Amsterdam City Breaks
Once centre of a great empire, Amsterdam is now home to refuseniks and a powerful counter culture that can trace it routes back to the reformation when Holland asserted its difference and distinctiveness to the rest of mainland Europe.
Amsterdam is the great counter cultural city break. Filled with liberal spirit and an antipathy for government, Amsterdamers move at their own pace whether it is by bike or on foot. Stridently anti the bustle of commerce, this is why people live and care.
For the city break visitor, a weekend is about seeing the incredible dutch school paintings, standing outside Ann Frank's house and simply walking along canals and stopping in a coffee shop.
With a weekend in Amsterdam nothing more than a short flight away and the easy transit of their excellent airport, this is an ideal late break destination.
Amsterdam City Breaks will be relaunching in summer 2009 after a few more tokes in a coffee shop fo inspiration - offering city break hotels, short break tips and comparison for prices from 24 different booking engines.