In March me and my house mate went on a short trip to Amsterdam, I bought him the flights for Christmas and decided to only go for 2 nights, meaning we actually only got to spend one full day there and which meant I didn't have to take any holiday at work (cheeky) - we stayed in an Air BnB apartment which turned out to be perfect, it was small but was really great for us.
In the time we were there we managed to fit in quite a few things so heres a few that I definitely recommend.
ONE - Visit the sex museum, best thing about going here was that my house mate was so into all the photographs and exhibits, and I was just there like laughing at everything. It's a good crack to be fair!
TWO - Take a walk down Damrak Road, this is the road where the sex museum is and you will come across some cute cafe shops, and walk all the way to the monument and there are shops you can go in and a big square, theres always loads of birds and if you have food they will literally come and sit on you. When you walk down there is usually little stalls on the way selling things, and ice cream/desert shops.
THREE - Go to Hennekes Boom, its a super cool spot where they have a cafe/bar on the canal front. It was nice and busy on a Monday night even, and we were able to sit outside by the water with huge glasses of beer and nachos for a snack and an amazing view of NEMO Science Museum at night. Then we went inside when it was later, and it was a lovely warm atmosphere!
FOUR - Take a walk up the canals opposite Damrak, there are loads of bars and cafes where you can sit on the canal side, there are also loads of places for you to be able to sit on the walls of the canal which if it is nice weather is really nice and usually quite busy!
FIVE - We went out clubbing the one night, my house mate is Gay and he wanted to check out a well known bar called Pub Soho, he dragged me all the way there for it to be CLOSED! Luckily there was a few good spots opposite that were open and looked busy, we went to a little cafe/bar which I can't remember what it was called, purely because we only went there to feed my belly before we moved on over to Taboo a bar next door - it was small but it was a great atmosphere, it was busy even for a Tuesday night, and everyone was friendly we ended up making a couple friends who then told us to come to another club with them. I believe it was Club NYX, although by this time I was drunk enough to get into a dance off with random people on the dance floor so it could've been called something else, but it is a couple doors down and opposite side from the taboo bar so can't be hard to find. Really good pubs, with great people and not too bad for prices either!
SIX - One thing we didn't do but we really wanted to do, was rent a bike while we were there. Everyone gets around on bikes, theres even car parks especially for bikes! As well as a roads/underpasses for bikes too! It's pretty cool, but we just didn't have time. There was also options to go on little canal boat tours, which also looked good and wasn't too expensive but again we didn't have enough time!
You defiantly need more time than we had in Amsterdam, while it is a city holiday essentially it's so chilled and a cool atmosphere. Very different vibes to London and Birmingham!
Overall, Amsterdam was a massive shout!
