AMSTERDAM
Amsterdam’s best days out.
The 15 best madame tussauds & spooky museums in Amsterdam, with prices, run times and who you book through. The ones worth planning an afternoon around, and what each ticket actually includes.
Madame Tussauds Amsterdam on Dam Square: wax icons plus TV autocue, Adele studio and DJ booth fun. One-day ticket, about an hour.
Most Popular“Really fun experience! Try not to go when a school trip is on there though as you have grown children screaming and taking up photo opportunities when they push in to take them! Very noisy. Apart from this, a good experience with some fantastic models, especially George Clooney!”
Visit Amsterdam’s Red Light Secrets Museum in a former brothel. Audio guide included, with time-slot entry on Oudezijds Achterburgwal.
“Really interesting to learn about the red light district and great value”
Step into Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Amsterdam with fast-track entry, wild interactive exhibits, and a top-floor view of Dam Square.
“We had a fabulous time!! Thoroughly enjoyed it with my partner and friends! The place was huge and we did not expect it. Definitely recommend”
Body Worlds Amsterdam The Happiness Project: 200+ plastinated specimens, a free InBody scan, and a science-led look at how happiness affects health.
“Good activity to do. Doesn’t take long to go around. Interesting with lots of facts. Just as a heads up the end section is babies at different stages of pregnancy that have been donated to the museum, this can be a bit upsetting for people who may have miscarried or had still birth, you can…”
Laugh and scream through 500 years of Amsterdam’s dark past at the Amsterdam Dungeon, with interactive actors and the Flying Dutchman.
“Such a good experience, really interesting and interactive!”
Body Worlds Amsterdam admission for 90 minutes of real human specimens and the Happiness Project. Mind-body insights, mobile ticket.
“Fascinating to see up close and the cross sections of bodies and a good way to spend an evening on holiday rather than sitting in a hotel room. 10yr old boy liked it too although not much reading going on!”
A combo ticket for Madame Tussauds and Amsterdam Dungeon, with wax-star photo moments and guided scares through 500 years of dark history.
“Madame Tussauds was so much fun, it was a museum that you could yourself participate by taking photos with the celebrities and the staff had left accesories to costume yourself when pictured with the celebrities, overall a memorable experience! Amsterdam Dungeons was a haunted house with actors and actresses with some desication and skills, I…”
Fast-track Madame Tussauds plus a one-hour GPS audio canal cruise. See canals up close with Dam Square views. Reserve a time slot.
“Le musée est un peu petit”
Step into Amsterdam’s Red Light Secrets, a former brothel museum with audio stories, photo-friendly exhibits, and a confessions wall.
“I learned a lot of those women working there. Some by chance or by choice and also by power n control. It was a sad story but it happens all the time.”
Skip the line at Ripley’s Believe It or Not Amsterdam on Dam Square. Explore five floors of oddities, tunnels, and optical illusions.
“Thought this was excellent, full of interesting facts and oddities, loved the fact that it’s on various floors of the building and keeps you wondering what’s around the next corner. Would definitely recommend a visit here.”
Explore Body Worlds Amsterdam’s The Happiness Project with a one-hour UNESCO canal cruise, GPS audio, and easy skip-the-line entry.
“Es hat beides Spaß gemacht. Insgesamt eine gelungene Erfahrung.”
Fast-track Ripley’s Believe it or Not plus a 1-hour glass-topped canal cruise in Amsterdam’s UNESCO canal district, with onboard audio.
One ticket for Amsterdam Dungeon thrills and a one-hour UNESCO canal cruise with GPS audio in 19 languages.
Skip the line for Body Worlds Amsterdam then enjoy a 1-hour canal cruise with audio—an unusual, smart way to spend half a day.
“The exhibition in the Body world was well informative. Canal cruise also was interesting and informative.”
Pre-book Madame Tussauds in Amsterdam, then enjoy a 1-hour canal cruise with GPS audio in 19 languages for a smart city-center combo.
“Great experience. Tickets were exactly as described. Wax museum was fabulous and the cruise was amazing”
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