Top Amsterdam Self-guided Tours

Go on an adventure in the city of your choice in the Netherlands with our Urban Escape Games. Walk around the city with your team (with family or friends) and let yourself be guided by the mobile application. Solve the puzzles and complete several missions. Take a good look at your surroundings to help you! Explore differently: your adventure starts now!

Instead of getting tied down to shared canal cruises or expensive private charters, take the helm with this handy boat rental. No license is needed, so you can glide along Amsterdam’s waterways in a way that works for you. With a map and route recommendations, set sail and explore the canals without sharing your space with strangers.

If you’re a puzzle or escape room fan, take your next quest to the streets of Almere with this city game, downloadable to your smartphone. You’ll solve assignments and hunt for clues on a route around Almere-Haven, puzzling out riddles on a route that takes around two hours. When you want to play is up to you; the game offers a flexible way to sightsee with a group of between two and six people.

The Museum Quarter is where Amsterdam keeps its masterpieces — and its less obvious stories. This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Amsterdam's cultural heart on foot, with phone-based riddles guiding you between landmarks at your own pace. No guide, no fixed start time. • Explore clues at the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Seven Country Houses — three stops spanning Amsterdam's artistic and architectural heritage • Start whenever you arrive, no booking slot required — take as long as you like with no time limit • Great for friend groups, families, and couples; observation tasks and photo challenges work for all ages Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app. Around 2 hours - any group size. The masterpieces are inside the museums — the trail finds the stories worth knowing outside them.

Discover Amsterdam Museum Quarter like never before with the Secrets of Amsterdam Museum Quarter City Game, a fun self-guided walking tour and city game packed with puzzles, riddles and hidden stories! This GPS-based exploration game lets you experience Amsterdam Museum Quarter while exploring famous spots such as the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum and the Vondelpark. Play solo for a personal challenge or together with friends, family or colleagues. During the game you solve tricky questions, puzzles, riddles and creative photo tasks to score points, unlock extra clues and solve the final mystery. Pause whenever you want and continue later at your own pace. Compete for a place on the leaderboard or play competitively for team building, making this scavenger hunt and walking tour through Amsterdam Museum Quarter perfect for every type of explorer.

The countryside of Holland is notoriously flat, so enjoy it with a rental bike and cycle your way around the verdant countryside. See the old fishing village of Volendam, and on your way spot windmills, farms and plenty of typical Dutch vistas. Cyle by the Gouwzee lake and take a dip if you fancy it, or continue on to the 800 year old town of Edam and its traditional cheese market.

Go on an adventure in the city of your choice in the Netherlands with our Urban Escape Games. Walk around the city with your team (with family or friends) and let yourself be guided by the mobile application. Solve the puzzles and complete several missions. Take a good look at your surroundings to help you! Explore differently: your adventure starts now!

Combine the in-depth information of a sightseeing tour with the freedom that comes with exploring independently on a self-guided Amsterdam tour that includes an interactive city game—ensuring that younger travelers stay engaged. You only need your smartphone to enjoy this experience, and can stop for breaks and photographs whenever you like.

Explore Amsterdam’s Red Light District (De Wallen) in a fun and interactive way on an adult self-guided tour that lets you explore the area at a pace suited to you. This self-guided package includes a drink and surprise stops at two mystery venues—for which the admission tickets are included. As Amsterdam Red Light District guided tours are now limited to the perimeter, a self-guided tour is the best way to explore the area.

It can be hard to tick off all of Amsterdam’s highlights when exploring by foot. Open up the city with bike rental, and travel easily between locations while still enjoying an intimate look at landmarks such as the Old Church, Rijksmuseum, or Vondelpark. Choose a rental period that suits your schedule, and receive insider tips from the local provider, before benefiting from the freedom to explore at your own pace.

Go on an adventure in the city of your choice in the Netherlands with our Urban Escape Games. Walk around the city with your team (with family or friends) and let yourself be guided by the mobile application. Solve the puzzles and complete several missions. Take a good look at your surroundings to help you! Explore differently: your adventure starts now!

Want to see Amsterdam's highlights, spot secret statues, and learn about the city's past? This self-guided audio tour, created by a PhD historian and popular history creator, is for you. Beginning at Amsterdam Central, you'll decode the station's facade before heading into the Red Light District and Chinatown, where you'll spot a hidden church from 1663, a tulip warning against reckless spending, and a statue honouring sex workers worldwide. Continuing to Dam Square, you'll step into the birthplace of capitalism, past the mansions of arms dealers, the courtyard of the Dutch East India Company, and a merchant home referencing the slave trade. Here you'll also uncover the story of the Nazi occupation and discover why the Royal Palace isn't really a palace at all. Along the way you'll find a Space Invader mosaic by a world-famous French street artist, and see Amsterdam's narrowest house. You'll never walk through Amsterdam the same way again.

