Wander around Amsterdam on foot or buy a €6.40 one-day ticket that gives you the freedom of public transport. For details see: www.gvb.nl.

An I Amsterdam card includes use of public transport plus free or reduced entry to museums and attractions.

For general information about the city see: www.visitamsterdam.nl, www.amsterdamtourist.nl and www.holland.com.

Here are 10 ways to spend an active afternoon in Amsterdam:

1. Discover about the life and work of Holland's celebrated 17th Century painter, Rembrandt, by following a walking route set out in a booklet sold by VVV Tourist Offices. Other walks are available.
   
   
2. Hire a bike from www.macbike.nl or www.starbikesrental.com.
   
   
3. Zoom around on a segway from Amsterdam Segway Tours. Day and evening tours each cost €60 per person.
   
   
4. Cruise the canals with the Canal Company. Buy a day pass to hop on and off a canal bus at the major attractions. Adults €17. Under 13s €11. Or hire a canal-bike and pedal along the city's canals.
   
   
5. Visit the Van Gogh Museum (Adults €10), Anne Frank's House (Adults €7.50), the Rijksmuseum (Adults €10), Amsterdam's Historisch Museum (Adults €7) or the Amsterdam Sex Museum (Adults €2.50).
   
   
6. See whether you can cross each of the city's 1,200 bridges.
   
   
7. Then have a drink and take in the view from the top of the former post-office building. For details see: www.ilove11.nl.
   
   
8. Enjoy a free lunchtime concert at 12.30 on Wednesdays. For details see www.concertgebouw.nl.
   
   
9. Take the kids to see the kids at the Ridammerhoeve farm on the outskirts of the city. More than 150 goats and lambs roam around freely. You can help clean their pens or try milking a goat. For details see: www.visitamsterdam.nl.
   
   
10. Take a trip out of town past windmills to the old fishing ports of Volendam, Muiden and Medemblik. For details see: www.noord-holland.com.