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I will be meeting up with a small group of older family members (some with mobility issues) on the 23 August (Friday) in central Amsterdam. They may have jetlag and they have never been to Amsterdam.

Can I have some suggestions on where to take them please?

What sort of timescale Bilbo? Just for the arrival day? In that case maybe a boat trip would give them an introduction to the city without them having to do anything, or even concentrate too hard. Depending on the mobility issues some operators have wheelchair accesible boats. I know that Blue Boat do for instance. You do need to book in advance for wheelchair access.

They are spending two nights in town, so I'm guessing first day will be jet/lag/survival stuff. So they only have the next day "free" before they go on to for a Rhine cruise.

First day: yes to a boat trip, and maybe have lunch/dinner somewhere nice, Something like Brasserie Ambassade perhaps

https://www.thefork.nl/restaurant/br...bassade/258219

Where are they staying?

Their next, full day, get them at least time slots at the Van Gogh museum.

What are the mobility issues like? You might want to choose 2 sites and of course everyone needs lunch and dinner, so maybe it could be an idea to get a taxi van for transport? A visit to an Amsterdam brown bar might be nice as well, like a tasting house. Int Aepjen on Zeedijk is one of the more traditional.

Not an expert by any means, but have been to A'Dam many times. I'd send them on the boat tour with Those Dam Boat Guys and tell them to go have drinks and dinner at MOMO.

I think a canal cruise would be a perfect activity.

If you want time to sit and enjoy each others' company, talk, etc. but would like a view, the SkyLounge at the Doubletree would be a beautiful location for that (during the day)
https://doubletree3.hilton.com/en/ho...skylounge.html
During the day, the lounge is the perfect spot for all your appointments, both business and private. Enjoy a cup of Buscaglione coffee or a dish from our sophisticated lunch menu. Catch up with friends, business partners or colleagues over refined cocktails, superb wines, delicate bites and dishes for an unforgettable experience. At 9:00 p.m., DJs and cocktail shakers shift the mood and SkyLounge Amsterdam transforms into an energetic club, a great introduction to Amsterdam nightlife.

You say you are meeting with them: will they have arrived that day? Will their room be ready? Where are they staying?

If the barge cruise is on the arrival day and coupled with jet lag, they will all be asleep within 15 mins.

Good comments about the jetlag + canal cruise.
Where are they staying? Perhaps just meet up with them somewhere at their hotel or near their hotel for a bite to eat and to visit. Make it easy for them to return to their room to rest (or sleep) if they wish.

Perhaps offer to take them on a canal cruise the next day, but they may already have things they want to do on their only free day in Amsterdam.

They are staying at the Radison Blu Rusland 17, 1012 CK Amsterdam which is about as central as you can get.

Maybe afternoon tea somewhere

That is very central! Dinner at Kapitein Zeppos could be an idea, and their nearest Amsterdam Traditional Bar is De Engelbewaarder on Kloveniersburgwal: Café de Engelbewaarder | Amsterdams café with a Belgian touch

It depends on their mobility of course, but that area is very walkable, with Nieuwmarkt close to hand for instance.

Thanks guys, I like the idea of Zeppos and the Dam Boat guys, anything else in the region of their hotel?

I'm not certain enough of Amsterdam geography, and am thinking it might be about 15 minutes away, but the Albert Cuyp market is always fascinating, and it's a totally flat street with plenty of watering holes along it.

https://albertcuyp-markt.amsterdam/?lang=en

And the Heineken Experience, in a part of the old Heineken factory here that was pulled down years ago - many people like the Experience anyway - videos and displays with a guide and then the tasting room.

Nobody in their right mind wants to taste Heineken.

Tell that to the Dutch! I'd wager that Heineken is the #1 Dutch beer.I guess all Dutch are crazy to do it?

<<I'd wager that Heineken is the #1 Dutch beer>>

Not Even Close!

https://www.ranker.com/list/top-beer...ands/reference

Bilbo asks for recommendations for older family members with mobility issues and jetlag, who have never been to Amsterdam, and you recommend the Heineken tour? Great advice Pal.

At least one of the couple likes real beer, but Heineken! :-)

Just wanted to report back the great success of this trip. We took a town and county tour and the Radisson shipped our aged family members out to Centraal station and staff were very kind sorting out wheeled Zimmer frame access (Netherlands seems unaware of EU legislation stretching back 35 years).

Still weather was 30C and the handicapped only gave up on one part of the cheese/ clog/windmill tour. Taxi back to Radisson €45!

Still an early supper in the Guardian Angel ( see earlier) was fab. Great food and Belgian beer to die for.

They are now off up the Rhine while Mrs Bilbo and I just ate Nepalese and yet more Belgian beer. ( I hear Dutch beer is almost ok but the barman in the oldest bar in town scoffed at the idea).

Dutch cheese continues to under impress, why do they try so hard to make it....
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Oh good! Just adding that access for people with disabilities in NL is generally below par.

Glad your trip worked out. On the tangent of beer, I was in Amsterdam last year, and the craft beer was excellent (if a little expensive)

Isn't that a Heineken bar? In which case their Belgian brands are better than their Dutch.
Real craft beer is excellent in the Netherlands, and there are more breweries in the Netherlands than in Belgium and many produce excellent beers.

I don't like rush important things. I'll give them another 25 years .