There are various way how to know the city. The best way isn't only by bike, but by walking. The city centre is surprisingly compact and all key attractions can easily be reached by foot. Whatever you can't walk to in the city you can get to by bus, trolley or train. The public transportation around the city and the train service to other parts of the country is excellent.

The popular tourist attraction is  to take a tour boat ride as well. Some people call Amsterdam North Venice, because of plenty canals in it. The city is built around 165 canals which are not only a means of getting around but also living space for the large number of houseboats in the city. Take a boat is the fast way to see a lot in short time. You can pass alongside the facades of old patrician homes on the Herengracht and other canals; boat go by the bawdy Zeedijk district, and point out the famous 15th Century Weepers' Tower ("Schreier-storen"), where the tearful wives of Dutch sailors used to wave goodbye to their men; you can clap eyes on the picturesque "Skinny Bridge" (Magere Brug) on the Amstel, and the furniture hooks on top of the canal houses; it passes dozens of other histoorical sites; and in the end, you sail out into the vast harbor of Amsterdam, past freighters from exotic lands, and past drydocks where gigantic ships have been lifted from the waters for cleaning and repairs. Very comfortable boats offer a regular service along three routs. the stops are located near the popular museums, shopping district and tourists attracttions.

However, if you want to see things like de Haar Castle and the Kroller-Muller Museum, which is out the town,  the easiest way would be to rent a car.

Visiting Amsterdam gives you all the time to see the attractions and taste the liberal atmosphere, wich is broudcast stereotipe about whole country. It's unlike any place else. It is also world famous for its liberal, laissez faire attitude, which has led to the decriminalisation of cannabis and prostitution, both of which are regulated and taxed. You can smell weed in a street, meet a lot foreigners athristed for various attractions. It is a city with the first gay monument and first gay marriage. It is a city where you can see such man’s toilets in a city street, which can make flush conservative lady. This city becomes alive in the summer when terraces of café fill with tourists and locals alike, creating a buzzing and lively atmosphere. People flock to the Vondel park, cruise the canals on boats or ride around the city on their bicycles.

Of course, the famous Amsterdam Red Light District is worth seeing. Be careful about taking pictures of the women and windows, though, as they don't like it.

When you walk in the centre should pay attantion to renowned sites such as the icon of modern Dutch architecture: the Beurs van Berlage; the late gothic Nieuwe Kerk (church), where crown prince Willem Alexander married Maxima; the Koninklijk Paleis (Royal Palace); various theatres on the Leidseplein; the impressive Rijksmuseum; the Spiegel quarter, with scores of antique shops and galleries and the Magere Brug (skinny bridge) over the Amstel River. Don‘t miss the the former Jewish Quarter.