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Start location: Dam Square

Explore the haunted history of medieval amsterdam on a free dark side tour, amsterdam wasn’t always the free-minded city it is today. step into the shadows of medieval amsterdam with our local guides and discover a dark past of torture, public execution, and witch hunts. tread through narrow alleys to find out how they got their spooky street names and uncover ghostly urban myths surrounding ruinous buildings on this free tour., join a free dark side tour of amsterdam, if you dare to unveil the sinister side of our historic city centre. every day at 16:00 (4 pm),, on this 2-hour dark side tour amsterdam we cover:, spooky street names, explore the origins of specific street names and uncover the eerie tales behind them, such as the bloedstraat (blood street) and the spooksteeg (ghost alley)., possessed orphans, in the year 1566, the mischievous behavior of the city’s orphans escalated to a point where their actions resembled that of little demons. delve into the historical records to unravel the intriguing details of how these orphaned children spiraled out of control, uncovering the circumstances and events that led to their unruly behavior during this significant period., anatomy lesson, delve into the intriguing study of human anatomy by uncovering the unorthodox methods employed in body dissection, revealing the historical practices that shaped our understanding of the human body., the anabaptists, discover the chilling stories of the unbaptized, as their gruesome fate and the punishments meted out unfold in tales echoing through history, revealing the harsh consequences of religious beliefs., meet your guide.

Our beautiful Amsterdam holds numerous unsettling and untold stories, prompting us to craft a dedicated evening tour. I cherish storytelling and believe it’s crucial to reveal our free-minded city’s dark history. The 2-hour Amsterdam Dark Side tour exposes the city’s cruel medieval past, not for the faint of heart. Bring courage and fortitude, and I’ll see you on the next tour!

Step into the dark side of Amsterdam!

Welcome to Amsterdam’s dark side, where history meets horror and buried urban myths rise from the grave. Not just a ghastly ghost tour, we show you that the actual events of Amsterdam’s ominous past are much more horrific than a cold spot in a dark alley. Visit the places where ghost sightings were reported, to find out the real stories behind the urban myths of Amsterdam. Find out why the gallows were located at the docks, for arriving sailors to see the public execution of criminals and discover how witches were persecuted in medieval Amsterdam. Hear stories about nuns digging up old graves and orphaned children being taken over by an inexplicably demonic force. Book your spot at a Free Dark Side Tour Amsterdam, or the untold truth will haunt you forever!

Amsterdam Dark Side Tour is at 16:00 (4pm), book now to secure your spot!

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In Amsterdam, a really old city with lots of creepy stories from almost 800 years ago, you can find signs of tricky things that happened in its narrow streets. Our guides storytellers tell stories about murders, disloyalty that’s bad, and lovers who used to be happy but went crazy and did wrong things. The streets in the city seem to have spirits that can’t rest, always looking for comfort from their never-ending pain. With a bright lantern, our brave guide is here to show you the spooky side of Amsterdam, telling stories of really dark betrayals. This Free Walking Tour shares Amsterdam’s history and some of its scarier stories. It’s mostly for fun, but it talks about some really serious stuff that might not be good for kids. (18+) When the sun goes down, Amsterdam becomes a magical place with lit-up bridges and reflections in the water. Let’s explore the city’s hidden spots together – who knows what or who we might find in the dark corners? Join if you dare

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New augmented reality walking tour reveals what Third Ward ghost signs used to look like

Mike Roe, the executive creative director for Milwaukee marketing agency Hoffman York , got interested in ghost signs when he noticed one outside his office window in the Third Ward, and then started noticing them everywhere in the neighborhood.

Ghost signs are faded advertisements that were painted on the outside of buildings decades ago, the remnants of which can still be seen.

"These signs were like the original out-of-home advertisements before TV, before social media, when you'd paint a big message on the side of your building to say, 'These are things we sell,'" Roe said. "And now it's like this art form of a part of history."

As his interest in the ghost signs grew, Roe started talking to people at the Historic Third Ward Association and learned about some of the factors that make the old, faded signs so prevalent in the Third Ward — including the fact that the area is a federally protected historic district and that it has a concentration of brick buildings built after a fire in 1892 destroyed hundreds of wooden buildings .

Roe wondered if there was a noninvasive way to preserve the signs before they completely fade away so people can see what they looked like in their glory days. With the help of augmented reality technology, he and some coworkers created a ghost sign tour of 13 signs on 10 buildings in the Third Ward. Now people can scan a QR code on a paper map or a mobile link, hold up their phone to a building, and see what the ghost sign used to look like.

Here's what Roe had to say about the tour and his fascination with ghost signs.

How did you learn what the ghost signs used to look like?

Most of the signs are now illegible so I had to find old photographs, some of them century-old. And when you look for those photos, they're usually of other things. So you're sifting through all these old photographs to try to catch these buildings in the background.

I found all these photos at the Milwaukee Public Library and the Milwaukee County Historical Society and the Wisconsin Historical Society . I've never had an excuse to really explore those places before, but whenever I would tell the staff there what I was looking to do, everyone was so friendly and excited and happy to help.

Once we found enough photos for reference, our designers and art directors re-created the signs. The augmented reality work was challenging because that type of technology works really well for closer stuff, like when you go to a furniture store website and they show you what your furniture would look like in your living room. But we were trying to use the technology on a much bigger scale, to show what something would look like on the side of a whole building. The developers used geolocation and got it worked out so when you use your phone to look at the side of the building, the sign will sit there and when you move, it stays anchored and doesn't float around.

What can people expect when they go on the tour?

People can go to the Historic Third Ward Association, 525 E. Chicago St., to get a copy of the map. We're also hoping to partner with other places in the Third Ward, like the Milwaukee Public Market, 400 N. Water St., so people spending time in the Third Ward can pick up a map to either take a walking tour of the signs or use the mobile link ( augmentedhistory.org ) when they come across the buildings.

Then, as you come up to one of the buildings on the map, you use your phone to scan the QR code for that building, and hold up your phone to the ghost sign, and it will overlay the image of what the sign used to look like.

Will there be more ghost sign tours in the future?

What's great about having this tour in the Third Ward is, in addition to so many ghost signs, people can get something to eat, go to the shops and the galleries, spend some time walking around and have a fun adventure.

We've had kind of tunnel vision on creating this experience and making it live, and now, after doing a soft launch, we're realizing how many people are really enthusiastic about this. A lot of people have told me about their passion for this art form, so we'd love to feed that passion as much as we can. And I've noticed there are a lot of ghost signs in the Fifth Ward as well. A part of me would love to expand the tour, and I do love the idea of finding other ghost signs in Milwaukee.

How do you explain your fascination with ghost signs?

I would never have called myself a history buff, but there's something about these signs. I look at them and then when I see what they used to look like, I think about that company and what they used to sell and what it used to be like.

Like one of the buildings had these two Rex Chocolates signs, which was this big chocolate manufacturer. When I was researching them, I found magazine and newspaper articles about them, then on eBay, I found some of their old candy tins. I love to see that there was this whole experience, this whole brand that few people know about now that used to be this giant of Milwaukee industry.

I've got to watch out. It's definitely a rabbit hole.

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The Ghost Walk of Amsterdam

Egidiusstraat 56-2

1055 GX Amsterdam

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Tel: +31 (0)6-416 91 779