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A blog about (hidden) Amsterdam
A blog about (hidden) Amsterdam
At Badass Tours, one of our core missions is to empower people. We want everyone who’s been pushed to the side to feel seen and heard—both in history and in the present. That’s why we’ve developed two unique ways to explore Amsterdam independently: Self-Guided Walking Tours and Self-Curated content.
This approach provides you with everything you need to explore the city at your own pace, while also giving you the freedom to shape your journey. With a self-guided tour, you’ll follow a structured route with clear instructions, detailed maps, and audio or text guides. The self-curated aspect allows you to choose specific themes or stories that resonate with you at each stop, ensuring a meaningful and personalized experience.
Whether you’re a solo traveler, with a family, a history enthusiast, or simply someone who prefers flexibility, this combination ensures a unique and accessible way to uncover Amsterdam’s hidden histories.
A self-guided tour equips you with everything you need to navigate Amsterdam independently. You’ll receive:
The self-curated element takes the experience further. At each stop, you have the option to choose a theme that speaks to you while on the self-guided tour. Whether you want to focus on women’s history, black, indigenous, and people of color contributions, LGBTQ+ resilience, or Jewish heritage, you’re in control. This layered experience ensures your exploration aligns with your passions, offering depth beyond the standard tour experience.
By combining these two approaches, we’ve created an experience that’s both flexible and enriching:
This balance ensures you get the best of both worlds—a well-planned path with the ability to choose the stories you engage with.
Follow the Route: Start with our pre-mapped self-guided route that takes you through Amsterdam’s historic neighborhoods, iconic sites, and hidden gems.
Choose Your Focus: At each stop, select a story that aligns with your interests.
For example:
Take your time at each location, stop for a coffee, or double back to revisit a story you loved—this tour is designed to work at your pace.
Amsterdam is a city with layers of history, culture, and resilience waiting to be uncovered. By combining self-guided navigation with self-curated storytelling, we’ve created a one-of-a-kind way for you to explore the city at your own pace while connecting with its stories in a deeply personal way.
Ready to craft your journey? Discover the stories of Amsterdam’s women, LGBTQ+ pioneers, Black, Indonesian, people of color, and Jewish heritage through our self-guided and self-curated walking tours today. If you would prefer a customized guided tour experience, you can also reach out to us.
For more information and to start your journey, check out our self-guided tour or click here to explore all of our tours.
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Self-Guided Digital Tour
Use your phone to explore Amsterdam! This self-guided tour uses audio, images, maps, and text to introduce you to the women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and Jewish people who made Amsterdam what it is.
Private Walking Tour
Get a personalized tour that covers the interests you’re curious about and the neighborhoods you want to see. Choose pick-up/drop-off locations, any combination of our hidden history topics, and themes such as artists, politicians, and rebels.
Private Museum Tour
See the highlights and hidden icons of Amsterdam’s world-renowned Rijksmuseum in a private guided tour that explores who creates art and what stories it’s used to tell. And don’t worry about museum tickets. We’ve got you covered.
Small-Group Walking Tour
The women who shaped Amsterdam are more complex than traditional tours would have you believe. Go to Amsterdam’s historic sites to hear stories of women who fought, wrote, calculated and led through the city’s chaotic and complicated past.
Small-Group Walking Tour
In 1593, Jewish Amsterdammers began building a community in the relative safety of the city that transformed both the Netherlands and the world. Learn about these creative, compassionate, and challenging mavericks and their impact.
Small-Group Walking Tour
The world’s first gay marriage was officiated by the Mayor of Amsterdam at its City Hall. But did you know that the city’s LGBTQ+ history stretches centuries? Meet historical Amsterdammers across the gender spectrum and sexual orientations.
Small-Group Walking Tour
This historical tour through the busy Jewish quarter and residential Plantage neighborhood offers a selection of stories from BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Jewish and women’s history. It’s the perfect way to get an alternative view of Amsterdam.