Self-guided walking tour

Amsterdam Walking Tour: Rembrandt's Amsterdam and the Plantage (3 hours, 7 stops)

7 stops in walking order through Amsterdam, from Artis to Waag: 2.2 km on foot, about 28 min of walking, 3 h in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Rembrandt's Amsterdam and the Plantage”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 3 h
Distance: 2.2 km
Walking: 28 min
Stops: 7

The stops, in walking order

Artis
Amsterdam’s zoo and botanical garden, combining animal enclosures with an aquarium, planetarium, arboretum, Micropia, and the Groote Museum.
6 min walk · 390 m
Micropia
A science museum devoted to the microscopic life that supports everyday existence.
7 min walk · 550 m
Hortus Botanicus
A botanical garden in Amsterdam’s Plantage district, with more than six thousand tropical and native trees and plants.
3 min walk · 220 m
Portugese Synagoge
An active Orthodox Jewish house of worship, completed in 1675 and also known as the Esnoga or Snoge.
5 min walk · 400 m
Rembrandthuis
A museum in the former home of Rembrandt van Rijn, where he lived, worked, and ran an art dealership.
3 min walk · 270 m
Zuiderkerk
A former Protestant church designed by Hendrick de Keyser and built from 1603 to 1611.
4 min walk · 370 m
Waag
A medieval city gate transformed into a public weigh house, with guild entrances still visible around the building.