The City Code · Netherlands
Amsterdam
Small, civil and far more refined than its reputation.
Arriving
The train from Schiphol is fifteen minutes to Centraal. Cars are slow in the canal ring by design.
Book this first
Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh timed tickets, and any canal-house table worth the trip.
What is worn
Understated. Cycling clothes are ordinary clothes here.
Money & manners
Rounding up is normal; many places are card-only.
The golden hour
Nine in the evening in June, when the canal water goes completely still.
The usual mistake
Staying near the station. The Jordaan and the Southern Canal Belt are ten minutes away and a different city.
From the collection
The stay, the table, the morning
Go deeper
The rest of Amsterdam on Velori
Elsewhere
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