Amsterdam

If you enjoy stand-up comedy, I thoroughly recommend an evening at Boom Chicago just off the Leidseplein. The shows are all in English and you can make a night of it by having your dinner there too. Every time I've been to Amsterdam over the years I've gone to a show and never been disappointed. (Their website is currently off-limits due to a Trojan horse but there's plenty of info from other sources online).

Van Gogh Museum. Seeing the originals blows your head off.The first time I visited in the 1970s I saved a paper table mat with a picture of the city as it then was. I think I've still got it somewhere.
I last visited it in the early 2000s and it had changed enormously then.
Have a lovely holiday.

How lucky are you. Yes Amsterdam is a fabulous city, canal cruise, Rijksmuseum, Cheese making. Great coffee, delicious taart, so very friendly people. Go on !!

Book ann frank house if you want to go....it books up about 3 to 4 months ahead....when you going? If its now tulip season then go see the tulip fields ( we hired bikes and cycled round them all, it was glorious!) .

We went at a quiet time, in January last year.
Easy to get around on foot, watch out for the pesky bikes. Anne Frank House was supposed to be my highlight, but I was surprised how interesting I found the Resistance Museum. Preferred Van Gogh Museum over the Rijksmuseum. Did a boat trip by day and another by night. The Heineken experience was fun, probably aimed at younger people, but worth it for the free beers! The department store in Dam Square was great for a quick lunch, and use of very clean loos. We're going back in 2026, there's a lot to see.

There's a Van Gogh experience in East London. Is it the same?

The Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam is wonderful, but book in advance

How Amsterdam has changed since I lived there, almost sixty years ago. It was a much quieter city. Extremely clean. No need to pre book for museums. Anne Frank's house was as the family left it, and we were the only family visiting on the day we were there. I loved living there and my second child was born there.
Such happy days.

Rijsmuseum (wrong spelling probably) is worth a visit. The flower market along the canal, a cruise on the canals, definitely Anne😉 Frank's house, lots of cafes to choose from.

DD and DGD1 just back from there. They particularly spoke about the Van Gogh immersive experience, a cocktail-making evening and in particular their visit to Anne Frank's house. What they wouldn't recommend is hiring bikes to get around, which they said was an absolute nightmare!! (They're usually game for anything!). Enjoy your trip, lucky lady.

Thanks. Belgium is full of bikes they ring 🔔 but make no attempt to stop!

How lovely to be taken away by y our family.
My top suggestion is prepare for all the bikes. They don’t seem to notice pedestrians. Comfy shoes as many streets are cobbled. Charming but sometimes awkward.
You will find plenty to do but have a boat ride, Anne Franck museum, and van gough museums, book before hand .
Enjoy yourself and happy 70 th.

Anne Frank's House is definitely worth a visit, but I think you need to book before you go now. As Iam64 says, it's a great city to explore and lots to see and do.

It’s a great city, art galleries, museums, canal trips, brown cafes (food not smokes) good variety of food places. Great city to explore on foot or bike.
Tulip - flower markets.
Anne Frank house if you can avoid queues