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Top 12 of Best Day Trips from Amsterdam

Distances are short in Holland. You can explore all interesting places below easily on a day trip by public transport or car.


old city

haarlem

Haarlem

history, Saint Bavo Church, Frans Hals Museum, shops and parks

cheese + historic city

alkmaar

Alkmaar Cheese Market

where cheeses are carried by porters in traditional dress, and weighed and inspected as in the old days

flowers

keukenhof from end-March to mid-May

Keukenhof Gardens   Lisse

the most popular place in Holland to see tulips bloom

historic city

leiden

City of Leiden

a typical university city with history, museums and canals

open-air museum

zuiderzeemuseum

Zuiderzeemuseum   Enkhuizen

an open air exhibition of Dutch art, design and cultural legacy at the interface of land and water from the present and the past

old windmills

windmills

Zaanse Schans

a living museum, folks live and work as they did in the 17th and 18th centuries.

old ship

batavia

Batavia Yard    Lelystad

VOC ship Batavia from 1628, workshops and restaurant

auto europe

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flowers

aalsmeer only on working days

Aalsmeer Flower Auction

world marketplace for flowers and plants

medieval castle

muiderslot

Muiderslot Castle

beautiful castle from the 13th-century

historic town

old town

Monnickendam 

An important port in earlier centuries, not far from Amsterdam. It has a picturesque, small town centre with 17th-century weigh house, bell house from 1591, 14th-century church and synagogue from 1894.

line of defence

stelling

Stelling van Amsterdam

a 135 km fortress stretch around Amsterdam

old fishing village

marken

Marken

old fishing village with wooden houses

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