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In the Footsteps of Anne Frank: Amsterdam during WWII
(7) Reviews
Amsterdam-Centrum
About
Experience an immersive walking tour that brings Anne Frank’s story to life as you explore the city’s most beautiful historic neighbourhoods.
We begin in the elegant Jewish Quarter, where quiet streets reveal how the Nazi occupation reshaped daily life. Your guide will uncover the machinery of oppression: propaganda, razzias, and the brave resistance that refused to stay silent.
Through vivid storytelling, you’ll follow Anne Frank’s early years in Amsterdam, her love of writing, and the dreams she poured into her diary. You’ll gain a deeper sense of what life in hiding meant: the fear, the silence, and the fragile hope that continues to inspire the world.
Along the way, we visit memorials...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
A walking tour from the Jewish quarter to Ann Frank's House.
The tour does NOT include an entrance ticket to the Anne Franks house.
Meeting Points
Departure
Holocaust Memorial & Dutch Theater (Jewish Cultural Quarter)
We meet opposite the street of the Holocaust Memorial / Dutch Theatre (Hollandsche Schouwburg) on Plantage Middenlaan 24.
Return
Dam Square
The tour ends on Dam Square
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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In the Footsteps of Anne Frank: Amsterdam during WWII
(7) Reviews
Amsterdam-Centrum
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About
Experience an immersive walking tour that brings Anne Frank’s story to life as you explore the city’s most beautiful historic neighbourhoods.
We begin in the elegant Jewish Quarter, where quiet streets reveal how the Nazi occupation reshaped daily life. Your guide will uncover the machinery of oppression: propaganda, razzias, and the brave resistance that refused to stay silent.
Through vivid storytelling, you’ll follow Anne Frank’s early years in Amsterdam, her love of writing, and the dreams she poured into her diary. You’ll gain a deeper sense of what life in hiding meant: the fear, the silence, and the fragile hope that continues to inspire the world.
Along the way, we visit memorials...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
A walking tour from the Jewish quarter to Ann Frank's House.
The tour does NOT include an entrance ticket to the Anne Franks house.
Meeting Points
Departure
Holocaust Memorial & Dutch Theater (Jewish Cultural Quarter)
We meet opposite the street of the Holocaust Memorial / Dutch Theatre (Hollandsche Schouwburg) on Plantage Middenlaan 24.
Return
Dam Square
The tour ends on Dam Square
Itinerary
1
Hollandsche Schouwburg
Theater used ‘Jew collection point’ before deportations
10 minutes
2
National Holocaust Museum
Former Jewish nursery where separated children were held before deportations.
3
Wertheimpark
Oldest Park of Amsterdam, site of the Auschwitz memorial.
15 minutes
4
Portuguese Synagogue
Sephardic synagogue and site of the first razzia's.
Dokworker statue remembering the worker strikes protesting the deportations
15 minutes
5
National Holocaust Names Monument
Dutch National Memorial for the Holocaust (genocide against Jews) and the Porajmos (the genocide against Roma and Sinti) in Amsterdam
10 minutes
6
De Schaduwkade
Nicknamed 'the Jewish Canal', Site of the Jewish council
15 minutes
7
Waterlooplein Market
The demolished heart of the Jewish Quarter, now the site of the Town Hall, Opera House, and a (Jewish) flea market
10 minutes
8
Rembrandtplein
Nightlife area where many street fights between different factions took place during the occupation
5 minutes
9
Pathé Koninklijk Theater Tuschinski
Former Jewish Cinema (voted most beautiful cinema in the world!) where we discuss the use of new media by the Nazi's for propaganda
10 minutes
10
Binnengasthuisstraat
A quiet place by the University library where we delve deeper into Anne Frank's daily life
15 minutes
11
Allard Pierson
Former Dutch Centraal Bank, that secretly financed the resistance.
10 minutes
12
Statue of Anne Frank
Around the corner from Ann Franks House, where we conclude the tour.
5 minutes
13
Anne Frank House
We don't enter the house but we have pictures and models showing how the house and secret annex were used to hide Ann Frank and her family
15 minutes
14
Dam Square
Site of the WWII National Monument.
Here we also discuss the killing of civilians that took place here during the liberation festivities
