Explore Outside of Amsterdam
Explore Outside of Amsterdam – The City Break in Amsterdam is the perfect way to acquaint yourself with the UNESCO World Heritage Listed 17th century canal network, it’s museums and the Dutch culture. At Ormina Tours, we work with you to custom your private tours to include just what you want… here are some ideas for day trips outside the city that you could work into your City Break, or include before or after your trip.
Bloemenstad, Harlem – The Flower City
Just 20km outside of Amsterdam, we regularly organise day trips to this beautiful city – known as the Flower City. It is distinguished by both its history as the centre of the tulip bulb district and its multiple museums, including the oldest in the Netherlands, the Teylers Museum.
Harlem
Delft
Take a train trip to this picturesque city just one hour outside Amsterdam’s cosmopolitan bustle. Delft is world-renowned for its ceramics and as the historical seat of the royal House of Orange. The city counts the painter Johannes Vermeer, whose work is liberally populated with images of Delftian streets and homes, and the scientist Antony Leeuwenhoek among its notable former residents, and both are buried there in the ‘Oude Kerk’ (Old Church).
The Hague
Not to be neglected, The Hague is reachable by train just one hour from Amsterdam. Its storied streets and buildings have hosted the governing body of the Netherlands since 1588, despite multiple wars and fluctuating borders, and the United Nations houses its International Court of Justice in the Peace Palace here. The city is also the site of the Maurithuis art museum, where other treasures of the Dutch Golden Age are exhibited.
Zaanse Schans
Included in our Amsterdam City Break, this day trip is not to be missed. A neighbourhood comprising a collection of well-preserved historic windmills and houses built in the typical Dutch wooden architectural style. The contributions and output from the region was considered significant during the Industrial Revolution. As part of the City Break, Ormina Tours also provides entry into the Zaans Museum.
Zaanse Schans
Kröller Muller
The Kröller-Müller Museum is Vincent van Gogh’s second home. With almost 90 paintings and over 180 drawings, the museum has the second-largest collection of Van Gogh works in the world. Located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands. the museum was founded by art collector Helene Kröller-Müller and opened in 1938.
