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Magazine: National Geographic
Topic: Article about the activities around Amterdam’s 750th anniversary celebration, including a shout out to Badass Tours
June 20, 2025
Podcast: History of the Netherlands
Topic: Interview about the LGBTQ+ history of the Netherlands
June 18, 2025
Magazine: The #Experientialist® by OutThere
Topic: Article about Badass Tours, including interviews with Badass Tours guides
June 17, 2025
Radio: Taboe Media (Red Light Jazz Festival)
Topic: Interview about the Daring Women Walk and women’s history
June 6, 2025
Magazine: Quiiky Magazine
Topic: Article by Elyzabeth Gorman about one of her heroes in Amsterdam’s queer history
Spring/Summer 2025
Video Interview: AT5 (in English) & News Article (in Dutch)
Topic: Badass Tours’ origin, themes and mission
March 30, 2025
Magazine: OneWorld (in Dutch)
Topic: Badass Tours’ origin, themes and mission
July 29, 2024
Blog: Maximizing Luxury Travel
Topic: Badass Tours’ origin, themes and mission
March 9, 2024
Podcast: The Atlas Obscura Podcast
Topic: Bet van Beeren’s influence on Amsterdam’s LGBTQ+ community, and on Badass Tours
November 13, 2023
Newspaper: Het Parool (in Dutch)
Topic: Jewish Museum Pride Storytelling announcement
August 4, 2023
KLM In-flight Magazine: Holland Herald (page 21)
Topic: Badass Tours’ guided tours and DIY tour
June 2023
Magazine: Tourythm (page 7)
Topic: Badass Tours’ origins and values
June 1, 2023
Podcast: AmsterDames: Inspiring Women in the Netherlands … An English Feminist Podcast in Amsterdam
Topic: Badass Tours’ themes and mission
May 29, 2023
Storytelling Performance: Pakhuis de Zwijger’s FemTopia 2023 Program
Topic: Hidden historical female and queer badasses from Amsterdam
March 8, 2023
Radio: Broadcast Amsterdam’s Dam Daily
Topic: Badass Amsterdam DIY Tour
February 20, 2023
Blog: Amsterdamian
Topic: Badass Tours’ founder Elyzabeth Gorman and storytelling on tours
February 13, 2023
Blog: The Social Hub
Topic: LGBTQ+ History Tour
July 29, 2022
Eurostar Magazine: Metropolitan Magazine (in English & Dutch)
Topic: Badass women from Amsterdam’s history, as told by Elyzabeth Gorman
March 2020
Magazine: Stylist
Topic: LGBTQ+ History Tour
2020
Magazine: Stylist
Topic: Women’s History Tour
2019
Blog: Amsterdamian
Topic: Women’s History Tour
September 24, 2018
Private Museum Tour
From monarchs to starlets and from firebrands to craftsmen, you can chart Amsterdam’s history through its most precious stone. Explore this unique city through its diamond connections, including a tour of the Gassan Diamond Factory.
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.