Top North Holland Tours, Sightseeing & Cruises

Our enthousiastic guides have been guiding people for about 7 years through Leeuwarden and have been rated as the best tours in Leeuwarden ever since. So join these enthousiastic guides and let them bring this city to life.

Sail around the quaint Dutch city of Haarlem and see a number of its main attractions during this 50-minute boat cruise. Explore the historic city center and see the Teylers Museum, Haarlem Central Station, Jopen Church, and the Frans Hals Museum as you cruise around the canals. This is a relaxing way to explore Haarlem and enjoy the scenic views.

Alkmaar is known for its cultural attractions, but getting an intimate perspective of the historic city can be difficult. Discover landmarks including the Molen van Piet, Grote Sint Laurenskerk, and the Waag on a small-group walking tour and learn about the city’s culture and history from your guide, benefiting from the small-group size for a more personalized experience.

Alkmaar is famous for its cheese market and cultural landmarks, but knowing the best spots to explore can be difficult. Discover the working market and its history on a small-group tour of the city, then continue into the medieval center to explore sights including the Stadhuis and the Waag. Benefit from the small-group size for a more personalized experience, and gain insight into the city’s culture from your resident guide.

We are feed the Nomads!, a small and personal Dutch regional food tour operator that organizes guided food tours in and around Haarlem and Alkmaar. We offer authentic, informative, small scale, personal and fun food tours. We believe in honest, local and tasty food. Food that is produced according to the good, clean and fair principles. As we explore the city we let the makers tell their stories and let you smell, taste, feel and even hear the original ingredients and the lovely products that our passionate producers make out of it. The local food guides will to take you to places unknown to most outsiders and even to many locals!

Explore Haarlem like a local on this biking tour on the weekends. Taking place during the high season (from March through the end of November), this guided tour includes stops in the Old City in Haarlem including hidden streets and old churches. Plus hear about the city’s history, and get recommendations for the rest of your stay.

Discover the fascinating story of Haarlem in a relaxed small group with a local native English speaking guide. Haarlem has a long and colourful history. Originally famous for Beer, Linen and Tulips, the city has been repeatedly besieged, fought over, burnt down and rebuilt several times over. This tour has a little bit of everything from Art and Architecture, Life, Death and High Culture in Late Medieval and Renaissance times. The tour will also help you to make the most of your time in Haarlem with sightseeing tips, the best things to do and places to eat pointed out along the way. Half way through the tour we will stop for a quick 15 minute coffee break in a secret spot high up above the city, this also makes a great photo opportunity. If you are going elsewhere in Holland after Haarlem you will enjoy it much more after taking this tour as you will be able to recognise the famous architecture styles, know what the buildings were for and a little more about the people behind them.

We are going to walk on the Zaanse Schans. I am a certified guide and will give you a lot of information about the highlights. The walk shows you the Albert Heijn museum shop, the wooden shoe factory and the cheese factory, and we will taste cheese and of course to the windmills (entrance not included € 5.00 pp per adult per mill, € 2.50 pp per child per mill ). You can indicate which windmill (s) you want to visit.

Escape the crowds and skip the long lines in the popular town of Giethoorn, during this private excursion which also includes two extra stops at windmills and a castle for photo-taking purposes. Your multi-lingual, local driver-guide will chauffeur you in comfort, as you sip on complimentary soft drinks, enjoy the views, and listen to their exclusive insight into the region you wouldn’t get on an independent visit.

Are you looking for a private walking tour in the city of Groningen organized by a local guide? There is no need to look further. Expedition North Groningen provides 2-hour walking tours just for you! During the city of Groningen walking tour, you explore the highlights of the city of Groningen such as: - Martini Tower - Grote Markt - A former shipyard - Noorderplantsoen park - Academy Building (University of Groningen) - Historic canals and guesthouses - Forum Groningen (spectacular views!) When joining the city of Groningen walking tour you will learn about the unique student culture, the history and architecture of the city and how the city of Groningen gradually developed into the most important city of the Northern Netherlands. During the city of Groningen walking tour, you will also discover some small streets and hidden gems that are difficult to find without a guide! Language: English and Dutch Understand: Maximum 2 persons / Household Time of tour: Flexible

We have a private boottour for about 75 minutes. We will show you the highligts, of the historical city of Haarlem. You and your friends or family are alone on this boat. You will get all the attention of the captain which can tell you a lot about Haarlem. There is also enough time to spend on yourself and to relax. We will have cold drinks and music on board, if you like. We are looking forward to welcome you!

Pedal through the picturesque Dutch countryside during this springtime bike tour from Alkmaar city center. This 3.5-hour tour is a great way to experience the blooming tulips and flowers of The Netherlands as well as the beautiful windmills. Bike approximately 12.5 miles (20 kilometers) through fields and farms and stop along the way to take photos of your favorite flowers.

Once you enter our museum you find yourself going into an old mine, this nostalgic atmosphere is one of a kind. Our collection is filled with unique pieces that are not often displayed. It is truly a one of a kind experience!

