The real Amsterdam
Wander among about 7,900 buildings rebuilt in 3D from OpenStreetMap: a first piece of the centre, with more of the city to come.
Instant Amsterdam BETA
Explore or race by bike, on foot or on horseback along the canals!
Ride through the old centre of Amsterdam in 3D, past the Dam, the Royal Palace, the Singel and the Spui, with every canal house from OpenStreetMap.
Free · no account · works on PC, tablet and phone
What there is to do
Between the canals
Start on the Dam by the Royal Palace, follow the Singel to the Spui and the Rokin, and ride on to the Westerkerk, the Nieuwmarkt and Centraal Station.
A race: Dam and Singel
Race from the Dam past the Royal Palace to the Singel, along the canal to the Spui and back up the Rokin to the Dam.
This is Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands, a city of canals, narrow brick houses and bicycles. It began as a fishing village at a dam in the river Amstel and, in the 17th century, became the richest trading port in Europe. The canal ring that its merchants dug in that Golden Age still holds the city together today.
- The 17th-century canal ring, with its bridges and tall, narrow merchants’ houses
- Rembrandt, Van Gogh and the Rijksmuseum
- The Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht
- Bicycles everywhere, canal boats, trams and stroopwafels
Places, elements and landmarks
DamThe square on the dam built across the Amstel in the 13th century, which gave the city its name.
Royal PalaceBuilt as the city hall of the Golden Age, made a palace by Louis Napoleon in 1808.
Nieuwe KerkThe church on the Dam where Dutch kings and queens are sworn in.
BegijnhofA hidden courtyard of old houses round a garden, behind a door off the Spui.
SpuiA small square of bookshops and cafés, with a book market on Fridays.
Flower marketThe floating flower market on the Singel, selling bulbs and flowers since 1862.
WesterkerkThe church on the Prinsengracht with the tallest tower in Amsterdam, crowned by an imperial crown.
Anne Frank HouseThe canal house where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis and she wrote her diary.
Canal ringThe half-moon of 17th-century canals round the old town, on UNESCO’s World Heritage list.
Famous art in Amsterdam
Ready to go?
Play Instant AmsterdamStill in development: expect some rough edges.