Amsterdam

Outdoors

Outside. Grass, trees, and the specific Dutch talent for treating the first warm day of the year as a public holiday.

6 places in Amsterdam

Plantage

Six thousand plant species behind a wall, ten minutes from the busiest square in town.

Nieuw-West

A forest three times the size of the Vondelpark, dug by hand in the thirties.

Watergraafsmeer

An eighteenth century country house with its garden still attached, inside the ring road.

Oost

The Vondelpark's older, quieter, more interesting cousin.

De Pijp

A small park with a waterfall, wedged between the houses of De Pijp.

Oud-Zuid

The most obvious place in the city, at the one hour it belongs to residents.