Small Groups, Great Guides. That’s the idea.

Jelte started his career as a carpenter and worked his way up to a Masters degree in History of Architecture, while also working as a tour guide for the past ten years.

He can explain architectural concepts of the last 700 years, but also has down-to-earth knowledge about how to make a house or restore a foundation. He will even tell you about the houses he helped to build.

With his soft spot for urban planning, he will bring you to Amsterdam and Rotterdam to see the policy changes of the last century. But he’ll also tell you where the nicest bars and restaurants are. Because let’s be real, that’s also very important.

In short: Jelte will go the extra mile to bring you the best experience.

Rudolph knows how to turn dry architecture facts into the personal stories of inhabitant. He can tell you how they live inside these places and in which way they influence them. It is all about context.

Rudolph started his career as an artist, and still has his own studio. Communicating your point of view is very helpful in the art business, so it was a logical step for him to teach at high schools in Amsterdam and to guide tours.

He has a penchant for contemporary architecture and its evolution in this ever-changing society. Let Rudolph take you through the cityscapes and explain how people live!

Esther is an architecture historian and knows her way through Amsterdam, its history and architecture. She can tell you all about a myriad of subjects, from housing policies, the architecture of the canals and the newest developments, and even about the design of playgrounds!

She captivates you by making you observe your environment and including you in the stories of the city. Her enthusiasm and passion makes you want to know more about beautiful Amsterdam.

Jacopo is a multidisciplinary artist & urban designer. He studied Urban Planning at Politecnico di Milano and Urban Design at the Academy of Architecture of Amsterdam. in 2020 founded his practice "Art of Cities": an art- oriented urban-thinking studio that focuses on stimulating the collective imagination regarding urban design and contemporary society issues.

He works as an independent designer, artist, performer and collaborator of the Academy of Architecture of Amsterdam.

His guiding technique is one of a kind: he draws with chalk on the ground to visually help you understand projects concepts.

Clasien is a social geographer and an architecture historian. During her career at various local Amsterdam government entities she experienced from up close the changes in policies over the years. From megalomaniac plans of the ‘60s and 70’s to a compact, monumental and hypermodern, yet accessible, contemporary metropolis.

Behind every neighbourhood, every street, every building and every stone lies a vision, a debate, and a battle for space and heritage.

Clasien’s unique background and enthusiasm for the geographic,  architectural and humanitarian history of Amsterdam will give you deeper understanding of our beautiful city.

Mayim Frieden combines urban sociology with architectural history to explore why we feel and act the ways we do as we move through the cityscape.

He first studied Art & Architectural History at Bard College in New York State, where he was born and raised, after which he pursued his Master’s in Urban Design within the Design Cultures programme at the Vrije Universities Amsterdam.

Mayim’s practice explores the influence that policymaking, planning practices, design features, and everything in between, can have on our public spaces. In tours with Mayim, you will collectively question and consider how architectural and urban characteristics can shape how you navigate space and how it may feel to do so, offering architectural and historical insights for why this may be.