Go on an adventure in the city of your choice in the Netherlands with our Urban Escape Games. Walk around the city with your team (with family or friends) and let yourself be guided by the mobile application. Solve the puzzles and complete several missions. Take a good look at your surroundings to help you! Explore differently: your adventure starts now!

Step back in time and learn about Amsterdam's World War II experience while challenging yourself and having fun. This interactive experience allows you and your travel companions to discover Amsterdam in a whole new way. You'll have a mission to complete while walking around the city, solving puzzles, and unlocking the secrets of Amsterdam.

This game is a unique and challenging outdoor escape game with friends, colleagues or family It is possible to play on the day and at the time of your choice without prior reservation. You will be transported to a bewitching scenario in the heart of the city. You can easily recover photos and videos that will be saved directly to your smartphone.

Take a unique walk through the old Jewish neighborhood of Amsterdam Have a chance to climb to the top of the clock tower of Westerkerk See the memorial 'Broken Mirrors' — a tribute to the lost ones in WWII Get to know Amsterdam through the story of Anne Frank

Almere itself becomes the puzzle in this self-guided outdoor escape game - no venue, no host, just your team and the streets. Magnus has taken the formulas and scattered the proof across the old centre, past Nieuwe Bibliotheek Almere, Stadhuis Almere, Esplanade and Citadel, and every location holds a code, a riddle or a photo task waiting to be cracked. Roles matter here: one player reads, another looks, and the team moves on only once you agree. Send two or more teams out at the same time and the hunt becomes a contest, which is what makes this city escape game work as well for a team-building afternoon as for a day out with friends. Reading clues while the city moves around you is part of the challenge.

Gain a rare perspective of Dutch cuisine on this food and culture tour through Amsterdam’s Jordaan district. Going with a guide ensures you hear little-known anecdotes about top landmarks and get a behind-the-scenes look at hidden gem eateries loved by locals. Break up the walking tour with food and drink tastings such as *poffertjes* (traditional batter treat), fresh herring, apple cake, and other Dutch treats along the way.

Avoid the restrictions of a formal itinerary on a self-led tour of Amsterdam’s rural surrounding by e-fatbike. Customize your itinerary according to your interests, and set off to explore at a time that suits you, with a range of departure slots and rental periods to choose from. Zip between Dutch villages such as Volendam, Edam, or Marken with ease, and enjoy time away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

Amsterdam itself becomes the puzzle in this self-guided outdoor escape game - no venue, no host, just your team and the streets. Magnus has taken the formulas and scattered the proof across the old centre, past Dam Square, De Nieuwe Kerk, Pijlsteeg and Oudezijds Voorburgwal, and every location holds a code, a riddle or a photo task waiting to be cracked. Roles matter here: one player reads, another looks, and the team moves on only once you agree. Send two or more teams out at the same time and the hunt becomes a contest, which is what makes this city escape game work as well for a team-building afternoon as for a day out with friends. Reading clues while the city moves around you is part of the challenge.

Amsterdam runs on bikes, but joining the cyclists yourself means navigating canals and traffic in an unfamiliar city. Let a guide lead the way on a small-group bike tour, cycling the canal-side streets and bridges past neighborhoods including the Jordaan, the Museum Quarter, and De Pijp. The route keeps to an easy pace and stops along the way at sights such as the Vondelpark, the Anne Frank House, and the Westerkerk.

Looking for the most fun and unique way to explore Amsterdam? Rent a boat in Amsterdam and cruise the iconic canals by yourself, in your own private boat (no licencse required) Everybody above 18 years old can steer the boat, and don’t worry it’s easy. We will explain everything! You will also get a map with routes to take. We offer 4 boat sizes, each with a different maximum capacity. o 7-person boat o 8-person boat o 10-person boat o 12-person boat

This treasure hunt is a fun and engaging way to explore Amsterdam together, turning the city into your playing field. After a short welcome and introduction, teams head out on their own to solve clues and complete creative challenges at well-known locations throughout the city. What makes this experience special is the strong focus on teamwork, interaction, and friendly competition. Instead of following a fixed tour, participants actively work together, communicate, and think creatively while discovering Amsterdam in a playful way. The challenges are designed to be accessible and entertaining for everyone, making the experience ideal for team-building events, company outings, and groups of friends. With all materials provided and plenty of room for collaboration, this treasure hunt offers a relaxed, social, and memorable way to enjoy the city together.

Amsterdam becomes the crime scene in this self-guided detective game, where the clues are hidden in plain sight in the streets around you. The case is the murder of Balthasar, and the evidence is scattered across the old centre - past the Nine Streets, the Royal Palace, the Rembrandt House Museum and the Torensluis. You decode messages, photograph what does not add up and press digital witnesses whose stories never quite line up. Every puzzle you crack removes a name from the list of suspects. Play as a couple, bring the children along, or send two or three teams out at the same time and turn the investigation into a race - which is what makes this murder mystery game work as well for a team outing as for a day out. The last answer is waiting somewhere in the centre of Amsterdam.