Which of the tourist attractions in Amsterdam should even a local Amsterdammer experience, and which ones are underwhelming?

Amsterdam has always been a hotspot for cannabis tourism, drawing visitors from around the world to its famous coffee shops ...

Amsterdam is taking a step closer to saying good riddance to wild bachelor parties and rowdy tourists. The popular destination is launching a new campaign this spring aimed at curbing tourism-induced ...

At 11am on a Wednesday morning in Amsterdam’s Oudezijds Voorburgwal, the beer is already flowing. The weather in the heart of the city’s Red Light District is chilly and overcast, but that hasn’t ...

Amsterdam’s scenic Prinsengracht (the Prince’s Canal in Dutch) buzzes with tourists, traffic, and a massive construction project. Cranes and equipment tower over a historic building that served as the ...

On a recent chilly, drizzly afternoon in Amsterdam’s city center, a steady stream of patrons venture out of the rain and into a narrow 17th-century building on the Haarlemmerdijk, a popular shopping ...

Amsterdam’s well-known tolerance of recreational drugs and sex has long attracted tourists in search of the seedier side to the city of canals and cycle paths. But when border closures and lockdowns ...

Amsterdam wants to move a cruise liner terminal out of the heart of the historic capital city as the latest step in its ongoing battle against pollution and hordes of tourists clogging its narrow, ...

When COVID-19 hit the Netherlands in 2020, Amsterdam emptied of visitors overnight. Long-term residents, inured to the permanent noise and litter and tourists peeing in the streets, welcomed the ...

Government officials in The Netherlands revealed that the new tourist tax increase scheduled to take effect next year in Amsterdam would make the city’s fee the highest in Europe. According to Dutch ...