Museums, Vondelpark and De Pijp

The walk starts at the Foodhallen, west of the city centre. Stand in the Hannie Dankbaarpassage, the covered passage that runs beside the food hall, and face northeast, towards Bilderdijkkade. You are inside a former tram depot turned into a block of halls, so take a moment to get your bearings before you set off. The first leg heads out of the passage and across the water towards the Vondelpark quarter, a flat and easy start. When you are ready, press Play for the story of the hall itself.

Walk northeast out of the Hannie Dankbaarpassage and turn right onto Bilderdijkkade. Follow the quay, cross the water on the Jan Swammerdambrug and carry straight on along Tweede Constantijn Huygensstraat, a long straight street that does most of the work on this leg. It is about 900 metres, eleven minutes at a steady pace. Near the end, bear right onto Vondelstraat and the church is on your right almost at once. Look for its tall spire above the rooftops as you come down Tweede Constantijn Huygensstraat; it tells you how close you are.

From the church, walk east along Vondelstraat for a few steps and turn right into the park. From here the route is on park walkways rather than streets: keep to the right after the entrance, stay left at the fork, then follow the main path as it curves through the park for about 300 metres. The whole leg is just under 600 metres, roughly eight minutes. There is no building to find; you have arrived when the path opens out onto lawns and water, with the city traffic left behind you. Press Play here, somewhere you can sit.

This is the longest leg, almost a kilometre and about twelve minutes. Walk northeast on the park walkways, bear left to leave the park, and turn left onto Van Eeghenstraat, which carries you for roughly 350 metres along the southern edge of the park. Turn right onto Alexander Boersstraat and follow it through a left turn to its end. The Concertgebouw stands on your left as you reach Jan Willem Brouwersstraat, a broad, formal concert hall that looks nothing like the houses you have just passed.

A short leg, under 300 metres and about four minutes. Walk northeast on Jan Willem Brouwersstraat and turn left onto Van Baerlestraat. Follow it past the end of the concert hall, then cut through the walkways on your right to reach Paulus Potterstraat and turn right. The Stedelijk is on your right: an old brick museum building with a sweeping white modern wing attached to it. The white wing is the easier landmark to spot from the street.

Two minutes and under 200 metres. Walk northeast along Paulus Potterstraat, turn right onto Willem Sandbergplein and then left onto Museumplein, the open square that gives this part of the city its name. The Van Gogh Museum is on your right, its modern glass entrance building facing the square. It sits only a few steps from the Stedelijk, so if you can still see the white wing behind you, you are in the right place.

Another two-minute hop. Walk northeast along the edge of Museumplein for about 100 metres and turn left onto Honthorststraat. The Moco Museum is on your left straight after the turn, a detached villa that stands apart from the big museum buildings around the square. It is small enough to miss if you keep your eyes on the square, so watch for the turn.

Walk southeast along Honthorststraat for about 130 metres, then turn right and step out onto the open square. That is the whole leg, 200 metres and three minutes. Museumplein is the wide green space you have been circling since the Concertgebouw: the Rijksmuseum closes the far end, the Concertgebouw the end behind you, and the museums you have just visited line its western side. Find a spot on the grass and press Play.

Cross the square towards its northern end, the Rijksmuseum's towers ahead of you the whole way. The leg is about 375 metres, five minutes: walk northeast, briefly onto Honthorststraat, then follow the walkways across Museumplein until you turn left onto Museumstraat. The museum is on your left here, and it is impossible to mistake; the brick and stone front with its two towers is the largest building on the square.

Walk northeast on Museumstraat, then follow the walkways through a right, a left and another right for about 330 metres before a crossing brings you to Stadhouderskade. Turn left onto it, with the canal on the far side of the road, and the Heineken Experience is on your right after about 90 metres. The leg is just over 600 metres, eight minutes. You are looking for the old brewery, a solid brick block that fills most of its stretch of the street.

Walk east along Stadhouderskade for a short stretch and turn right onto Eerste Van der Helststraat, which takes you into De Pijp. Keep to it across Gerard Douplein and continue straight on. After about 300 metres turn right onto Albert Cuypstraat. On market days you will not need any other cue: the stalls fill the street from edge to edge the moment you turn in. The leg is under 500 metres, about six minutes.

Walk east through the market along Albert Cuypstraat for about 100 metres and turn right onto Eerste Van der Helststraat again. Carry straight on and the street name changes to Sarphatipark as the greenery begins; turn left to keep to it along the park. The leg is just under 500 metres, seven minutes, and the change from market noise to park quiet is sudden. You have arrived at the park itself, so walk in and find a spot by the pond.

The last leg is short, about 225 metres and three minutes. Walk east along Sarphatipark, the street that runs round the park's edge, and turn right to stay on it. You have arrived in De Pijp, the neighbourhood you have been walking through since the Heineken Experience: tight streets of tall brick houses with the market and the park behind you. There is no landmark to find on this final stop; the streets themselves are the place. Press Play wherever you choose to stop.