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Rembrandt Walk

Private Rembrandt Walk

Retracing the Dutch Master

Rembrandt Walk

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Private Rembrandt Walk

Rembrandt Walk

  • Startingpoint
    Startingpoint

    We start in front of the Rembrandt House Museum on Jodenbreestraat 4
    We end at the Dam.

  • Duration | Distance
    Duration | Distance

    3 hours | -/+ 3 km (1.4 ml)

  • Highlights
    Highlights

    Visit to the Rembrandt House Museum (and Etching workshop), Rembrandt square, Original locations of Rembrandt paintings, The Anatomic Theatre, Royal Palace

  • Price
    Price

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private Rembrandt Walk

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  • Startingpoint
    Startingpoint

    We start in front of the Rembrandt House Museum on Jodenbreestraat 4.
    We end at the Dam

  • Duration | Distance
    Duration | Distance

    3 hours | -/+ 3 km (1.4 ml)

  • Highlights
    Highlights

    Visit to the Rembrandt House Museum, Rembrandt square, Original locations of his paintings, The Anatomic Theatre, Royal Palace

  • Price
    Price

    See Booking page

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private Rembrandt Walk

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Rembrandt in Amsterdam

Our art historians take you to the Amsterdam of Rembrandt van Rijn in the 1600s. A so called ‘Golden Age’ for the Netherlands and especially for Amsterdam. We follow the footsteps of the great Dutch Master and see the many buildings from Rembrandt’s time that still exist today. We pass the places where he lived and where his friends and contemporaries lived, such as Jan Six and Spinoza.

Succes and tragedy

We walk along the locations linked to Rembrandt’s successful and yet dramatic personal life. We visit the places where  Rembrandt painted his first group portrait, where he announced his marriage with Saskia van Uylenburg, the burial ground of three of his children, the place where he was declared bankrupt. 

Walking with the Rembrandts

Armed with a collection of Rembrandt reproductions we reconstruct where his most famous paintings were meant to be displayed. What role did his painting play in those days? We pass the original locations of the Night Watch, the Syndics of the Drapers Guild, Maarten & Oopjen and the Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Rembrandt’s character

While tracing his footsteps, we get to know Rembrandt a bit better. What was his character and how did that affect his work? Rembrandt developed a complex relation with the authorities of Amsterdam – his most important commissioners. His numerous problems with the women in his life further complicated matters. Your private guide engages you in Rembrandt’s tumultuous life.

The Legacy of Rembrandt

How did the fame of Rembrandt evolve after his death? Was he always perceived as one of the greatest artists of all time? Get to know the story of the statue of Rembrandt on Rembrandt Square. Could Rembrandt actually have visited the square that bears his name?

The Amsterdam Golden Age comes alive with an art historian as your private guide.

Tour reviews

  • star rating  WW2 history isn’t new to me - I’m of the age that I have had the privilege to have met veterans, victims and witnesses of this horrible era in world... read more events. However, I am relatively new to life here in the Netherlands and wanted to learn of their time in this period and must say this tour by Tijs was excellent in every way.
    His attitude to the events that took place in Amsterdam was respectful, clear, concise and truthful - the latter part painfully so. I wont spoil his details but we ended the tour in a very solemn place which totally tied all of his previous comments and explanations to the grim reality. So glad to have taken this tour.

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    A9225NYdaved
    March 8, 2020
  • star rating  I'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

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    eugenma
    May 11, 2019
  • 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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    marcusbI4516IY
    March 12, 2020
  • star rating  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 could have imagined. All in all an unforgettable day.

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    493merlek
    August 30, 2019
  • 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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    A Tripadvisor Member
    March 1, 2020

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