Visited the Gassan diamond factory near Rembrandts house which is free and educational. Albert Cuyp street market is large and worthwhile. Vondelpark has a good cafe/pub the Blau Theehaus. The Ann France museum is €10 but has to be booked time slots online 3 months ahead, although we turned up 3 hours early and they let us in. The smaller canal boats are just outside this museum for €16 and are more fun than the big boats at €12 near the central station. The kids did the sex museum at Damrak €5 and thought it comical, although by then they were high on space cakes we got at Paradox coffee house opposite Ann Frank museum. Be aware that coffee shops are for cannabis and cafes are for coffee, and the whole city smells of cannabis as it's is smoked openly in all areas. Read Less

Very interesting history of Amsterdam. Read Less

Did walking tour Read Less

Loved learning about some of the history of the houses along the canals Read Less

Interesting to see inside the old windmills, and also watch a demomon making the wooden shoes. Read Less

Our first visit to Amsterdam, we came a few days early to see it before leaving on the cruise. Loved the city, very accessible. Did the major museums, Heineken, ARTIS, explored. Mildly traumatized to not arrive back at the port we left from, that piece of paper got stuck among the jewelry ads Read Less

Beautiful countryside, windmills and flowers growing in the fields Read Less

This was our second time in Amsterdam. It rained most of the day, so we walked some and took a canal cruise. Read Less

Did Amsterdam on our own a few days before the cruise. Recommend Eating Europe's food tour, which was informative and funny and provided a great experience with Dutch food. Read Less

Booked with Kinboat. Excellent tour. Read Less

This tour covered the areas around Dam Square. Excellent two hour tour. Read Less

Amazing museum. Hall of Honour was striking. Read Less

Amsterdam is a great port for embarkation. Read Less

We stayed at the Ink Hotel before the cruise; a nice boutique hotel that offered great service. Read Less

The city was fun. We did a bike tour and really enjoyed ourselves. Yellow Bikes were reasonably priced and the guide was good. It is a very busy city after you leave the relative quiet of Norway. Read Less

This was a money grab. It was only transportation to and from Amsterdam. It was a shuttle and should have been provided by NCL for a nominal fee like the other shuttles. Read Less

We docked in IJmuiden. We walked off the ship and went to see the WWII bunkers. There are about 10 of them. A few are in really good condition. To far to walk to trainstation to get to Amsterdam. It didn't matter to us, because we had been there several times before. Read Less

we went out on our own had a wonderful experience Read Less

The tour was well done, but We would have benefited more if we had arrived in Amsterdam a day earlier Read Less

Loved Amsterdam! Took the boat cruise twice in our three days in the city. Read Less

Good insight into the waterways of Amsterdam Read Less

Had a private Art Instructor take us on a private tour of the Van Gogh and Rijksmuseum. Fantastic Read Less

On our own for 3 days. Wonderful city to explore. Read Less

Viking staff members were great and very accomodating. We had relatives fly from London to meet us, so we didn't take any excursions. Read Less

The day was 98 degrees, the boat was too small (cruise line had ordered a larger boat) and there were too many boats in the canals. Read Less