Oode tours, things to do and tickets

Leave Amsterdam behind for a few hours and discover the typical Dutch countryside outside the capital. You'll drive through a picture-perfect landscape crisscrossed with canals, see authentic wooden houses, windmills and fishing villages, and witness traditional crafts from days gone by. The picturesque village of Zaanse Schans is famous for its original buildings, vividly capturing Dutch life in the 17th and 18th centuries. You'll see the historic shipyard and windmills, and pay a visit to a shoemaker who works with wood to watch his clog-making techniques first-hand!

Opt for the Charm of Holland tour option to experience the best of old Holland in a small group, with all of the all-in option inclusions plus lunch at a traditional Dutch fishing restaurant. This luxurious tour departs every Friday!

Take a 3-hour half-day tour to the countryside and explore Zaanse Schans in a small group. See how a clog maker is making the famous Dutch wooden shoe, visit a cheese farm and a working windmill. Spend half a day outside Amsterdam and enrich your trip by touring the Dutch countryside.

Leave the bustle of the city behind on a 3.5 to 4-hour parks & countryside bike tour from Amsterdam. Take a leisurely ride through the Vondelpark along the banks of the Amstel River, explore the Dutch polders and Amsterdamse woods while you hear about local history and rural Dutch traditions, and admire the scenery of the city’s green spaces.

Half of the tour is spent riding along the Amstel River beyond the edge of town and through the polder landscape with its rectilinear ditches and dikes. We’ll show you one of the few remaining authentic windmills and we will visit a crazy and eccentric Dutch farmer at his cheese farm and clog factory. 

At the farm, they will demonstrate the traditional art of making wooden shoes and the famous Gouda cheese. Afterwards, you’ll be able to have a look around in their gift shop and taste some free samples of authentic Dutch cheese. We will bike back to the city alongside the Amstel River and go under the Rijksmuseum before the end of the tour.

AWARD WINNING TOUR:

Get the full experience of all the Dutch countryside has to offer on this 5,5-hour, small 8 person tour from Amsterdam. Travel in comfort by luxury bus to the traditional fishing villages of Volendam, and stroll through the world-famous windmill village of Zaanse Schans. Visit a cheese factory for a tasting, stop at a restaurant for lunch, watch craftsmen make wooden shoes,. visit the village of Broek (the gem of Waterland) before relaxing on the ride back to Amsterdam. This experience has a minimum age of 4 years old.

Visit the beautiful windmill village Zaanse Schans. Here you will experience all that is typical Dutch in just a few hours. See the historic working windmills of Zaanse Schans and the wooden green painted houses and shops. Learn about cheese making and watch traditional craftsmen making clogs and other artifacts. A professional, experienced and friendly guide will accompany you throughout the village before you get time to further explore the village on your own.

In this 8-hour tour, you enjoy a personal service by our friendly and professional guide, you will discover Giethoorn, one of the most romantic Dutch villages named 'Venice of The Netherlands'. Admire the flowers, trees, birds, cute little wooden bridges, boats and for sure canals. The village has no main roads, thus, a round-trip on an electric boat is how you get a real local lifestyle of Giethoorn cruising around the village by our guide. The highlight of this tour is that you get a chance to drive your own boat during the canal boat trip, experience how locals live. You will learn everything about this village: its history, and how people live there. Giethoorn is your unique destination.

Want to discover the Dutch countryside? Visit the windmills at Zaanse Schans, tickle your tastebuds with a local cheeses as well as a cheese making and tasting demonstration in Volendam, go on a walking tour through Edam, take a scenic boat trip to the picturesque fishing village of Marken and see how clogs are made.

Highlights
• Wander among the windmills at Zaanse Schans
• Learn how cheese is made at the Cheese Factory Volendam
• Go on a walking tour through Edam
• Unique to the All-inclusive Tour: sail across the IJsselmeer
• See how wooden shoes are made with an antique steam engine (all-in option)
• Visit an authentic Marker house (all-in option)

Enjoy a full day small group tour in a luxurious minivan and explore first the picturesque Keukenhof gardens. After having spent some hours in the park, you will continue to windmill village Zaanse Schans and the Dutch most famous fishing village Volendam. After returning to Amsterdam, you will have seen all that is typical dutch: flowers, cheese, windmills and wooden shoes.