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Amsterdam - Getting There

Amsterdam - Getting There Amsterdam is easily accessable by rail, bus, boat, car and air depending on which country you are travelling from. Travel is relatively cheap and frequent. For train travel, visit the website of the Dutch Railways: www.ns.nl Cheap flights are available to and from Amsterdam. In the UK, I recommend Cheap Flights Online, especially for some good lastminute deals. If you want to travel by bus which is very cheap, check out Eurolines

Royal Palace : Amsterdam

Royal Palace Amsterdam The Royal Palace (1648-1665) was designed as the most prestigious town hall of its time. It is justly famous for being a large and important cultural and historic building of 17th century Amsterdam.

Amsterdam - Shopping

Amsterdam - Shopping Amsterdam is no fashion capital like Paris or Duesseldorf. It is more of a place to hunt for bargains and feel comfortable in what ever you wear. Prices are relatively low, compared with other European capitals and has a wide selection to offer. Most shops close at 18:00 and on Thursday nights most shops are open until 21:00. Shops in the center are open on Sunday, usually between 12:00 and 17:00. The shopping streets get extremely crowded on Sundays as alot of people from around Amsterdam pour in to do their shopping. So your have been warned. A definitely recommend

Spui : Amsterdam

Spui On the spui square you find some of the oldest buildings of Amsterdam. Be sure not the miss the Begijnhof.Sigourney: Het Spui was in de jaren '60 de verzamelplaats voor de provos die de samenleving probeerden te ontburgelijken. Nu is het vooral de plaats voor de boekeliefhebber, met een markt op zondag en de Atheneumboekwinkel nog altijd op de meest prominente plek. Als je een boek gevonden hebt kun je op het Begijnhof in alle rust gaan lezen, ofop een van de onliggende terrassen. Jerome: The bookmarket helt here is a great place to find secondhand books about Amsterdam if

Amsterdam - Accommodation

Amsterdam - Accommodation Amsterdam has a large variety of hotels. From the luxurious Amstel Hotel to the small boat hotels to the run down places in the red light district. For the cheapies, check out the region around the Warmeostraat, although some youth hostels are a little further afield. Try to book a place before you arrive because it can be very hard to find place during the summer and during most other seasons also. We have put the places to stay in four categories. Probably the cheapest way to stay in Amsterdam is camping, but this obviously not for all. The