• The Poolbar - Poolbar Amsterdam – A Genuine Dutch Borrel Experience
  Start your journey at a charming local café with a classic borrel: enjoy a sip of local draft beer, a taste of jenever (Dutch juniper spirit), and freshly prepared bitterballen.

Meet your guide, engage in the vintage Dutch game sjoelen, and learn your first Dutch word: gezellig.

Challenge: Say “echt gezellig” and truly mean it.

• Herring Stall Jonk - Fishmonger Visit – Experience Herring Like a Local

Visit a family-owned fish shop and savor Hollandse Nieuwe, the raw herring that powered Dutch trade.

Learn the correct technique and the intriguing history behind it.

Challenge: Eat it with onions, head tilted back like a local.

• Cheese & More Flower Market - Henri Willig Cheese – The Ultimate Gouda Challenge
  Discover the process of Dutch cheese-making—from cow to cellar.

Blind-taste 10 different cheeses (young, aged, spicy, and more) and try to identify each one.

Challenge: Pronounce “Gouda” like a native and win the quiz.

• Flower Market - Floating Flower Market – Tulips, Trade & Tourist Myths
  Wander through the world’s only floating flower market and learn how tulips once sparked the world’s first financial bubble.

Discover why the Dutch continue to celebrate flowers—not just for their beauty, but as a symbol of global trade, wealth, and identity.

Your guide will also debunk a few myths (hint: real locals don’t buy tulip bulbs here).

Challenge: Guess the true origin of tulips…

• Duke Of Tokyo - Amsterdam’s Gay District – Pride, Progress & the Rainbow Trail
  Explore the historic heart of Amsterdam’s LGBTQ+ scene—where quiet progress led to a global milestone: legal same-sex marriage in 2001.

Learn how the Dutch combine activism with pragmatism, and how this neighborhood became a symbol of inclusion.

Challenge: Spot a particularly striking artwork…

• Dampkring Coffeeshop - Outside Dampkring – Brad Pitt, Cannabis & Dutch Tolerance
  Outside the renowned Dampkring coffeeshop—where Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and Matt Damon once visited—you’ll explore gedogen, the Dutch policy of tolerating what technically isn’t legal.

No, there’s no entry or cannabis use—but this stop reveals how the Dutch handle contradictions with calm and common sense.

Challenge: Guess what’s actually legal (spoiler: not the weed).

• Canals of Amsterdam - UNESCO Canals – A Quiz with a View
  Pause along Amsterdam’s iconic 17th-century canals—now a UNESCO World Heritage site—and learn how water shaped the city’s wealth, identity, and chaos.

Your guide will challenge you with playful questions: How many bikes fall in? How many bridges? How many drunk swimmers?

Challenge: Get the answers right, win a Dutch cookie. Bragging rights included.

• Hans Egstorf - Stroopwafel Finale – A 200-Year-Old Delight
  Conclude your adventure on a sweet note at Amsterdam’s oldest bakery. Watch how traditional stroopwafels—thin waffle cookies filled with warm syrup—are crafted the old-fashioned way.

Learn the proper way to enjoy them (hint: it involves your coffee cup), and taste one fresh off the iron.

Challenge: Get it warm and gooey without cracking it.

• 10 flavors cheese tasting
• 7 interactive challenges blending food, history, and local traditions
• Personal attention small group experience (max 15 guests)
• Tastings including herring, cheese, fries, pepernoten, tompouce, stroopwafel & more
• Welcome draft beer and local spirit Jenever
• Our insider food tips to experience Amsterdam like a local
• Expert local guide with deep knowledge of Dutch culture & history

• Want to leave a tip? Gratuities are much appreciated by Cash, Venmo or PayPal!
• Note: Canal boat tour not included. Your guide can recommend one after the tour.

Think you can become Dutch in 7 challenges?
Eat herring like a local, toast jenever without your hands, decode canal houses, survive a Dutch birthday, and learn what gezellig really means. This isn’t a dry history tour or a heavy food crawl — it’s a fast-paced, story-filled cultural adventure led by a local expert who brings Amsterdam to life through laughter, tastings, and the Dutch quirks no guidebook explains.

You’ll leave with a deeper connection to the city, a belly full of bites, and a few stories your friends won’t believe.

• We walk 1.2 mile or 2km: Not recommended for servere mobility issues

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