Explore the world with Singapore Masters runner and SportPlus.sg creator Paul Martin in this series that takes you through new running routes around the world, complete with food and sightseeing recommendations!
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Looking to incorporate a bit of exercise into your itinerary as you explore a new city on your next vacation? We might have just the thing for you.
Join Singapore masters runner and SportPlus.sg creator Paul Martin as he travels the world and takes us on his favourite running routes, sharing hidden gems you might not know of on your previous visit to a city!
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If you are not a serious runner, fret not because these routes can easily be replaced with a simple walk or hike.
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Running Route 1: Distance: 21KM
"I started from my hotel, and head to the International Theatre. From there it was a to Dam Square, Central Station and a short trip to the Red Light district before heading back to Dam Square, the International Theatre and then to Vondelpark where I ended off the day's run with 3 x 5km loops around the park to finish with 21KM."
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Key Attractions
International Theatre Amsterdam
Seen as a beacon for contemporary theatre that caters to audiences from Amsterdam and around the world, and leading the way at the national and international levels, the Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA) was formed in the 2018 - 2019 season onwards with the merging of the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg and Toneelgroep Amsterdam on 1 January 2018.
The theatre produces high-quality programmes with 600 pluriform national and international theatre and dance performances each year, offering social programmes that appeal to a wide range of audiences, bringing them new ways of understanding and seeing the world.
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Dam Square
The Dam Square is the central main square and the most famous square in Amsterdam. Located in the center of the medieval city center, it is surrounded by many beautiful buildings of national importance to the Dutch. The most noticeable and main buidling at the square is the neoclassical Royal Palace, which is of great historical importance.
Central Station
The main train station in Amsterdam, Central Station witnesses over 250,000 people passing through its doors on a daily basis.
Sports travelers and runners can expect useful amenities for their lifestyle as well such as luggage lockers, currency exchange, bicycle storage and bicycle repair shop or rental servicews, and the station is also accessible for those who are wheelchair bound.
If you plan to travel around the city, it is recommended that you go with a "City Pass", which can be purchased at this station.
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Red Light District
A world-renowned tourist attraction, the Amsterdam Red Light District is one of the most talked-about neighbourhoods in the city and country, due to its housing of the world’s oldest profession - prostitution. While the trade is mostly frowned upon across the world, it is done openly and celebrated in Amsterdam, with the area, known as “De Wallen” for the Dutch, offering a showcase of live sex shows, sex shops, brothels, and strip clubs.
While it was traditionally an unsafe zone, it is widely regarded as fairly safe in the modern context apart from pickpockets.
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Vondelpark
The largest city park in Amsterdam and also the most famous park of the Netherlands, Vondelpark can either be explored via a guided bicycle tour with a guide sharing with you all about the history of the park, or on foot where runners frequent.
The park also boasts sculptures such as the statue of poet Vondel, an open air theatre that hosts free concerts in the summer, the cast iron music dome, the Groot Melkhuis with playground for children, and the historical Pavilion with its restaurant Vertigo.
Food and Beverage
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Cafe De Klos
Ranked as the number 1 restaurant for barbeque in Amsterdam, Cafe De Klos is one of the most popular steakhouses in the city.
Located in a more commercialised side of the city or what some may deem as 'touristy', it goes back to basics with simple tasty and juicy spareribs.
The bad news is that you cannot make reservations here, and the wait is sometimes up to two hours.
Address: Kerkstraat 41, 1017 GB Amsterdam The Netherlands
Website: https://dekloscafe.wordpress.com/
Cannibale Royale
Located in Amsterdam's City Centre area, Cannibale Royale offers a good variety of dining options from their renowned spicy chicken wings, to steak tatare, rib roast with a side flame-grilled lamb t-bones with salsa verde, or Cannibale ribs glazed in a sweet marinade.
Address: Handboogstraat 17a, 1012 XM Amsterdam, Netherlands
Website: https://cannibaleroyale.nl/
Stay tuned for more of our #RunEveryCity recommendations with Paul, as we help you in your sports travel around the world!
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