13 day trips to Amsterdam

Are you in Amsterdam and want to explore the area? Here are the 13 day trips from Amsterdam that we recommend!

When we evoke Amsterdam, multiple images come to mind. The city has several facets: romantic, cultural, sulphurous... The Dutch capital is typically the place that can suit everyone!

Nevertheless, the vast majority of travellers do not come out of the city. Yet, the region offers beautiful discoveries, especially in the region of Holland.

Here are the 13 day trips from Amsterdam that we selected for you!

1. Zaanse Schans

Zaanse Schans is the suburb of the capital, almost too much to consider it as a trip from Amsterdam. Yet this village is in years light of what Amsterdam can offer us. Zaanse Schans is known for its mills, which can be admired through a boat cruise.

The Musée de l’Horlogerie is intended for lovers of beautiful clocks. The majority dates from the 16th to the 19th centuries. It is also possible to visit some mills.

2. Marken and Volendam

If these two villages are often visited together, it is because they are connected by a ferry in half an hour. They are also two complementary villages. Volendam , it is a friendly seaside town famous for its Cheese Factory.

Located on an island, Marken is wilder. We discover beautiful colorful wood houses. A disappointing place for its lighthouse located at the end. This trip from Amsterdam is a good bowl of fresh air!

3. Keukenhof

With the windmills, the tulip fields represent the Netherlands in the popular imagination. It is in Keukenhof that we find the largest fields in the country. Tulips with loss of views, of all colors, which delights both the little ones and the great ones.

Season requires, the park is only open a few months in the year, usually from March to May. It is indeed at this time that the tulips bloom. A wonderful show for what is one of the most famous excursions to the day from Amsterdam.

4. Utrecht

Utrecht is undoubtedly one of the most popular day trips from Amsterdam. It must be said that the fourth city of the country has many advantages. Student city, Utrecht is animated and it is easy to stroll along the docks.

Cultural city, Utrecht also hosts many museums. The most famous of them is the Metro Museum, which retraces the history of the Dutch metro, one of the oldest in the world.

A city of architecture, you can enjoy the walk in the city centre, dominated by its immense Domtoren. Finally, those who have time will not miss the De Haar Castle, located outside the city.

5. Delft

Walking through the streets, Delft recalls astonishing Amsterdam. Yet it is a trip from Amsterdam that we offer! Known for its university, Delft is a beautiful small town where intermingled canals, traditional houses and monumental architecture.

Delft is inseparable from the painter Vermeer and houses the largest museum dedicated to him. Also the new church, located in the Grand Place, houses the cellar of the Orange-Nassau family, which still reigns on the throne of the Netherlands. At the turn of a walk in the friendly city centre, the botanical garden opens under our eyes. A nice moment to escape.

6. The Hague

Political and judicial office, The Hague is the “other” capital of the Netherlands. It is a charming city, in the atmosphere of a large village and in timeless charm. A walk in the city centre allows us to discover the Binnenhof, buildings dedicated to Dutch power.

Also, The Hague is the city of museums and one stops in front of the city museum, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. This day trip from Amsterdam also allows you to travel all over the country to Madurodam, an amusement park that reproduces in miniature the typical houses of the Netherlands. Finally, in the summer, if the weather allows, you can relax at the beach!

7. Gouda

Cheese lovers will be angels! This village has indeed given its name to the famous round cheese. Every Thursday, a gigantic cheese market takes place in the church square, an almost unique event in the world and at least once in its life.

Gouda is even entitled to his cheese museum! But this excursion from Amsterdam also offers a beautiful walk in the old city which is a quiet and relaxing place, also very close to several large cities.

8. Rotterdam

It is generally known that a large international port does not always shelter a pleasant city. Between industrial smoke and large oil tankers, it is not very attractive. Nevertheless, Rotterdam presents some originalities that are worth the detour.

First of all, these cubic houses that date back to the 1970s. Then the Euromast tower and its panoramic restaurant. Finally, you can take a nice walk and the atmosphere is relaxing.

9. Kinderdijk

Filed in Unesco World Heritage, Kinderdijk represents the image of Épinal des Pays-Bas: mills with a loss of sight. Of course, modern times have made these buildings less used than before. But of course, they keep all their charm.

Moreover, in Kinderdijk, everything turns around the mills (game of easy words!) and there is even a museum dedicated to the history of the village. It is possible to pass from mill to boat. A relaxing and unique moment for this superb day trip from Amsterdam.

10. Giethoorn

If you like wood, this trip from Amsterdam is made for you. Giethoorn is an idyllic walk as in a fairy tale with its houses with wooden roofs and countless wooden bridges. We appreciate it better in a boat and it is not for nothing that we surname the village “The Venice of the Netherlands”.

This nickname is not usurped because there is no car circulating! Giethoorn is a real time of escape, one of these famous old towns like the Netherlands knows how to do it!

11. Baerle-Nassau / Baerle-Duc

Get us to Netherlands or in Belgium? Both at the same time! Located south of the country, this village with two names is the most unusual excursion from Amsterdam. Indeed, no less than thirty enclaves mark the territory of the two communes!

A situation from history, one passes from the Netherlands to Belgium by crossing a street, between the tables of a restaurant or even inside a store! A curiosity worth the detour and attracts the world.

12. Brussels

With his Grand Place, his Manneken Pis and its pretty streets in the Flemish, the capital of Belgium is no longer present. Located two hours by train, this is a classic day trip from Amsterdam.

Yet geographically close, Brussels and Amsterdam are two very different cities. In Brussels, there is another atmosphere and architecture, as well as other activities. A total disbursement and a nice little escape!

13. Bruges

If the Venice of the North may seem remote for a trip from Amsterdam, it remains a must. It is indeed one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. We love his main square, the Markt, dominated for his belfry. His Flemish architectural style is admired throughout the alleys of the old town.

Bruges is also the most beautiful crushing of Belgium , located near the canals. These famous canals, precisely, that give all their charm to the city and that you can browse by boat. In Bruges, at the turn of a coffee or a waffle break, the day passes at all speeds and you only want to come back!