Amsterdam
Something to do
Somewhere to go when you want the afternoon to be about something. Gardens, animals, workshops, and a sauna that has been there longer than most of the city.
8 places in Amsterdam
OBA Oosterdok
Centrum
The central library: free, enormous, and the best desk in town.
Badhus Sauna - Noord
Noord
A sauna floating on the water at the Papaverhoek, with a Finnish sauna, two cold plunges and a terrace outside.
Knijn Bowling & Restaurant
Amsterdam-Zuid
Knijn Bowling is one of those Amsterdam classics where nothing ever has to be taken too seriously.
De Ceuvel
Noord
Old houseboats dragged onto poisoned ground, and now a small green village.
Museum Het Schip
Spaarndammerbuurt
A museum inside the strangest social housing block ever built.
Sauna Deco
Grachtengordel
An art deco sauna behind a canal house door, with an interior salvaged from Paris.
Artis
Plantage
A zoo from 1838 that half the city treats as a park.
Durgerdam
Waterland
A village on a dike, twenty minutes from Centraal by bike and three centuries away.