Amsterdam is taking a step closer to saying good riddance to wild bachelor parties and rowdy tourists. The popular destination is launching a new campaign this spring aimed at curbing tourism-induced ...
For years, Amsterdam had considered relocating its cruise terminal away from the city center. Now, it may instead ban ocean ...
At 11am on a Wednesday morning in Amsterdam’s Oudezijds Voorburgwal, the beer is already flowing. The weather in the heart of the city’s Red Light District is chilly and overcast, but that hasn’t ...
Which of the tourist attractions in Amsterdam should even a local Amsterdammer experience, and which ones are underwhelming?
Sex, soft drugs and alcohol: for many young British travellers those are the key attractions of Amsterdam. “After you have gone through customs at the airport you will be welcomed by our guide and be ...
Amsterdam wants to move a cruise liner terminal out of the heart of the historic capital city as the latest step in its ongoing battle against pollution and hordes of tourists clogging its narrow, ...
Amsterdam’s scenic Prinsengracht (the Prince’s Canal in Dutch) buzzes with tourists, traffic, and a massive construction project. Cranes and equipment tower over a historic building that served as the ...
On a recent chilly, drizzly afternoon in Amsterdam’s city center, a steady stream of patrons venture out of the rain and into a narrow 17th-century building on the Haarlemmerdijk, a popular shopping ...
Amsterdam’s world-famous red-light district could look very different going forward as the Dutch city prepares to vote on an ordinance that would permanently close brothel window curtains in order to ...
Government officials in The Netherlands revealed that the new tourist tax increase scheduled to take effect next year in Amsterdam would make the city’s fee the highest in Europe. According to Dutch ...