19th Century Amsterdam Guided Private Bike Tour

We will begin our bike tour at the Central Station of Amsterdam, which was a rather controversial building in the end of the 19th century and we will discuss what were the reasons for that.We will visit a close by Saint Nicholas Cathedral and learn about the religious attitudes of that time period.We will pass by the main square of the city, the Dam square, on which we will talk about Napoleon and the beginning of monarchy.In the city center we will also see some impressive monuments of Dutch writers (Rembrandt, Multatuli, Vobdel) find out more about the Dutch colonial past and birth of nationalism.We will bike over a fancy bridge which inspired Claude Monet to paint his masterpieces, which changed art forever.On Waterlooplein we will visit a market with all kinds of goods.Closer to the end of the tour, we are going to see the Heinekens brewery of the 19th century, talk about industry and trade.Afterwards, we are going to be fascinated by the International Theatre of Amsterdam and eventually by Rijksmuseum, a museum with the most prominent collection of the country that takes your breath away