Golden Age Walk

  • Ams­ter­dam
  • Dur­a­tion: 2–4 Stunden
  • Date and time to be defined

The his­tor­ic­al centre of Ams­ter­dam is a UNESCO world her­it­age site and counts no less than 9000 lis­ted monuments.

The decis­ive peri­od in its devel­op­ment was the Golden Age of the Neth­er­lands. From its ori­gins as a fisherman’s vil­lage in the 12th cen­tury, Ams­ter­dam developed into an import­ant har­bour town and then became one of the most prom­in­ent cit­ies in Europe. This devel­op­ment is still vis­ible in the city fab­ric today. Take a chro­no­lo­gic­al walk from the very first har­bour to the medi­ev­al part of town and the baroque canal area, fin­ish­ing in the vil­lage-like Jordaan quarter with its hid­den courtyards.

On this tour we show you the old town of Ams­ter­dam from an archi­tect’s per­spect­ive, inform­ing you about his­tor­ic­al urb­an design,  the archi­tec­ture of canal houses and water man­age­ment strategies. But you’ll also find out about  recent devel­op­ments on the Ams­ter­dam hous­ing mar­ket, real estate prices, muni­cip­al rent­al reg­u­la­tions and meas­ures taken against over-tourism.

Tour High­lights: Golden Age Walk

  • Medi­ev­al Ams­ter­dam – explan­a­tions about the ori­gin of the city, his­tor­ic­al back­ground, lay­out of the first canals – cur­rent top­ics: red light polit­ics and overtourism
  • Canal area – explan­a­tions about urb­an plan­ning, cre­ation of the 17th cen­tury canal ring, archi­tec­ture of the canal houses – cur­rent top­ics: trans­form­a­tion, renov­a­tion and real estate prices
  • Jordaan area – former poor­house of Ams­ter­dam, now a highly sought after res­id­en­tial area – cur­rent top­ics: urb­an renew­al and gentrification
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