Grand Dutch Food and History Tour: Delve into Delectable Cuisine and Commanding Culture
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Amsterdam
Embark on a captivating journey through Dutch cuisine and history on the Grand Dutch Food and History Tour. Indulge in delectable treats, explore iconic landmarks, and uncover the secrets of Amsterdam's past.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Cafe Papeneiland - Dutch homemade apple pie and a drink to your liking served in one of the most beautiful Dutch ‘brown pubs’ of Amsterdam.
  • V.O.F. Butchery T.F.M. Louman - Sample some popular Dutch sausages in a butcher shop that has been run for over 130 years by the Louman family.

Replaced by other stops on Saturday and Sunday

  • Boca’s - Enjoy some highlights of the Indonesian and Surinamese cuisine with our own off the menu mini version of a ‘rijsttafel’ (‘ricetable’) that has been exclusively designed for us by our partner Boca’s. Being two former Dutch colonies these countries play a huge role in the Dutch history, culture and gastronomy.
  • Vishandel Centrum - The Dutch herring (haring) played a vital role in the Amsterdam history to become a major trading place and the richest city in the world in the 17-hundreds. Learn why so and try it together with the popular warm fried fish ‘kibbeling’.

Replaced on Saturday and Sunday by other stops

  • Bourgondisch Lifestyle Amsterdam - Forget about the many tourist cheese shops in Amsterdam selling you flavourless factory cheese and go for some world class Dutch artisanal cheese instead. Bourgondisch Lifestyle delivers over 300 varieties of cheese to national and international top restaurants and hotels. Try it for yourself in our own private tasting room.

  • Het West-Indisch Huis - Conclude your tour at the ‘birthplace of New York’ and discover why we call it this way in the former headquarters of the Dutch West Indian Company that is nowadays a stylish café restaurant. Try some ‘bitterballen’ and a drink, maybe you are up for a ‘jenever’?

  • Lindengracht Markt - If the weather permits , the Indonesian tasting as well as the fish tasting are on the Saturday market on Lindengracht in de Jordaan.

  • Emperor’s Canal (Keizersgracht) - We can’t let you go home without trying the ultimate Dutch cookie ‘stroopwafel’. For this we will visit the cozy confectionary and chocolate shop ‘T Goede Soet and next to this we will treat you to another Dutch classic: ‘boterkoek’ (‘butter cake’)

What's Included
  • Snacks
  • Carbonated beverages
  • Daily variety of tastings at top food spots
  • Ideal bad weather activity with seated, indoor tastings
  • Tea and coffee
  • Selection of wine and beer
Additional Information

The Grand Dutch Food Tour presents an engaging, diverse, and thorough exploration of Dutch food and history.

What sets this tour apart is the variety of locations you’ll explore. For instance, you’ll savor homemade Dutch apple pie in a traditional ‘brown cafe,’ stop by an incredible cheese shop that ages its own cheeses in an ancient bunker, and conclude at the 17th-century former headquarters of the Dutch West India Company. This is where the plan was hatched to establish New Amsterdam, which later became known as New York.

Your journey will encompass the Jordaan neighborhood, constructed in the early 17th century to accommodate the numerous workers and immigrants flocking from all corners of Europe to find wealth in the thriving city of Amsterdam. Today, it’s perhaps the most preferred district among locals. Furthermore, we’ll guide you around the world-renowned Amsterdam canals and canal houses, homes and storage of the affluent merchants of the Golden Age, their goods coming from all over the globe.

  • The streets are wheelchair accessible but some indoor locations are small sized and have steps or narrow doors and therefor not wheelchair accessible. Seats are available at all indoor locations.
Location
The Papeneiland Café
Prinsengracht
We will welcome you in front of Café Papeneiland and you can recognise us by the Amsterdam Food Tours folder.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Robertscarol
May 24, 2024
Good times - Mark personalized the experience…wonderful food and libations, historical and cultural information. Overall a really nice experience.
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Karen
May 24, 2024
Informative and delicious food tour. - Our guide, Mark, was the best part of our tour. We had many questions which he answered and we never felt rushed. Each tasting was delicious and informative.
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Karen_a
May 20, 2024
Excellent Food Tour with Excellent Guide - Fabulous food tour. We were fortunate to have Nora as our excellent guide. If I could give her 10 stars, I would. Her culinary background added to our experience. The food places visited were outstanding and gave us a wonderful overview of the food. Each was unique and delicious. Especially enjoyed the delicious dutch apple pie. Nora was great!! She had a lot of knowledge about the area and the Jewish culture. Highly recommend this tour and Nora.
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Ellenanastase
May 18, 2024
Explore best food in Amsterdam with Bo! - I loved because we stopped in places where Dutch people like to eat or shop! Bo has great sense of humor and extensive knowledge in history and architecture. Makes you love Dutch people!
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Susan_g
May 9, 2024
One of the highlights of our trip! - Our tour guide did a wonderful job of talking about our food and also talking a bit about the feel of Amsterdam. Our tour was one of the highlights of our trip. I would recommend it to my friends.
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David_a
May 5, 2024
Great Time - We had a great time on the tour! Lots of unique, local food and history, the guide was great. We really appreciated the information and insight.
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Rudyt569
May 4, 2024
Great Way to spend an an afternoon - My husband was off for business so i decided to make the most of my day. What a good way to spend an afternoon. We started with strudel and then went to a deli and tried different sausages. They were local sausages and were delicious. After that we went to a restaurant for a rice table( small Asian bites) . Also very good. Then we went to a cheese shop and sampled local cheeses. Our final stop was a bar where we tried the local drink Ginaveer. Each place offered us beer or wine. Also we got information about Amsterdam and history about WW1 and how locals survived the Natzi infiltration. Very educational. The guide was excellent.
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Dagaadne_s
May 4, 2024
Food, fludium & fables. - Catharina gave us a tasting and past & present history tour of Amsterdam to remember, visiting places hard to find on your own.
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Kenneth_c
May 2, 2024
Tasty walking tour of Amsterdam - Our Guide, Marc, was fantastic. We stopped in local establishments for wine & cheese, beer & sausages, chocolate & stroopwaffels, and more. The walking was good but not too much - many historical sites along the way
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Cloring13
May 3, 2024
Don’t do this tour - This was the worst food tour I’ve ever been on. For €110/pp we got a slice of apple pie, 3 small pieces of meat at a butcher shop, a chicken skewer and small dish at an Indonesian stop, small stroopwaffle and piece of chocolate, a cheese platter with 4 samples, one bitterball. Hard to believe that they didn’t offer a chance to try herring or eel which are the most popular Dutch foods! Our guide was great and we did this because it was highly rated in a Rick Steves book but they are clearly living off that. Save your money.
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