Amsterdamse Bos

Such a perfect and amazing park to explore, picnic, ride your bike through, whatever! So beautiful and great for any time of day. A must see

This park is a must see! After spending a day in the city center, it was nice to take a short tram ride to spend time at this park. We rented bikes and watched rowers and even went the petting zoo. The forest is very peaceful and the paths are nice and plentiful– not too crowded!

I cannot gush about this place enough. We visited for the day while spending a week in the city. It was a ~20 minute bike ride to the forest from where we stayed (near Vondelpark). We chose a sunny day which was perfect for cycling through the green forests. The absolute highlight was the goat farm in the middle, where you’re able to frolick with the baby goats, feed them and buy their produce in the great café on site. The best thing about the goat farm is that entry is free. After the goat farm we enjoyed a lovely cycle through the trees to one of the lakes in the forest, here we took out a pedalo and went for a swim. Visiting Amsterdamse bos made up one of the best days that we spent in the city. I would return just for this!

The Amsterdamse Bos, the Amsterdam Woods, the woods of Amsterdam, whatever you wanna call it, is surprisingly unwooded for a place with «woods» (bos) in its name.
I have been here often. It’s a nice, big and a relatively quiet park. Yes, PARK. I wish this was a national park of some sorts with more natural and denser wooded areas, but alas. I guess I have too high expectations of a park that is situated below sea level and is only 80 years old, as of now.
I would give this park a higher rating if it had an app where you could actually select which route you wanna follow and that it would assist you with GPS and maps where you are within your route. I mean, it’s 2015! The longest route is the 15/​16km (10 mile) «purple» route called «Lange Boswandeling». I pre-​marked the route using the iOS app «NewRoute» and made sure I would cover at least 16 KM.
I went late in the evening with some waterproof hiking boots which proved necessary in early January. It was dark, but not pitch dark. There was no artificial lighting besides the city lights around the edges of the park. I went during a full moon but alas, there were not many victims for me to prey upon. Perhaps the moon provided too much light for me to successfully stalk my prey.
At some point I noticed someone walking ahead of me in the same direction, all by themselves. So I picked up my pace. I was careful not to startle them (yet). When they noticed some foot steps, they turned around but I made sure to seem as inconspicuous as possible by halting instantaneously in my footsteps and looking at the air above and about me while whistling with my hands in my pockets. Yeah, pro techniques! When they started walking again, I made sure to pick up my pace, this time while panting. When they turned around once more and called out in fear, I dropped and pretended to tie my shoelaces. Yeah… pro stalking methods. I was inconspicuous as f*ck! When they started running, I had no choice but to also run… after them. Thankfully, it was a full moon so I had more stamina (and body hair) than usual. Later, the police was friendly enough to play a game of tag with me. Unfortunately for them, I’m really good at this game and so they lost. I tried shoving their loss in their faces but the sight of flashlights, and the sound of search dogs just took all the fun out of it so I left the scene without telling them goodbye. What sore losers.
Anyway, girls be careful when entering this park when it’s dark and guys, stop being pussies and go for a hike! Leave your PlayStation for once. Get healthy!
Don’t forget: «NewRoute». It’s free. Also check out «Walkmeter», while you’re at it.

Love it, ‘het Amsterdamse bos’ is the only place ‘near’ the city center where you feel like you’re not in the city but in nature.
It is easy to reach from the center of Amsterdam, it’s great for running with different tracks, there are a couple of nice cafés and during the summer there are some great parties as well :-).

The Amsterdam Forest is the most bestest and and very much the awesomest forest of all forests in the whole wide world!
Only a handful of people know the true story of the Amsterdam forest. It is the birthplace of elves, hobbits, dragons and also the Village People who gave us the bestestist song ever, YMCA.
When entering the woods at the visitors Center, take a left. You’ll see a tree. That tree is a magical tree. Place your hands (palm side) on this tree and hum for at least 20 minutes. Just do it. You will be rewarded.
Do it. Tomorrow.

Nothing inspires me more than nature! Amsterdamse Bos/​Amsterdam forest is truly an exceptional park in Holland. There are so many different ways to get to this park. I had the pleasure of cycling here with my Dutchman from the center of Amsterdam to the forest. I must say this park is truly a wonderful place to be on any given sunny day! I love this park because you can do almost anything here. This park is exceptionally planned to do a significant amount of sports. For example they have several wonderful activities spread out through the park for adults and children. Amsterdam Forest is one of the largest parks in Amsterdam, so there is no way you can get bored here. It offers so much to do! So enjoy it and may the park bring you new energy by day. Here is a list of things you can do in the Amsterdam Forest.
You can take:
–Stroll through park
–Relax on the grass
–Enjoy a Picnic
–Cycle through the forest
— Go horseback riding
–Jogging on the trail
–Plenty of watersports
–Canoe on the lake
–Climbing activities
–Open Air Theater
— Animal Farm in the park for Kids

They’ve got a baby goat farm. I’d give this park 6 stars if I could.