See and Eat in Amsterdam

Buy tickets for Rijksmuseum ahead online; they are good for any day, any time. Buy Van Gogh Museum tickets ahead. They are sold for a specific entrance time on a specific day. Hopefully there are still some tickets left for your dates but perhaps not. I hope you are able to get into Anne Frank Huis on the day you want. Expect long lines. Tickets sell out way in advance. Vondelpark is a park, an open outdoor space.
There is an i ❤️Amsterdam sign in front of the train station.
There are many canal cruises available. We just hopped on one and it was enjoyable.
The closest windmills are at Zaanse Shans outside of Amsterdam. The amazing site to see windmills is at Kinderdijk, near Rotterdam. Take train, tram, and waterbus to Kinderdijk.

Thanks Suki!

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Go with the Blue Boat Canal Cruise. It is close to Vondelpark,
Zaanse Shance will give you windmills, cheese and more. Your son will enjoy the wooden shoe making demo and these is LOTS of cheese to taste and buy!
If you can get a reservation at Martine's Table, it is well worth the money. Your son might even enjoy the experience.

We recently visited Amsterdam and did not go to Anne Frank house nor the Van Gogh museum. Only can do so much...
BUT we did go to the Rijks and paid extrra for a tour which was worthwhile and highly recommend especially if there is no interest in art.
Also if you want to do a rice table, try BLAUW or SAMA SEBO.

Have fun!

I was in Amsterdam for a business trip in April, so I did not do much siteseeing. However, I traveled with vegetarians and we had a great Thai meal (not far from the canal cruise) that also has non veg options, Thai Bird: https://thai-bird.nl. We didn’t have reservations and even in the pouring rain, there was a line out the door—the food was very good. The other place that we went to was Sampurna for Indonesian: http://www.sampurna.com.

I hope you have a great trip.

Sandy

We were just in Amsterdam and two of our favorite activities were taking the Eating Amsterdam Food and Canal tour (4+ hours long) and taking a day trip out to Kinderdijk to see the windmills. The walking tour is spendy but it was so fun, with a leisurely stroll around the Jordaan area, stopping to sample foods at various eateries and an hour long wooden boat ride along the beautiful canals, while sampling more foods. We got so much food that it was our lunch and dinner that day. We learned a lot about Amsterdam from our guide too. My husband didn’t much like the fast pace, congested sidewalks, and crowded museums in the city, so spending our final days in Haarlem and going out to spend some time in the countryside visiting windmills was like a break for freedom, and we appreciated seeing a bit more of the country than just Amsterdam.

We'll be there overnight in early November before returning home and thought about having dinner at Winkel 43 just so we can have their apple cake for dessert. Anyone been there?

Thanks so much for the information.