Pride Weekend in Amsterdam
One of the most special and biggest events of the year in Amsterdam is the Gay pride weekend. This busy and fun pride event brings a tide of joy in the city. In this weekend many of the major cultural as well as sportive activities as the exhibitions and various meetings followed by a series [...]
Floating Dutchman In Amsterdam
After the hard work of years, eventually the floating Dutchman, a new attraction in Amsterdam is ready to entertain the visitors. This Floating Dutchman is actually an amphibious bus that conducts a splendid ‘splashing tour’ through the water in the canals. The tour initiates from the Schiphol Airport to the highway into Amsterdam’s city centre, [...]
2theloo in Amsterdam’s busiest shopping street
A new kind of shop has been inaugurated in the busiest shopping street of Amsterdam in Kalverstraat providing public bathroom for the convenience of the visitors. Till now if someone wants to use a public lavatory one has to look for some café or restaurant. Yesterday a company 2theloo opened first toilet shop in Netherlands [...]
View the main Amsterdam museums now online
Some of the world’s most renowned and acclaimed art museums can now be explored without rushing through the huge crowd. It has been made possible with the help of new services launched by Google through the website http://www.googleartproject.com. These services includes the street view for the museums along with another related details, work done by [...]
January attractions in Amsterdam
January is probably the coldest and ideal month in Amsterdam when city delights with the magical covering of dust of snow. It is the low season and thus good time to visit the city’s most popular attractions as the queues everywhere are the shortest. At this time days are short and weather might be quite [...]
Amsterdam Welcomes New Year – 2011
Amsterdam welcomed New Year with great enthusiasm as it always been a matter of great occasion. As the church bell rang at midnight of 31st December, the firework flashed off with champagne corks pop. The magnetizing points were Museumplein, Leidseplein and Dam Square. Nieuwmarkt has always been the point of best firework and for parties [...]
Parking at New Year’s Eve in Amsterdam
Parking your car is likely to be free in most parts of Amsterdam around New Year’s Eve i.e. at the end of 2010 and January 1. On this event protective covers will be placed on the parking machines to save them from vandalism due to fire work. As these machines will be covered so it [...]
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport offers free Internet service
Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has launched free Wi-Fi service for passengers throughout the airport building. This service has been started from 16th December that can be utilized before and beyond passport control. The service can be used free of charge until one hour by connecting the wireless network called ‘KPN’ on any of the Wi-Fi enabled [...]