Audio Guide Category: walk

Merchants of the Canals, a historic challenge

Please listen to the audio instructions before you start! Welcome to the izi.TRAVEL Merchants of the Canals challenge. Beautiful canal houses, world famous museums and bustling market squares. The canal district of Amsterdam has it all. This tour will t…

KLM Houses: 500 Years of Dutch Design

You are about to embark on a grand tour through 500 years of Dutch Design. Amsterdam is the cradle of creativity and home to some of the most innovative architects in history. From Barbados to St. Petersburg, and from Cape Town to Gdansk; step gables, n…

KLM Houses: The Great Amsterdam Historic Pub Crawl

Welcome to Amsterdam. My name is Mark Zegeling, the author of ‘Kingdom by the Sea’, and an avid collector of urban legends and tall tales.You’re about to embark on the Great Amsterdam Historic Pub Crawl. And today, I share with you the…

Audiotour National Park ‘Zuid-Kennemerland’

Audio tour National Park Zuid-Kennemerland This audio tour follows the blue signposted route. You can start this walk at the visitor centre in Overveen (Zeeweg 12, for route planners: Zeeweg 14) or at Parnassia aan Zee (Zeeweg, last exit, after campsite…

Edam

Edam and the historic wealth of a town dedicated to cheese

De Pijp

Welcome to the tour about the district of De Pijp. The neighbourhood of de Pijp in Amsterdam lies just East of the Museum Square. The North side, the old Pijp is bustling with people, bikes, terraces, restaurants and bars, mostly centring the big Amster…

AmsterDAMN

A fun tour through the city of Amsterdam, visiting the Rijksmuseum, the Bijenkorf, the Vondelpark, a little restaurant and the flowermarket. 

Follow the Money

Welcome to Follow The Money, an audio tour guide through the center of Amsterdam. Thewalk takes you in 45 minutes past the rich, financial history ofAmsterdam and covers a period of over 400 years: from the 17th century to the present. During the tour M…

Zaanse Schans Tour

The Zaanse Schans is a residential area in which the 18th and 19th centuries are brought to life. Stroll past the bakery museum and enjoy the smell of fresh bread, or take a look at the warehouse where clogs are made. You should be sure not to miss the …

Urbirun Amsterdam – Highlights

Distance : 12.3km / 7.6mi (*9.5km/5.9 mi)Elevation : flatRotation : counterclockwiseParks/Pedestrian : 3.8km (ca 32%)Urban constraints : lowSuggested start : Prins Hendrikkade / Martelaarsgracht – as any urbirun route, you can start where ever you…

Sentinel of Naarden walking tour (3,3 km)

Welcome to the historic fortified town of Naarden. Naarden was established at its current location in 1350, in between the former Zuiderzee and the vast lakes and marshland. This strategic position made it possible to prevent the passage of any enemies,…

Red Light District Mystery

Please listen to the audio instructions before you start! Welcome to the izi.TRAVEL red light District mystery! You are just in time to embark on an interactive adventure, in which our goal will be to catch a mystery killer and get to know more about th…

Wester-Amstel Park and Gardens

Wester Amstel is a Golden Age country estate on the outskirts of Amsterdam. It was established in 1662 by Nicolaas Pancras, mayor of Amsterdam, as the perfect country getaway. Jacques Lissone bought Wester-Amstel in 1900 with the fortune he made by pion…

The Amsterdam Canal District

Beautiful canal houses, world famous museums and bustling market squares. All these historic architecture and culture comes into this tour. We walk along the most beautiful places in and around the Amsterdam canals.

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. 261 ii
To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design. 480 iii
To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared. 514 iv
To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history. 642 ix
To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals. 137 v
To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change. 172 vi
To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria). 256 vii
To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. 151 viii
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To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation. 168

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