Amsterdam, Netherlands hiking moves between canal-side paths and surprisingly open green space. Walk the Amstel Big Loop south from the city, circle old trees and ponds on the Vondelpark Loop, or head west to the reed-fringed edges of Lange Bretten and Ruigoord. Around Sloterplas, Sloterpark, and the Bosbaan, Amsterdam shows its quieter side, where water, sky, and low Dutch horizons do the work.