Trade and Tolerance: An Audio Tour of Amsterdam

Want to see Amsterdam's highlights, spot secret statues, and learn about the city's past? This self-guided audio tour, created by a PhD historian and popular history creator, is for you. Beginning at Amsterdam Central, you'll decode the station's facade before heading into the Red Light District and Chinatown, where you'll spot a hidden church from 1663, a tulip warning against reckless spending, and a statue honouring sex workers worldwide. Continuing to Dam Square, you'll step into the birthplace of capitalism, past the mansions of arms dealers, the courtyard of the Dutch East India Company, and a merchant home referencing the slave trade. Here you'll also uncover the story of the Nazi occupation and discover why the Royal Palace isn't really a palace at all. Along the way you'll find a Space Invader mosaic by a world-famous French street artist, and see Amsterdam's narrowest house. You'll never walk through Amsterdam the same way again.