Amsterdam

Outdoors

Outside. Grass, trees, and the specific Dutch talent for treating the first warm day of the year as a public holiday.

6 places in Amsterdam

Plantage

Six thousand plant species behind a wall, ten minutes from the busiest square in town.

Oost

The Vondelpark's older, quieter, more interesting cousin.

De Pijp

A small park with a waterfall, wedged between the houses of De Pijp.

Watergraafsmeer

An eighteenth century country house with its garden still attached, inside the ring road.

Nieuw-West

A forest three times the size of the Vondelpark, dug by hand in the thirties.

Oud-Zuid

The most obvious place in the city, at the one hour it belongs to residents.