Madame Tussauds & Heineken Experience

For last Friday we planned 2 activities. Madame Tussauds for the girls and Heineken Brewery for the boys.

First of all, I would recommend everyone to buy museum tickets online, if it is possible. This way you don't have to wait for your turn in a long queue, and sometimes it is also cheaper. Since both attractions are really popular with tourists, we could save a lot of time.

The well-known Madame Tussauds museums can be found at many famous cities all over the world (Berlin, London, Vienna, Prague, Tokio, Bangkok, Shanghai, Sydney, New York, Washington, Hollywood...). It is a great opportunity to "meet" your favourite celebrities, and to take an awesome photo with their wax replicas. Every Madame Tussauds has its own local celebrities, and beside them also many worldwide known actors, actresses, singers, historical and fictional characters. 

You can take E.T. for a  ride, and see how tall Barack Obama is.

You can also be a part of Hannibal Lecter's mad world. You can have a Nespresso (what else?!) with George Clooney, or clink glasses with Sir Sean Connery. By the way, 2 other James Bonds also show up at the museum: Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.                                                                                    

If you are into sports, then the last rooms are for you. Doing some situps with David Beckham, or grabbing a racket with Rafael Nadal are both achievable.

For all of the celebrities, visit the website:
https://www.madametussauds.com/Amsterdam/en/Default.aspx

Our visit at the Heineken Brewery left both good and bad feelings. If you want to learn about the whole production process of this well-known beer, this is your place.

For the beer-lovers: the ticket includes 3*0,25 l Heineken beer, but if you can answer some tricky questions or you are brave enough to try to pour a glass of perfect draft beer, you can get even more. Visitors get the first glass of Heineken at the tasting room, where the crew shows how to drink the beer expertly. You do it right, when the foam stays at the bottom of the glass. So you have to take big sips while drinking.

The "brew you" part of this adventure was so fun, but waiting for it about 45 mins was not at all. We went to a little movie room in little groups, and watched a short film about how Heineken beer is made.  The tricky part was that the place, where we stood, was moving. It followed the movements of the film, as in a 4D cinema. It was like we were transformed into beers. We were dropped in a huge boiler, heated up, stirred, and poured into bottles. Then we got caps, were sorted out into crates and finally delivered to a party. It was hilarious ! :D

The museum lines up many old bottles and coasters too. Since Heineken is one of the greatest sponsors of football, fans can play FIFA, and see some  football shoes and jerseys of famous sportsmen.















As a closure of Heineken experience there was a huge room, where we got our 2 other free Heineken beers. With the music, and the cool lights, this place looked like a pub.

Despite all the waiting, I would recommend everyone to visit this place. This museum uses the technical achievements of the modern world perfectly, and this makes this so interesting and popular. And you know... the beer.