This highly attractive route runs along the harbours of Amsterdam. A part of the inner city (one of the nicest), a exciting watery walk, and finally the Eastern Docklands, once a harbour, now superb modern architecture.

We pass the recently built Muziekgebouw aan het IJ with its splendid view of the city. Via the already famous Jan Schaefer bridge we arrive at Java-island, one of the highlights of the Eastern docklands. The Docks have been developed since the seventies from a harbour site to a highly popular residential area with superb and diverse architecture. The district even became an important tourist stop: architecture tourists and everybody else enjoy the site. During our walk we visit the ‘hot spots’ of the area: the monumental architecture of the KNSM-eiland, the remarkable dwellings, world class footbridges and canals of the Java-eiland, the Gold Coast on Borneo and the impressive residential block The Whale on Sporenburg.

There are plenty possibilities in the district to take a rest or drink something. The public transport from there back to the centre is excellent.

More of the Eastern Docks on: www.amsterdamdocklands.com 

Duration: about 2 or 3 hours
Price: € 12,50 a person.
Reservations / info: Call  +31 (0)20 419 00 22 / +31 (0)6 419 676 25 / +31 (0)6 419 676 55. Or send an email to bf@stadswandelkantoor.nl.