Overview

Amsterdam is remarkably flat, compact, easily walkable and even easier on two wheels (see Very Useful). From the old centre, with its Old Church, Dam Square and Red Light District, the dazzling Canal Ring and its grand merchants’ houses and retailvana Nine Streets curls west to south, arty, gentrified Jordaan lies west again, the Museum Quarter and its swank shopping is SW, multicultural, vibey Pijp is SE and resi Plantage lies east of the Amstel river.