Please advise me some good things to visit in Amsterdam during a weekend

A good technique is to see what the tour outlets are selling. Then decide whether or not you need to the service vs. simply hitting the sights on your own. <BR><BR>Here's a popular tour outfit in Amsterdam:<BR><BR>http://www.keytours.nl/home<BR><BR>Their offerings will clue you in on what are considered some of the highlights.

Thank´s for you advice

You mention City tour, but then ask about places to visit. I'm sure your other research will tell you places to visit. Two options I have used for touring the city are the boats (along the canals between the station and the Dam. Also, one of the trams (a guide book could tell you better) takes a nice tour around the city (and it is cheap).

The trams in Amsterdam were designed by someone on a 7 day drunk! I understand the subway is now open which is designed much better. Regardless, all the street names have at least 14 characters (not including one or two vowels). Go to the brewrey for several hours and then walk back to your hotel. This should take all weekend.

jj: Are you kidding about a subway? Sounds like a joke to me, but I anything is possible nowdays.

As with all European cities, all the tour companies sponsor a local city tour which are all the same and okay for orientation.<BR><BR>On the Amsterdam city tour, they drive around and show you some of the canals, some of the markets and where the Heineken museum is. There is a stop at a diamond factory where they try to get you to buy some diamonds (now the tour operators don't get a commission, do they?)...but I liked the stop as you got a chance to use the toilets for free (something very rare in Amsterdam) and they gave you a soft drink or coffee. As the tour guide said, it is very rare you get something for free in Amsterday....the tour, as I said earlier, is okay for orientation.<BR><BR>At the end of the tour, you had the option of buying a ticket for one of the canal boat trips that leave from the Damrak where the tours start. Again, there are several different operators but the boat tours are all exactly the same. Again, gives you some idea.<BR><BR>We took an afternoon tour, had to hurry to catch the last boat tour then we walked from the Dam to the Ann Frank House which is along one of the canals.<BR><BR>We used the tram system extensively and it is fine...the subway does not run throughout Amsterdam for local transport. <BR><BR>The Heineken museum is the sight of the former brewery. Unlike the days it was a brewery when they ran several tours a day which filled up very early, you can come and go as you please....it costs 7.50 Euro and includes 3 glasses of beer (or Pepsi) at various spots during the tour. At the end, they give you a glass as a souvenir of the trip.<BR><BR>I am not an art partisan, so the museums don't particularly interest me but it is a fun city to walk around in..

BTW, I just re-read the original post. Unfortunately, the Heinken Museum is only open Tuesday through Friday.

While I was half kidding about the trams and did use them somewhat successfully, I would say that the Van Gogh museum was a &quot;must see&quot; for me- more so than the Rijksmuseum. Also, the Anne Frank house is a sad but almost necessary thing to do. Of course you must see the Red Light district and the coffee houses for a complete Amsterdam experience, particularly on a Saturday night. <BR><BR>This time of year the flower market is probably dead but I hear the big park (can't remember the name) is great for an afternoon stroll. Hope this helps.

I think the poster above means Vondelpark... which is GREAT. I also very much liked the nearby neighborhood of Leidseplein to wander around. Personally I was less impressed with the central area around the Dam, train station, etc. accept for the novelty of walking thru the red light district and going to one of the Sex Museums (it's dark, dank, grey, stone). I was there for the 1st time this past summer, for 5 days solo, all I did was wander around and around and around (and yes that was BEFORE i went to a coffeeshop ;-) Never used a tram, just went on foot, it was wonderful.