Frommer's Amsterdam

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.

• Insider tips on the best bars, brown cafés, and smoking coffeeshops—plus the Dutch quest for gezelligheid.
• Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget.
• Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.

George McDonald has lived and worked in Amsterdam as deputy editor of KLM’s inflight magazine, Holland Herald. Now a freelance journalist and travel writer, he writes extensively about Amsterdam and the Netherlands for magazines and travel books including Frommer’s Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg and Frommer’s Europe.