Gain an overview of rural Holland on this half-day private tour to Volendam, Marken, Broek, and Monnickendam, with round-trip transportation from your hotel ensuring a hassle-free trip. Benefit from the personalized attention and insider knowledge of your guide as you visit locally-loved eateries and hidden hamlets and avoid hidden costs with activities included as per itinerary.

Giethoorn is a unique water village in the Netherlands. The village is also called the Venice of the Netherlands. The excavation of peat soils has created a unique canal system, so that the houses in the center can only be reached by boat. The houses in the center of Giethoorn are picturesque farmhouses with thatched roofs. In addition, the houses are on small islands since they are all completely surrounded by water. This makes it impossible to reach the houses by car. Only by boat or walking where a bridge must be crossed. During the cruise you will sail through these small canals and under the bridges while enjoying coffee or tea. The guide / captain gives you text and explanation about the unique water village. The emergence of the village is discussed as well as unique features that make the village different from all other villages in the Netherlands. Afterwards you will have sailed through the center and over Lake Giethoorn and you have learned how Giethoorn was created.

Get carried away on the Spaarne river and see a beautiful part of Haarlem outside the city centre Enjoy the wonderful Mill to Mill boat trip on the river Spaarne in Haarlem. Cruising off the beaten track in Haarlem & discover along the way the typical Dutch windmills, what more can a person ask for? Not only adults, but also children will find these along the water remarkeable eye-catchers spectacular. The skipper takes you from the centre of Haarlem past Mill the Adriaan, the Waag and Teylers Museum. After this, you will continue in the direction of Heemstede, a beautiful route along the houseboats. Here you will cruise along mill the ''Unicorn'', you will see a lot of green nature and beautiful stately homes along the Spaarne. The cruise is provided by the experienced staff who for years sail around the Haarlem canal waters. In summer, we sail through Haarlem with open and semi-open boats; in winter, we sail with wonderfully heated covered boats.

The Fat Max, an oversized scooter with extra-wide tires. You don't have to scoot yourself because the Fat Max is equipped with an electric motor. The scooter goes a maximum of 25 km per hour but can be used on public roads, over forest paths, and over the grass. Fat Max can be driven from the age of 16 and after a short explanation, you can easily drive it away. Driving the Fat Max is a lot of fun and also very addictive!

Small-group of maximum 16 guests ensures full and personal attention from your local guide with a convenient pickup from your hotel in Zaandam. Enjoy everything Zaanse Schans has to offer: lots of photo opportunities, traditonal crafts like cheese making and clog making. Visit a working Industrial windmill.

My passion for Haarlem will shine through as we take a relaxed walk around town. I’m sure you will leave smiling and falling in love with this exquisite city. This is where the magic happens and memories are made. I would love to welcome you to my place so we can meet. I’ll show you all the most photogenic spots so that you can leave with some amazing photos of this stunning city. In 2 hours my Photographic Walking Tour will show you a nice blend of cultural and historic monuments with a focus on showing the most photogenic corners of town. We will walk around the city and learn about the trials and triumphs that built this bewitching city. Highlights include the Grote Kerk, Adriaan mill, and Spaarne River. After our tour you are invited to join me at a rooftop bar for a drink where you will be free to look through and admire your photos. Are you coming?

Stroll medieval streets and atmospheric neighborhoods on a 2-hour, private walking tour of Haarlem with an experienced guide. Trace a fascinating route past some of the city’s most iconic landmarks, from the spire of Saint Bavo Church to the town hall and houses from the 16th- and 17th-centuries. Discover picturesque courtyards, or hofjes, hidden throughout the city, and get an insider’s perspective on Haarlem’s unique culture, history and local character. Enjoy time to explore at your own pace, with plenty of time to see what interests you most.

You guide is a real born and raised Amsterdam guy who is going to teach you a lot about the Netherlands and it's fantastic history. Your guide is someone who is streetwise too so the mix of Dutch (history) knowledge and real life nice to knows makes sure that there 'll never be a dull moment. Check my reviews now>> For groups 5-8 people, send me a text in advance pls for the price.

Discover Holland in one day!  Because Holland is a very small country, we offer you the oppportunity to have a good idea how Holland looks like. Get the best out of it with your private guide who is born and raised in Amsterdam around the summer of love and who has seen every little place in Holland! The unique selling points for this tour? The best of all different tours combined in a one day private tour! I am your private guide and also your driver, well mannered and well educated.  I am fluent in English, speak some German, Spanish and Portugese.

This is time to visit Haarlem! This ancient city makes the perfect get away from Amsterdam. Haarlem dates back to pre-medieval times. With its ancient buildings, cobbled streets and winding waterways, it’s one of the most photogenic places in the whole country. Our excellent guides will make sure that with this two hours walking tour you will get to know a big deal of it's culture and history and that you would definitely wish to come back!

The Daily special is a corona proof day out. The Daily special offers you the possibility to rent our scooters for 1 whole day. Under the smoke of Amsterdam you drive past several picturesque polder villages. Experience what these places have to offer you. Would you like to stop along one of the beautiful places to eat and drink? Then order a lunch box of Southern delicacies filled with delicious regional products.