A very short AmsterDads this week, as my whole family has come down with a bad cold… bloody childcare! 🤒
In this week’s email:
With Kids:
🎟 Weekend Events: 25% off World of Dinos
⛳️ Activities: Stay in and watch movies?
🚗 Day Trips: Christmas Market closer to home
Without Kids:
👩❤️👨 Date Night Tips: Out in Marineterrein?
⚽️ Man Time: NL v Argentina tonight!
🎟 Weekend Events
It’s hard to keep up with kid-friendly happenings in Amsterdam. Don’t worry - I spend the week scouring, so you don't have to…
🦖 World of Dinos. In my experience, most little kids (especially boys) seem to love dinosaurs! At World of Dinos in Haarlemermeer you’ll find more than 50 life-like (and life-size) moving dinosaurs, treasure hunts and a cinema, at one of the largest dino expos in Europe. I went a few years ago when this was on in Utrecht. My then 4-year old son Olly loved it!
Get a 25% off ‘korting’ to World of Dinos with this link.
⛸ Free Ice Skating Clinic. For 5 to 12 year olds at Museumplein this Saturday, between 11 - 15. Your kids never skated, but would you like try? They can sign-up for the Samen Skating Elfstedentour, where anyone can participate, including children with disabilities.
⛳️ Activities
Too cold out? Watch a movie instead this weekend!
🚗 Day Trips
🎄 Christmas Market (much) closer to home. Haarlem is like a smaller and cleaner version of Amsterdam. Arguably a little classier too! Plus it’s only 15mins on the train. They have a nice looking Christmas Market on at the moment, which we might check out on Sunday if we’re feeling better (our Cologne X-mas Market plans are off for now).
🚘 Want to drive, but don’t own a car? I use MyWheels: convenient and affordable car sharing. If you book your first trip with my link, you’ll get €25 off.
👩❤️👨 Date Night Tips
🧀 Dinner. Looking for something in an area you may not have been out to before? Check out Kanteen25 at Marineterrein. It overlooks the water and Nemo, plus some of the Amsterdam Light Festival works at the moment.
👀 No one to watch your kids? We use Sitly to find good babysitters.
⚽️ Man Time
I’m going to research this section better next week.
🇳🇱 Netherlands v Argentina 🇦🇷 Tonight, 8pm. Every bar is and option. And they will be rammed, so get out early if you can!
That’s it for this weekend. Have a good (fit and healthy) one!
Cheers,
Dan