When the weather is good: rent a waterbike or a small boat to go over the canals. It's the best way to discover Amsterdam. If you rent a boat: take wine and food, it's what everybody does :-)
Also go biking through the city; its the fastest way to get around. Taxis are relatively expensive and the public transport doesn't take you everywhere..

whatever you do, get your train/tram tickets from the airport into amdam via the counter agent, NOT from the ticket machine. i was trying to be independent and grabbed the wrong ticket and wound up paying a large fine (about 50usd) and they are happy to escort you to the atm to withdraw the funds to pay said fine, tyvm!

Amsterdaaaaam! Op naar de walletjes :D, die zijn der dus zeker wel en ge staat der tussen voor je't goed doorhebt, 't is dan ook een kleine stadskern, maar alles is er wel te vinden, met een taxi of te voet kun ge heel de stad vlotjes bezoeken. Duizenden wereldse restaurantjes met soms heerlijke gerechtjes, maken Amsterdam voor mij de moeite om nog x te gaan. Verder beke oppassen met al die coffeeshops, er zijn er 350 of zo, dus begin nie aan een foute kroegentocht of ge gaat nix gezien hebben ;) Tenzij uw lief betaald is een jeugdhotel in Amsterdam zeker niet mis, we konden gaan en staan waar we wouden en de voorzieningen praktisch 't zelfde als een ****hotel

It is verey nice to see the great fine arts of which artists like Rembrandet, Van goch Gogan made it in Amesterdan musimes. Hope to have the oppartuinty to see them life

yes, i can imagine that u can get stuck in a coffeeshop for ur whole trip. but maybe it's an idea to check out the city itself, before you do that. it's a shame to see everything completely stoned, because than u can't remember anything except for the photo's u took. just walk around, the inner centre is ok, but try to get into the canal area: de 9 straatjes (9 lil streets), jordaan. both of them have very good, not that expensive restaurants and bars and cool boutiques with whatever u want. good museum is stedelijk museum, which is (still) next to central station. locals all speak English, and mostly open for a conversation or asked directions. try to get hold on a "strippenkaart" which is much cheaper to go by bus or tram than buying a ticket everytime u get on.

I don't care how old you are, the science museum is not to be missed! Heaps of cool hands on stuff to play with topped off by enjoying several beers on the sun terrace is one of the best ways to spend an afternoon in Amsterdam! Also very chilled and inexpensive is exploring the city by bike and paddle boat along the canals, although it can be pretty tricky to locate where you need to go to return the paddle boats to as the 'map' is minimal to say the least!

Park your car at Arena Transferium and take the tram to the centre, saves you time and money!

Use the tram, its a great way of seeing the city and way less expencive then the cab.

Awesome!!! best for lovers, best for friends, best for family, best for pets!!!

Get a day or week ticketfor the trams, saves loads of money!