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Download a free sample of our waypoints for your own GPS device.
Optimized for Garmin, but it will work in others.
Download this .gpx file to your computer and load it to your GPS.
For Garmin owners, use the free POI loader from Garmin:
(For TomTom, Nokia, Navman, Mio and others use the free GPS-Babel to convert to your system. http://www.gpsbabel.org )
A selection of our 1750 POI's that we have listed in the City Navigator.
All new revised 2009 edition.
A Five kilometer walking route through the City Centre. Starting at the Central Train Station, it first takes you to Stubbe Herring (where you can get among the best herring in town – just eat it as the locals do-). Then you continue to the Haarlemmerdijk with many small shops, restaurants, bars, coffee shops (where you smoke the coffee).
From there it takes you into the Jordaan, the Anne Frank House, the 9 small streets, the Dam Squareinto the red light district.
The walk ends back at the Central station.
Instructions: Navigate to ’01 Start City Walk’. Then start the route.
If your navigation device has no route capabilities, you can still do the walk. Just navigate from point to point. Starting with ’01 Start City Walk’ then ’02 shopping’, ’03 Jordaan’ and so on. You need to do the numbers in order.
Note: Do not forget to select 'Pedestrian' in the navigation options.
(Bicycle route, 53 kilometers, 33 miles)
From there you continue through the Southern part of Amsterdam, passing a WWII monumentto the Olympic Stadium (1928). The Olympic Stadium is a completely renovated. Nice to stop for a drink, lunch or dinner is Bar/ Restaurant ‘Vak Zuid’, inside the Stadium with a magnificent view of the Stadium at field level.
Continue your trip to the Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam forest, well, we call it a forest, most foreigners will probably see this as a park). This woodland park is the largest recreational area in Amsterdam. It is about 4 meters below sea level and laid out in 1930s in a project to reduce unemployment. The Bosbaan was the 1928 Olympic Rowing Course.
Many older Amsterdammers still call it ‘The Bosplan’ (From the time that they were planning to make it a forest)
In The Amsterdamse Bos you can visit the Pancake house or a children farm / cheese farm.
After the Amsterdamse Bos you get to Aalsmeer. At the Aalsmeerderweg you will find one of the largest gardening centers in Holland. You can buy anything related to gardening.
Continuing you get to the ‘centre’ of Aalsmeer and then you pass the old ‘Watertoren’ (watertower, 1928). With its 60 meters hight, it is a dominant landmark over the water.
You cycle a short while alongside the shore of the Westeinderplas (recreational lake for sailing, windsurfing, swimming, and so on).
A short detour to Kudelstaart, a small scenic town. The continue to the Amstelriver.
The Amstelriver takes you all the way back to Amsterdam.
Back in Amsterdam, you cross the ‘Berlagebrug’. Amsterdamse school Architecture. The bridge is named after it’s architect, H.P. Berlage and was build in 1932. Then the largest bridge of Amsterdam. Berlage got the assignment as a tribute to his 70th birthday.
Just after the Berlagebrug this tour ends at Café Restaurant Dauphine. A nice place to have a well deserved drink or a meal.
(From here it’s only 2,4 kilometers back to the starting point).
NOTE: Never forget to lock your bicycle, even for a short while!
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