Amsterdam History: FreeDam Tours Experience
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Amsterdam

Discover the fascinating history of Amsterdam on a unique tip-based walking tour with FreeDam Tours. Explore the city’s freedom and tolerance, and challenge your preconceived ideas about Amsterdam!

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Beurs van Berlage - In front of the stock- and commodities exchange buildings, built where the Amtel river used to flow, we discuss the origins of Amsterdam and how water and finance influenced the city.
What's Included
  • Unique souvenir to remember your trip
  • Complimentary snacks
  • Super local guides with restaurant recommendations
  • Guides use visuals like pictures, paintings, and maps to enhance the historical experience
Additional Information

Explore the captivating history of the world’s most liberal city with FreeDam Tours. This exceptional tip-based* sightseeing and storytelling tour reveals how freedom and tolerance have influenced the city and its inhabitants over the centuries.
Your highly knowledgeable local guide will blend stunning sightseeing with engaging storytelling. Through the…

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Location
Freedam Tours
Beursplein
We meet IN FRONT of the stock exchange on Beurplein 5. The guides will be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the start of the tour, holding a yellow umbrella. You can also find directions by looking for FreeDam Tours on Google Maps. !!ATTENTION!! It does NOT start on the nearby Dam square!
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Thomas
Jul 29, 2025
Best Tour with the best Guide - Raymond is an excellent Tourist guide. His knowledge is awesome. The stories he is telling are amazing. I learned a lot from him and his narrations.
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784lexar
Jul 23, 2025
- It was a very interesting Tour where we learned a lot about Amsterdam. Our Guide was very nice and funny. We also got lots of recommendations for restaurants and local sights as well as a postcard and free stroopwaffles. We would definitely recommend this tour. The 2,5 hours went by in the blink of an eye. It is definitely a must-do if you visit Amsterdam.
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Grace_g
Jul 22, 2025
Great introductory tour - Our guide, Surgio, was great. He was so passionate to show us around, very knowledgeable about the city history, geography and culture. I learned a lot about Amsterdam from him through this tour. His recommended places for eating also led us to tasting several great Dutch specialties like herring, kibbeling and stoopwafels. I like the trip very much though in the rain!
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Anne_d
Jul 22, 2025
This tour was a great way to get to know Amsterdam. - This was a faboulous tour; lots of history and interesting stories to go with each location we were taken to. The tour took a bit more than two hours, but that was okay as there were no dull moments, and we covered a lot of ground. A walking tour is a great way to get a deeper appreciation of a city/holiday location, and this tour ticked all the boxes.
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Traveler44810371783
Jun 22, 2025
Perfect intro to the city (and perfect "jet lag day" activity, too) - David was made for this job - literally. He's born and raised in Amsterdam and then studied its art, culture and history and storytelling in school. His personality and humor were key as we were dragging along 3 kids (18, 15 & 12) who desperately wanted to just go to sleep having just arrived from Philly that morning. He gave us our bearings and provided frank explanations about Amsterdam's famous practicality and tolerance.
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Maddiesimons
May 14, 2025
Aris is awesome! - Aris gave an amazing tour! He was extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic about his home city. He also gave us a helpful list of places to go after the tour.
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T3373bjdanielr
Mar 4, 2025
Great tour - The tour is great, lots of information and very friendly guide. Only negative point is that the amount paid here to reserve the tour does not go to the actual tour guide, it's all for Trip Advisor, so keep that in mind when thinking about how much you're tipping the guide at the end. In can also reserve directly with the tour guides without paying the booking fee :)
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Kate_m
Nov 26, 2024
Brilliant walking tour - Fabulous walking tour with Karl who was enthusiastic and Knowledgeable about all things Amsterdam! Showing us historical sites, explaining culture, food in an engaging way Highly recommend !
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Michele
Apr 30, 2025
Long comments - Charming guide and seeming to master his explanations but who spoke far too fast for my basic English. Lots of talk and too few places discovered in our opinion Didn't really appreciate it.
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Nicola_c
Nov 19, 2024
Terrible - I would not recommend this walking tour. We saw very little of Amsterdam and certainly not the interesting sights that I expected. Instead we were given the political and cultural views of the guide. While I don't disagree with her on most matters, I wanted to see something of Amsterdam and not get a lecture. Very disappointing.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).