Best time to travel to Amsterdam in 2020
In 2020 Amsterdam will be busier than ever before. We recommend to completely avoid peak season in the Dutch capital. Amsterdam has become too busy. The best time to visit…
Public holidays & school vacations – the Netherlands 2019 – 2020
To predict crowds, Avoid-Crowds.com gathers lots of tourist data from around the world. Public holidays and school vacations are key to predicting crowds and are used in all our prediction…
Amsterdam introduces even stricter tour group rules
Dutch mainstream media outlet Telegraaf.nl reports that the city of Amsterdam plans to introduce stricter rules for tour groups. According to the newspaper, this measure is taken to fight the negative…
Amsterdam Cruise Terminal
Amsterdam Cruise Tax: IJmuiden now marketed as Amsterdam
Earlier this year the city of Amsterdam introduced a special tax on cruise passengers arriving at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam. Since January 1, the city charges the cruise lines 8…
Amsterdam & IJmuiden Cruise Ship Schedule
The Amsterdam city council introduced a tax on cruise ship passengers in early 2019. Several cruise lines opted for alternative ports to avoid paying the Amsterdam cruise tax. One of those…
Cruise passengers have a big effect
Busiest cruise day of the year for Amsterdam area
On the 5thof May the Netherlands celebrates Independence Day. Meanwhile, the Passengers Terminal in Amsterdam and the cruise terminal in Ijmuiden are having a busy day of their own. The…
Airbnb usage drops in Amsterdam for the first time
Dutch public broadcaster NOS.nlreports that the number of Airbnb stays has dropped for the first time in Amsterdam. The number of overnight stays dropped with 5 percent to 1.98 million. The…
What we learned about crowds during Easter
Avoid Crowds predicted a busy Easter weekend all across the European continent. Most of our predictions turned out to be true. We predicted that most Western European cities like Amsterdam,…
Enjoy & Respect Amsterdam campaign successful
Dutch media are reporting that the city of Amsterdam’s campaign against offensive behavior by tourists in Amsterdam, is a success. The highly targeted campaign launched last year and will continue in…
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