http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14150 www.newamsterdamtours.com. It's free, so great if you're on a budget, and even if you're not the guides are great and you'll learn tonnes and have a good walk at the same time! They do a bunch of other European cities too, including Paris.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14150 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14103
You have time for breakfast in a local bar before the tour. Your visit goes through the stainless steel fermentation tanks to the top of the building, where you'll discover the best view of Amsterdam, and ends in the hospitality lounge.

Prove it’s your birthday and you are presented with a Delft tankard!! Afterwards, stroll to the Albert Cuypstraat market, enjoy the street-life and pick up supplies for a picnic lunch in Sarphatipark.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/14103 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13999 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/13999 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4482 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4482 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4436
Our guide, the irrepressible and engaging Egg, was incredibly learned on the city's history and liberal sex and drugs laws. All of which he assured us he'd researched in depth purely for our benefit. An excellent introduction to the city that makes you understand what Amsterdam is all about. Oh, and there's a free beer token in it too ... what more could you possibly want?]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4436 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1172 Glide.cc offers tours through Amsterdam on Segways - those futuristic, two-wheeled, self-balancing vehicles. You ride through the city for a couple of hours, see the interesting sites with a narrated tour, and are hardly tired at all at the end! Plus, people often want to take your picture when they see what you are gliding around on! A great way to see a lot of Amsterdam with little effort.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/1172 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4422
Touristy and tacky, but a great way of spending four-and-a-half hours (especially if it's raining - which it was). The guide talks in English and Spanish, and it's a great way of learning about the area's history and geography without spending hours with your nose in a guidebook.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/4422