Amsterdam Secrets: Urban Culture Exploration

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Embark on a 2-hour walking tour of Amsterdam’s alternative culture, exploring its urban secrets and vibrant local scene. Discover the city’s rich history and contemporary culture while visiting iconic landmarks and unique venues. Join us for an authentic Amsterdam experience filled with stories, culture, and local insights!

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Begijnhof - Discover the history of the 14th-century nuns who resided here, their significance to Amsterdam, and trace their journey from France to the Netherlands.
Royal Palace Amsterdam - Explore the renowned royal palace at Dam Square, understand its fame, and learn about the activities inside. You might even catch a glimpse of the King…

What's Included

Expert local guide
Visits to cool spots during summer
Complimentary snacks on 3-hour tours
Exploration of warm locations in winter
Intimate small-group walking experience

What's Not Included

Food and snacks (2 hour tour)
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Personal purchases or souvenirs
Hotel pickup and drop-off
Gratuities

Additional Information

This excursion is distinctively different, far from your average city tour! We’re going to delve into the hidden, urban aspects that Amsterdam is famous for, and we’re not talking about cheese or canals!
Join us on this 2-hour stroll around Amsterdam, as we discover the alternative side of the city with a local guide. Dive into the unconventional…

Location

Dam 6

Dam

The doors facing swarovski, on the corner of H&M

Cancellation Policy

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

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460kirstiw

Mar 11, 2024

Be sure to book - Our guide was great; very eloquent and funny. The tour was very well planned and entertaining and despite multiple visits to Amsterdam, we were able to discover a lot of new things

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Jkd2000

May 23, 2023

Great tour on the drug culture Amsterdams - We had a coffeeshop tour with Eric on Remembrance day. Eric is an outgoing & energetic tour guide whose passion for the "dark" side of Amsterdam could be felt. The tour is a great addition getting to know the intentions behind legalizing cannabis and prostitution in the city. A stroll through the city will lead you to some great coffeeshops and there's given enough time to buy and smoke something while enjoying the city. Even having a packed day it was a great ending. If your intrested in marihuana or just want to know more about the drug culture of the city I would totally recommend participating in this tour.

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Ana

May 22, 2023

tour review - The tour was an amazingly pleasant experience in that it was very interactive, which made it so much fun and gave it a more cozy ambiance, and informative. I found out things I would have never thought of before and got to see Amsterdam from a whole different perspective. I loved it!!

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Jill_d

Sep 14, 2022

Fun happens ! - Great tour. Well planned and a lot of fun! Totally worth the effort just go and you’ll forget you are even on a tour :)

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Massimiliano

Jun 10, 2024

Excellent guide Ruggiero - The guide was very helpful in accompanying me on this experience, the conversation and sharing of this peculiar aspect of Amsterdam culture was very pleasant. The only flaw was that the meeting point was not specified correctly via email, I was elsewhere, and I delayed the appointment a bit, via WhatsApp I asked where the guide I was waiting for was and I was given a different address where he was.

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878pfg

Sep 8, 2024

NOT worth what it costs - Not one more tour with Viator or Orangeumbrella. We hire the extended 3-hour tour (additional visits and tasting included), with Guide in Spanish. The tour started late because the Guide could NOT speak Spanish, and after much discussion a partner came as a translator, which made the tour very uncomfortable as the Guide talked a lot and in the end the partner only translated half of what the Guide said. In addition, the tour we were given was the 2 hour tour (when the contracted one was the 3 hour tour), with reduced visits since in addition to starting late, the Guide left before the hour to attend to another tour. Still we were almost relieved that we didn’t have to endure that nightmare of touring anymore, despite having paid a bonus. They take advantage of the fact that you pay in advance to give you minimal and poor quality services. I can NOT recommend this tour to anyone, there are many more companies that offer tours in Amsterdam and sure with better services, my advice is to look in another company if you want to enjoy Amsterdam and not have a hard time.

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655jensg

Jun 20, 2022

Cant really recommend the ganja tour - We did the tour with luka and although he was a really really nice enthusiastic guy, it seemed that he doesn’t really know what this tour (we did the ganja tour) should be about. We started in a bar, where we sat around for a while, some people ordered a beer or something and we sat and waited. Then Luka told a few stories, which were quite funny, but the bar was too noisy to really understand everything. Then each one got exactly one bitterballen as a snack, and then we left. We feel like ordering and paying was the main thing to do there. Then we went to a coffeeshop, which wasn’t special at all. We sat there for 20 minutes talking to some other people on the tour. Then Luka showed us some places in the city and told us stories (that was nice!). Afterwards we went to another coffeeshop. But as we didn’t want to buy anything, it was quite boring there and - again we were sitting around. We went outside and stood there for like another 20 minutes with other people from the group while luke was inside. Not sure what the plan was there. Then we walked a few minutes just to finish the tour. What we expected were maybe some more stories , especially about the coffee shops. He said they are all pretty much the same. We expected some fun parts (maybe a 5 minute workshop in rolling joints), but it was mostly sitting or standing around. We did many free walking tours around the world and even if it would have been free (it’s 29€ pp) I would only recommend this tour to people who are to shy to walk into a coffeeshop by themselves.

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Ines

Nov 22, 2024

Zero contact - Unfortunately missed... because my taxi got stuck in traffic I was 8 minutes late at the meeting point. No phone number, no one who contacted me and far and wide no indication of an Umbrella tour... It's a shame!

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Maria_f

Jun 13, 2023

This is NOT a FOOD tour at all!!!! - This was the most Misrepresented title for a tour!!! There is NO food. I was doing this this tour with my family. The tour guide showed up and said are you ready to get high. I said we are here for the food sampling tour. He said it was going to be about the history of cannabis in the Amsterdam culture. I asked if there was food, he said no there is no food and we would be going to coffee shop to smoke WEED and get high. They would NOT give a refund. I contacted Viator and they tried to contact this company with no answer.

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Lmh_williamsville

Apr 12, 2022

NO ONE SHOWED UP! - I booked the tour for April 11 at 1400—a few days before I was contacted by the company asking if I could come at 1900 instead. I told them no because I had a previous commitment and could only do the 2pm walking tour. A day or so later i received a confirmation email for my orig date and time. I arrived 45 min early —-no one ever showed up. I waited until 15-20 min past the start time. They owe me a FULL REFUND.

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