A blog about (hidden) Amsterdam
A blog about (hidden) Amsterdam
We always have a lot going on at Badass Tours. It’s sometimes hard to keep track of it all! Here’s a running list of the latest news. Sign up for our mailing list if you want an occasional email from us with these updates.
Light Up the Dark: An Amsterdam Light Festival Guided Walk
December 10, 2025 – January 17, 2026
To celebrate this history and art, we’re offering Light Up the Dark, a 90-minute Amsterdam walking tour. The tour will look at some of the light installations along the canals and stop for stories of courageous Amsterdammers whose actions continue to affect us today. We are offering the tour in English and in Dutch on alternate nights.
Erasmus+ Programme – EU Impact Travel
2025 – 2027
We’re officially approved! Beginning this fall, Badass Tours will work with EU partner organizations to build an educational model about researching and developing tours focused on women’s history. We’re excited to contribute our knowledge and expertise, and we can’t wait to learn about more incredible women in European history. Why not sign up for our Women’s History Tour and experience firsthand why we’re uniquely qualified for this project?
The project is scheduled to go through 2026 and be available live to the public in the first half of 2027. We’ll keep you updated as it develops!
Check out some more Blamsterdam! posts.
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.