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Your interests, your pace, your way: Amsterdam stories tailored to fit you
Elyzabeth with Badass Tours was exactly what anyone needs. I booked a private tour with her, and she was so knowledgeable, easy-going, had thought-provoking discussions, and overall, made my experience one of the best. I highly recommend her for any tour she offers.
There are so many amazing BIPOC, female, Jewish and LGBTQ+ Amsterdammers that we have to choose what to focus on for each tour. On our personalized private tour of Amsterdam, we let you do the choosing. Maybe you’re interested in Jewish history while your daughter is into sports and your son is into art. Or maybe you have three hours between the Van Gogh Museum and the Anne Frank House, and you want stories of BIPOC artists and Amsterdam’s Jewish community. Whatever type of Amsterdam hidden history you want to hear, we’ll build a great route for you in central Amsterdam.
There are so many amazing BIPOC, female, Jewish and LGBTQ+ Amsterdammers that we have to choose what to focus on for each tour. On our personalized private tour of Amsterdam, we let you do the choosing. Maybe you’re interested in Jewish history while your daughter is into sports and your son is into art. Or maybe you have three hours between the Van Gogh Museum and the Anne Frank House, and you want stories of BIPOC artists and Amsterdam’s Jewish community. Whatever type of Amsterdam hidden history you want to hear, we’ll build a great route for you in central Amsterdam.
* Have a larger group? Want more than 4 hours? Prefer a boat, or other adaptations? Contact us!
Why is the area around the Damrak full of historical markers for printers? How did the Jewish community use printing to make bridges? And what did Amsterdam presses do to help a transgender spy fight the French King and scandalize Georgian London?
Why is the area around the Damrak full of historical markers for printers? How did the Jewish community use printing to make bridges? And what did Amsterdam presses do to help a transgender spy fight the French King and scandalize Georgian London?
We hear you.
Your tour can be up to 4 hours with customized pick-up and drop-off locations.
Wear good walking shoes!
Tours go rain or shine, so dress for the weather!
(But if looks too dicey, we’ll contact you in advance.)
Our customized tours feature stories and locations that aren’t on our other tours. Preparing these and crafting a new route involve a significant investment of time. As such, €100 of the cost is not refundable.
Small-Group Walking Tour
This Amsterdam historical tour through the busy Jewish quarter and residential Plantage neighborhood offers a selection of Amsterdam stories from BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Jewish and women’s history. It’s the perfect way to get an alternative view of Amsterdam.
Digital Tour
Use your phone to explore Amsterdam’s Historical Center! This self-guided tour experience uses audio, images, maps, and text to introduce you to the women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and Jewish people who made Amsterdam what it is.
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
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.