Originally Posted by
dannysherwood
you could always slack of AMS itself and head to Haarlem instead! Its an awesome little town, very cute shopping streets, great cafes for food and coffee. You could hire a bike there and bike to Bloemendaal en Zee, about a 15 minute ride and be at the beach! Depending on when you go the really cool beach cafes and bars may well have been built for the season, a great way to realx for a few hours before coming home!
Haarlem is also pretty nice!
There is a fast bus that runs every 6 minutes between Haarlem and Schiphol. It should take you ~45 min and drops you off in the centre of Haarlem. Tickets can be bought from the driver for E4 for a single.
In Haarlem there is an equivalent museum of the Anne Frank museum -
Corrie ten Boom. Quite a few people prefer this as it is smaller. Beside
I am not sure that your 15 minute estimate from Haarlem to Bloemendaal aan Zee is correct - as the distance is 9 km and should be doable in 30 minutes.
Gajan
Gajan