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Kids at IDFA

Kids at IDFA

Tips for professionals attending IDFA with children.

Childcare

  • Holiday Sitters | If you are travelling with children and are looking for some hours of child care, check out Holiday-Sitters, a company operating in several cities in Europe. You can book sitters online. Their sitters speak multiple languages and all have First Aid Training. Visit their website and book sitters here

Kid-friendly Cafés

  • Coffee + Kids | A Toy Shop, Coffee Bar, Creative Space in one. Website.
  • Groot Melkhuis |  Waterside Terrace in the middle of Vondelpark with a kids playground. Website.
  • Minimarkt | Kids Store with Coffee corner for the parents. Website.
  • Skatecafé Karin & Yvonne | Open Thursday-Saturday this is the best place to have dinner or drinks with your skate-mad kids. Website. 

Activities For Kids

  • Pannenkoekenboot (Pancake boat) | A 75minute boat-ride on the IJ-river, with unlimited pancakes and a ball pit. Great place to have lunch or diner with your kids while sightseeing. Website
  • NEMO | The science and technology museum in Amsterdam for all ages. Discover five floors filled with exhibitions, experiments and workshops. Website. 
  • Het Muizenhuis | A mini-museum. You might be familiar with the popular bookseries of the Mouse Mansion, now see where it all began. Website. 
  • East Indiaman replica ship |  Visit the replica of the East Indiaman Amsterdan ship at the Natinal Maritime Museum. Learn about life on board and reflects on our colonial past. Website.
  • Resistance Museum Junior | Learn more about The Netherlands in WWII. Website.

Hotels with Quadruple or Family Rooms

November is a month with many big events in Amsterdam. We therefore recommend you book your hotel stay as quickly as possible to make sure there is availability and prices stay reasonable. The prices below are an indication.


Low Price Range (Hostels, <€170 per night)


Medium Low Price Range (€170-250 per night)


High Price Range (€300< per night)