This utterly unique city has everything we want in an Adventurous Life destination, but at this particular time of year, the thing we are most excited about is TULIPS! Although the exact season shifts from year to year, we expect to be there while we can still see these iconic flowers all around the city and in the vast fields of color just outside the city. Whoop-whoop!
Amsterdam, Netherlands: May 3 to 30, 2020
This utterly unique city has everything we want in an Adventurous Life destination, but at this particular time of year, the thing we are most excited about is TULIPS! Although the exact season shifts from year to year, we expect to be there while we can still see these iconic flowers all around the city and in the vast fields of color just outside the city. Whoop-whoop!
World Class Museums
But there’s FAR more than just tulip fields that beckon. There’s some great museum action here—from the Dutch national Rijksmuseum, Anne Frank House and the Van Gogh Museum, with the world’s largest collection of Van Gogh paintings, to the truly unique, such as the Museum of Bags and Purses, the Cheese Museum and the KattenKabinet, which is devoted to works from well-known artists depicting cats.
“Venice of the North”
Then, of course, there’s the enchanting and iconic canals Amsterdam is known for, crisscrossing the city and providing a home for about 2,500 houseboats. You can even cruise the canals at your own leisure via easily managed electric boats you can rent. The canals look completely different throughout the day; they’re quiet and meditative early in the morning, and they come alive with color as the sun sets and homes light up at night, illuminating the waterways.
