Tree Walks in Amsterdam

Amsterdam has 3 walks that string its ancient trees together on foot, from 1.35 km to 2.29 km, past 19 trees in all. Each one is an afternoon rather than a hike, and every tree on it has a story worth the stop.

The order is ours, worked out from where the trees actually stand; the walking distance is the real one along streets and paths where we have been able to route it, and a straight line between trunks where we have not. Nothing here is a signposted trail.

Weteringschans

9 trees · about 2.26 km · 28 min on foot

Begins at The Wingnuts of Amstelveld (Caucasian Wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia)) and ends at The Leidsebosje Planes.

Plantage

7 trees · about 2.29 km · 32 min on foot

Begins at The Westkant Plane of Wertheimpark (London Plane (Platanus x acerifolia)) and ends at The Wilhelminalinde.

Amstelveen

3 trees · about 1.35 km · 16 min on foot

Begins at The Red Horse Chestnut of Wilhelminaplein (Red Horse Chestnut (Aesculus x carnea)) and ends at The Beatrix Lime.

All of these stand in Amsterdam, where we map 34 remarkable trees in total. Or walk somewhere else: Alicante · Alkmaar · Amersfoort · Arnhem · Assen · Athens

Over 1,900 old trees worth the walk