About
I first arrived in Amsterdam for a short stay and found myself slowing down, looking closer, and wanting to understand more.
Amsterdam reveals itself in layers, not all at once, and rarely in obvious ways. It is a city that rewards attention.
With a background in journalism and urban planning, each tour approaches the city as both story and structure. Streets are read as narratives, buildings as decisions, and neighbourhoods as living reflections of migration, policy, and everyday life.
We explore Amsterdam through those who shaped it and continue to do so: women, migrants, artists, and city-makers. Cycling and mobility become more than symbols; they offer insight into how the city moves, who it serves, and how it creates access and equality.
These are not checklist tours, but thoughtful explorations with space for conversation, observation, and moments to pause.
Guided in English, Russian, Ukrainian, and Hebrew, each experience is tailored yet effortless.
Practical, relaxed, and quietly refined, like a good pair of jeans.
Shall we explore together?
Maria
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find the tour that moves you
Format: Cycling tour
Duration: 2.5 hours
Language: English, Ukrainian, Russian
An urban cycling tour through one of Amsterdam’s most carefully planned and most contradictory neighborhoods.
We will explore how wealth, aesthetics, and counterculture have negotiated space here for over a century, and how that tension still shapes the streets today.
Price: €250 per group (1–4 people)
Format: Cycling tour
Duration: 3.5 hours
Language: English, Ukrainian, Russian
A cycling tour through Amsterdam Noord’s industrial past, creative present, and experimental future.
We will look at regeneration, mobility, and social change — and see how movement itself reveals the city’s ambitions, frictions, and unfinished ideas.
Price: €320 per group (1–4 people)
Format: Walking tour
Duration: 3 hours
Language: English, Ukrainian, Russian
A flavour-filled walk through Oud-West, where Amsterdam’s global story is simmering on every corner.
As we wander between markets, bakeries, and neighbourhood kitchens, we uncover how migration, trade, and daily life turn into something you can taste - bold, layered, and unmistakably local.
Price: €340 per group (1–4 people)
Format: Walking tou
Duration: 2 hours
Language: English, Ukrainian, Russian
A walking tour exploring Jewish Amsterdam beyond the Holocaust — through trade, migration, daily rituals, and the urban spaces that shaped the city from the 16th century to today.
We will look at presence, contribution, and continuity. We will read the streets as witnesses to resilience, adaptation, and influence.
Price: €200 per group (1–4 people)
Format: Museum tour
Duration: 2 hours
Language: English, Ukrainian, Russian
A museum (family) tour connecting Van Gogh’s work to 19th-century urban growth, trade, and social transformation.
We will look beyond the paintings to the world that shaped them, discovering how cities influence creativity and how art responds to change.
Little art lovers (ages 5 and up) will explore the artist through interactive games created especially for them.
Price: €200 per group (1–4 people)
DENIM MARIA
