
Historical Amsterdam Tours
Your private City Guide
Discover the art and history of Amsterdam with a private guide.
Get a deeper understanding of the city on a fun and educational tour.
Featured Tour
CRUISE ALONG LIGHT ART IN THE AMSTERDAM WINTER
Amsterdam Light Festival
Enjoy a 75 minute canal cruise along the Amsterdam Light Festival. This annual winter festival showcases 20 illuminated installations by artists from all over the world. Secure your spot aboard with Historical Amsterdam Tours in collaboration with BoatAmsterdam.
Our most popular tours
Our guides

Tijs
Having a passion for traveling and tourguiding Tijs started Historical Amsterdam Tours in 2015. He is happy to share his passion for Amsterdam with you.

Edgar
Edgar’s knowledge about the city keeps surprising us. Being an art historian he is your ideal guide in the Amsterdam Museums and along the canals.

Maarten
With a degree in art history and literature Maarten has proven his guiding skills. He knows Amsterdam as the back of his hand. Proof us wrong.
What others say about us:
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Tijs was amazing. His knowledge is outstanding and the tour was fun, interesting and informative. We would definitely recommend him to anyone needing a tour guide in Amsterdam. He tailor... read more made the itinerary to our interests and it was an even more enjoyable than I...More
8/30/2019Gerben Post is an outstanding and knowledgeable tour guide. He provided a moving experience about a topic that is difficult and painful. His ability to provide important and... read more meaningful stories about people made the walk come alive. His sensitivity and ability to describe the impact...More
7/29/2019 -
Amazing experience! Tijs took us through the history, like coming back in the past. Walking in the streets, listening at his storytelling was an incredible experience. Such a passionate guide!... read more We learned a lot about the culture, the past and the present. Can't wait to...More
5/11/2019I've been in the Tijs's "Amsterdam Jewish in WW2" tour. I live in Amsterdam for quite some time and was walking near these spots without knowing so many tears... read more and much grief around. These people's stories, historical facts and humankind experience should be never forgotten....More
5/11/2019Tijs gave us a wonderful tour of Amsterdam focused on literary history. He showed us where several main Dutch Authors lived, took us to sites that inspired writers and even... read more made a 'quote' game from the books of Dutch writers. And more. He was very...More
Joyce S
4/04/2019 -
Living in Amsterdam I read quite a bit about its history. However, during the history of expats tour Tijs knew how to surpise me with interesting details I didn't know... read more before. Time was flying! Thanks!
suusjeaussie1979
4/01/2019Maarten was our tour guide. Very punctual, friendly and informative. Booked for my partner who is a finance professional and he loved it. Other positives: well structured and researched; happy... read more to answer questions; and good value! Also worth mentioning that Maarten was happy to include...More
Sightseer778726
1/06/2019Tijs gave my family a great tour of the Jewish Quarter in Amsterdam. He was organized, entertaining, informative. It was exactly what we were hoping - educational and a... read more very nice way to spend the morning learning more about Amsterdam.
MKRBethesda
1/03/2019 -
On our first trip to Amsterdam together, my husband and I wanted to get a city tour and make the most of our relatively short time here. Historical Amsterdam... read more Tours did not disappoint us! Our guide Tijs gave us such a personal, historic and fun...More
EdSamDC
11/24/2018My family of 5 adults never has more than a long weekend to explore the cities of Europe and Tijs truly surpassed our expectations, This knowledgable, fun and experienced guide... read more remained with us from early morning until late at night ( I believe we would...More
NJL
8/26/2018All communication before the tour was prompt and friendly. Tijs was waiting exactly where he was supposed to be, and we did a walking tour which covered the Golden... read more Age, Financial information and World War II. Tijs was engaging, interesting and humorous and I would...More
Lovetotravel7559
7/25/2018 -
Edgar was our tour guide and met us at Centraal Station. We were guided around the city for the next two hours and it was delivered in perfect English. You... read more can tell Edgar is very passionate and knowledgeable about history and art, and loves living...More
Peter B
7/11/2018I was looking for personal tour guides for our trip on Amsterdam. I read about Edmund and Tijs on the web and started an email dialogue to create an itinerary... read more covering our 2 day visit with an emphasis on museums. We have always enjoyed docent...More
Bob D
5/10/2018Exploring the canals of Amsterdam on foot with Tijs as the tour guide was one of the highlights of my first visit to the city. Tijs not only has thorough... read more knowledge of the city's history and architecture (spanning both ancient and modern times, e.g. "The...More
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3/22/2018
