Our Team
All of our guides have an academic background, and are GUIDOR and/or ANVR and/or IVOR certified. They all work professionally as tourguides, and have vast experience in guiding and inspiring guests in our wonderful city, also for many wellknown international tour companies and (river)cruiseliners.
EDWIN
Edwin van den Berg has been working as a guide for many years, in the western, central and eastern part of The Netherlands. He studied History and has always remained passionate about history and culture, which he loves to share with his guests. Edwin is GUIDOR certified, and has done many walking tours and bike tours for VVV Utrecht, Amersfoortse Gidsen and many Dutch events agencies. Besides, he executed many tours in Amsterdam by bus, boat, by foot and by bike for many international cruisecompanies, touroperators and buscompanies.
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ESTHER
For the past couple of years, Esther van Veen has been working as a guide in Amsterdam and surroundings. After she finished her academic European Studies education, she travelled all over the world as a tourleader and wrote books on travel. Now she is guiding international guests around her city. Her specialties are art, history and culture. She is ANVR, IVOR and GUIDOR certified, and has executed tours for local tourcompanies and for international companies like Holland America Line, Crystal Cruises, Viking Cruises, Ama Waterways and ToursByLocals, among others.
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DANIEL
Daniël van Veen has been guiding in Amsterdam and surroundings for the past couple years. He has been living in Amsterdam for about 20 years now, and knows every corner in town. After his Masters in Business Economics, he deeply studied the history and culture of Amsterdam, which he loves to share with his guests with great enthusiasm. He is IVOR and ANVR certified, and has executed tours for many local companies and for international companies like Holland America Line, TUI, Viking Cruises and Ama Waterways among others. He is also an official guide for the Zaans Museum / The Zaanse Schans.
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JEROEN
Jeroen van Rijn has been working for more than 20 years as a guide and tourleader around the world. After studying Journalism, he guided tours in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, Russia and China. During the past 10 years, he has also guided many Spanish and British guests around Amsterdam and The Netherlands. He loves talking about Amsterdams history and its lively character. Jeroen is also guiding tours in Leiden, Delft and Gouda. Momentarily, he is studying History at the Leiden University. He is IVOR, GUIDOR and ANVR certified, and has executed tours for many travelcompanies.
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INGRID
Ingrid van de Grint was born and raised in Amsterdam, and has been working worldwide as a guide and tourleader for over 23 years. After her Dutch Law education, she worked 12 years in Latin America's tourism industry before returning to her beloved Amsterdam. She decided to do the GUIDOR guide training, and has been guiding many international guests around her city ever since. Besides in Amsterdam, she guides all over the Netherlands. Apart from cultural tours, she also does biketours and walkingtours for many local and international travel organisations like ANWB, Crystal Cruises, Boat Bike Tours, Viking Cruises and many others.
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