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Jewish District Half Day Tour

Jewish District tour

400 year of Jewish heritage

Jewish District Half Day Tour

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Jewish District tour

Jewish District Half Day Tour

  • Startingpoint
    Startingpoint

    We meet in front of the Rembrandt House Museum on Jodenbreestraat 4

  • Duration | Distance
    Duration | Distance

    3 hours | -/+ 2 km (1.2 ml)

  • Highlights
    Highlights

    - Guided tour in the Portuguese Synagogue
    - Waterlooplein Flea Market
    - National Holocaust Name monument
    - The 'Jewish' Canals

  • Price
    Price

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Jewish District tour

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  • Startingpoint
    Startingpoint

    We meet in front of the Rembrandt House Museum on Jodenbreestraat 4

  • Duration | Distance
    Duration | Distance

    3 hours | -/+ 2 km (1.2 ml)

  • Highlights
    Highlights

    - Guided tour in the Portuguese Synagogue
    - Waterlooplein Flea Market
    - National Holocaust Memorial
    - The 'Jewish' Canals

  • Price
    Price

    See Booking page

Book your
Jewish District tour

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Tour Reviews

Amsterdam Jewish District Tour 

On this private tour in the Amsterdam Jewish district you learn about more than 400 years of Judaism in the city. Since the 16th century Amsterdam has housed a huge Jewish community. Let a local guide explain why the Jewish community called Amsterdam their ‘New Jerusalem’. 

Jewish Legacy 

How did World War II affect the Jewish district and what is left of the Jewish heritage today, like the Yiddish language and the typical Jewish sense of humor? Get the answers on the Amsterdam Jewish District Tour.

Portuguese Synagogue

Once the world’s largest synagogue, now still in its original 17th century state. We visit this monumental complex and its treasury, just outside of the building.

Hollandsche Schouwburg

From here the rounded up Jewish population awaited the transport to the concentration camps. Now it’s the National Holocaust Memorial. A place for reflexion.

Waterlooplein Flea Market

The flea market with strong Jewish roots on the former island Vlooienburg, hench the Dutch nickname Vlooienmarkt (flea market)

Amsterdam Jewish culture

During the tour we will introduce you to several known and lesser known Jewish residents of Amsterdam. People who have shaped the city: Philosopher Baruch Spinoza, Zionist Jacob Israel De Haan, Doctor Samuel Sarphati, Socialist Henri Polak, The family Wertheim, the Premsela and Asscher

Tour reviews

  • star rating  Operator: Amsterdam Red Light District Tours Our tour guide Martin was engaging from the very beginning. Very well informed and interesting. Questions were responsed to. Highly recommend this tour.... read more Totally enjoyable!!

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    Marcus B
    March 1, 2020
  • star rating  This was an amazing walking tour of Rembrandt’s steps, where he lived, about his work, the good and bad, etc. It was extremely informative and our guide was Tijs who... read more did an outstanding job. He was funny, and professional, and it was obvious he is passionate about history. Definitely worth doing! …

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    Viviana K
    August 1, 2020
  • star rating  This was an amazing walking tour of Rembrandt’s steps, where he lived, about his work, the good and bad, etc. It was extremely informative and our guide was Tijs who... read more did an outstanding job. He was funny, and professional, and it was obvious he is passionate about history. Definitely worth doing! …

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    A Tripadvisor Member
    August 1, 2020
  • star rating  This was a fascinating and informative tour. The shocking reality of the Second World War is so close to the surface in Amsterdam; important historical events happened on almost every... read more corner. Tijs was an excellent and knowledgable guide about this difficult subject; he told us stories of bravery and loss, acts of rebellion and resistance, of the Hunger Winter, of families in hiding and people being shot by a sniper just days after Liberation Day. I am familiar with this period of history and this city and yet I still learned many new things, so I can't recommend this tour highly enough. …

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    Traveler188590
    March 1, 2020
  • star rating  Tijs is one of the people that makes us wish the day to have more than 24 hours! :) Not only a guide who makes the fascinating Amsterdam even more... read more fascinating! His vision for the city reveals the past, the present, and create great perspectives for the future. With all the secrets of each street, you learn not only about Nederlands but also its World's Influence. Knowledge, culture, amazing angles for photos and a real lesson of lively history in just one day, I can imagine how wonderful it would be if we had the privilege to spend a week with our new Dutch Friend! Absolutely recommended, I have no doubt he will be an essential part of my tours! …

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    A Tripadvisor Member
    December 1, 2020

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