Anne Frank Walking Tour Amsterdam: Holocaust History Sites

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Duration2h

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN · DE +1

Mobile ticketAccepted

Two hours through Amsterdam's hidden wartime past: memorials, resistance fighters, the secret annex

This two-hour walking tour of Amsterdam traces the Frank family's life, the dangers they faced, and the broader Jewish experience during the Holocaust, ending outside the Anne Frank House where Anne and her family hid for over two years. A licensed guide in English, French or German leads the route through Dam Square, past sites of resistance, and to lesser-known locations that illustrate the context of the war. The tour is wheelchair accessible and suitable for all fitness levels.

Step-by-step itinerary

Anne Frank and Jewish history tour

Walk through Amsterdam streets
See WWII fallen soldiers memorial
Visit De Bijenkorf and hear bar story
View Willem Arondeus's stumbling stone
End at Anne Frank House memorial

The Experience

You meet your guide and start in Amsterdam's city center, moving through streets where the Frank family once lived and worked. The guide shares how the family's circumstances shifted as Nazi occupation tightened, grounding the story in the actual geography and the choices people faced. This is not a museum visit. It is a walk through the places where history happened, with someone who knows what occurred there and why it matters.

The route takes you to Dam Square, where you see the memorial for fallen soldiers of the Second World War. You pass the location of De Bijenkorf, where a bar called Der Silveren Spiegel hid 16 people during the occupation. You walk a street where Willem Arondeus, a resistance fighter, lived: marked by a stumbling stone. These stops build a picture beyond one family's story: they show you how Amsterdam's Jewish community resisted, how neighbors helped, and what the broader cost was. The guide connects these sites to themes of tolerance, human rights, and historical memory throughout the walk.

The tour ends outside the Anne Frank House, the building where Anne, her family and others spent more than two years in the secret annex. You do not enter the house on this tour (that is a separate ticket if you choose it), but you stand at the place where her diary was written and where her story unfolded. The guide's final words anchor what you have seen across the two hours into a single, lasting point about the importance of remembering and understanding.

What’s included

A two-hour walking tour led by a licensed guide.
the route through Dam Square, resistance sites, and to the Anne Frank House.
insights into the Frank family's life and the broader Jewish experience during the Holocaust.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Breeze Guided Tours

Is this one for you?Pick the version with Anne Frank House entry if you want the guide to lead you inside the building after the walk. Choose without entry if you'd rather explore it on your own schedule or need the walking context before deciding whether to enter.