Amsterdam

Amsterdam
By Lisa ‘n’ Danielle
Getting There
• Amsterdam is in the west of Holland
• Fly from Glasgow airport to Schiphol Airport via Gatwick, which is approx. a 3hour 30 min journey.
• It is 15 km from the city centre.
• That’s a 15 minute drive
Climate
• Amsterdam has a mild, damp climate but the weather can be variable with temperature extremes even in summer.
• Spring and autumn especially, bring changeable, unsettled weather.
• In the winter months clear, frosty days are the normal, the coldest months being December to March. Rain is likely all year round.

Things To See
• Anne Frank’s house
• Albert Cuyp – A market
• Canal Tour
• Van Gough Museum
• Royal Palace
• Vondelpark

Excursions
• Amsterdam bike tour
• Visit the clog and cheese factories
• Keukenhof Gardens ( 280,000m2 of tulip fields
• Eastern Docklands tour
• Rotterdam – 45 km from Amsterdam
Food and Drink
• Cheese, bread and beer are common
• Smoked sausages
• Genever – Dutch Gin
• “Cannabis cafes” – although they are no permitted to sell more than 5g of cannabis
Shopping
• Magna Plaza – Indoor shopping Centre
• Albert Cuyp – Day Market
• P.C. Hooftstraat – Has designer shops
• Nieuwendijk – has 1 kilometre of shops