Amsterdam Food Tour with Canal Cruise

Explore Amsterdam on a 3.5-hour Food & Canals Tour that blends a city stroll with tastings and a canal cruise on a wooden saloon boat.

Getting started

Begin your Food & Canals Tour in the Jordaan neighborhood at the specified meeting point. Check in by showing your confirmation email on your phone, then join your small group of up to 11 participants. Once introductions and a short overview are complete, you set off on foot into Jordaan’s streets to start your city stroll.

What to expect

Jordaan city stroll and tastings

This part of the Food & Canals Tour focuses on Jordaan’s hidden backstreets, with a city stroll that brings you to local artisans and food stops. Over the course of the walk, you sample a range of Dutch and international bites that represent the city’s everyday cuisine.

Features

• During the city stroll with visits to artisans, you step into small local spots where producers and shopkeepers share intriguing stories about their craft and Amsterdam’s food culture.
• Traditional Dutch tastings include apple pie and Goudse boerenkaas, so you can compare the sweetness of the pie with the aged depth of Dutch cheese in one compact route.
• You also try cured herring plus kibbeling or stamppot, which introduces you to two very different Dutch comfort staples from the same concise walk.
• Street-food style bites such as bitterballen, briwat or a roti roll with chicken highlight how Amsterdam’s cuisine mixes classic Dutch snacks with Moroccan and Surinamese influences.

Canal cruise on wooden saloon boat

After the walking tastings, the Food & Canals Tour continues on the water with a canal cruise on a wooden saloon boat. This segment lets you sit while you view Amsterdam from its canals and pair the scenery with drinks.

Features

• On board the wooden saloon boat you cruise along Amsterdam’s iconic canals, seeing the city from water level as you transition from the streets of Jordaan to the historic waterways.
• A range of beverages is available including coffee, tea, red or white spirits, jenever, Dutch local brews and water, so you can choose between a warm drink, a soft option or a classic Dutch spirit as you ride.
• Sipping jenever on the canal cruise connects your tasting directly to the city’s drinking traditions, since jenever is a juniper-flavored gin that has long been associated with the Netherlands.
• With both the boat setting and the earlier food stops, the Food & Canals Tour ties together your apple pie, Goudse boerenkaas, cured herring, kibbeling or stamppot, bitterballen, briwat or chicken roti roll tastings into one continuous route through Amsterdam.