Since 1998 our brand promise is an uncommon city Lexperience.
Amsterdam 750 flag on Zeeburgereiland, next to the skate park. Foto by tour creator Lex
Amsterdam flag

We offer several, mostly urban, unusual experiences (Lexperiences) in Amsterdam. (and in Paris we offer our profound (L)expertise.)
Lex and the City acts thinks and acts unexpected, out of the box, urban, sustainable, active (or sporty), international, anti-cyclical, curious and customized.
We are urban locals. (and it shows.)

Bye from tempting Amsterdam from Lex & those other unusual city fans. (Plse proceed ⇓)

 

Unusual Amsterdam tours p-Oostcard for Lex and the City contacts
Our new very offline postcard (p-Oostcard) (2024)

Nederlandse startpagina van de website van Lex and the City 

Showing the I paper (UK) the Amsterdam Eastern Docklands: free publicity works for all involved. | A press Lexperience

We are looking for both suppliers and customers who match our own profile. Free publicity, like recently (July 2024) in chapter 1 in the I paper in the UK, helps to reach that goal. (We are therefore grateful for this. And so will be our clients.)

Recent opinions and reviews about Lex and the City 

Unusual private tours in Amsterdam: in East & North and in- and around- Vondelpark. | Unexpected Lexperiences

Zicht op het IJ bij het BIM-huisin Amsterdam vanaf de fiets
Click on the picture for our dedicated tours in the Eastern Docklands, Amsterdam East.
Lex van Buuren experiences, creates, molds, organizes and advises city Lexperiences in Amsterdam and in Paris with Lex and the City.
creator, molder, organizer and adviser of lexperiences@lexandthecity.


Small-scale, safe, corona-proof unusual tours
in Amsterdam and its countryside. Private four-lingual local tour guides with a focus on hidden gems and active mobility in Amsterdam, who lead their clients to those different angles of the city.

It is our mission to promote green and sporty mobility in Amsterdam. Explore the city with a curious eye: “Lexplore Amsterdam by experiencing the unusual.
It is called the leX-factor.


<< Crank up your sightseeing a little by doing it on a high-speed in-line skating tour Us in The Guardian, with our inline experience brand “Skate•A•Round “. (2006 already, we have been there for a while with unusual active city tours. ;) ) >>



Surprising private bike tours in authentic Amsterdam |
(L)explore “Noord” & the eastern part of town.

Click on the picture of this active part of the bachelorette party for information about unexplored Amsterdam by bike, searching for hidden gems. With the Lex and the City local private guide. Surprising Lexperience.

Active part of a hen party - Private tour - unexplored Amsterdam by bike, looking for hidden gems.
Martineterrein by bike is pretty cool.

And, if your focus is on Amsterdam North by bike (or footbike), go to that dedicated tour page on our website.


Hidden gems are at the core of Lex and the City, so we write about them as well. Free online Lexperiences

Local private tour guide in Amsterdam | French speaking as well: Lexplore the city.
Custom experiences Amsterdam: We are (F)lexy and we know it. Click on the picture to discover more. (Or just send an app with your request.)

Both our local private guides and our customers are curious and they want to go for the unusual in town. Therefore the subject of hidden treasures in the city are top of mind on both sides.

As a result it is logical we have written a blog post about (42) best kept secrets in Amsterdam

(Enjoy this virtual ride.)

And follow the Lexperiences while reading our posts on our Google Maps (the Google my business page) as well.

 

Offbeat bike tours (and walks) in the unknown part of town: Lexperiences of 1 hour, in Amsterdam East. For busy people.

Click on the Python bridge for the whole story.

Python bridge during offbeat tour in Amsterdam with Lex and the City
Private local guide with 1 hour offbeat tours for the guests of the hotels in Amsterdam East. Intended for the businessman and women with limited time. The hidden gems tour starts from your hotel. Unusual Lexperience in town.

 

p-Oostcard from private local guide of Amsterdam-East Lex and the City - Eastern Lexperiences

 


Custom boat tour, starting in Amsterdam East, with your own private group | High-end experience on the water:

Click on the picture of the tailor-made canal tour Lexperience, starting in “Oost” for more…

Guided boat tour for EY with Lex and the City in Amsterdam - Outing for colleagues Paris, Bruxelles and Amsterdam
Custom boat tour with focus on Amsterdam East. Lexplore the city on the water. Tailor-made experience for small groups. Starting at the windmill of the East.

Team outing in Amsterdam. An original tour: footbiking in the capital.

Footbiking in Amsterdam East for private corporate groups - Lex and the City unusual activity
Team outings in those emerging parts of Amsterdam, like the Eastern part and in “Noord”.
On the footbike! Why not?
A footbiking tour is something different and a great way to discover some hidden gems of the capital.
Click on the picture above for the Lexperience.


The storyteller of Amsterdam East: equipped to make the area around your hotel or restaurant come alive.

Click on the business card to dive into the unexpected.

Lex van Buuren van Lex and the City - Verhalenverteller Amsterdam Oost - visitekaartje
The storyteller of Amsterdam East: tours, blogs and online SEO storyteller for third parties; local leisure companies, like hotels and restaurants.

 

Windmill of Amsterdam East "de Gooyer" in the snow - Great surroundings for corporate activity Amsterdam - picture by Lex and the City tours
Windmill of Amsterdam East “de Gooyer” in the snow – picture by Lex and the City unusual tours

 

Unusual flower bulb experience. (above Amsterdam).

Press the picture, and we’ll talk you in.

Flower Bulb field above Amsterdam by Lex and the City - Picture from Pennings Breezand
Unusual Flower Bulb field above Amsterdam by Lex and the City – Picture from Pennings Breezand

 

Skate and bike courier in Amsterdam for shops and healthcare

Skate & bike courier in Amsterdam during the Corona crisis. Having started by delivering face masks, then clothes as well and now even…inline skates.

Click the picture of this temporary Amsterdam skate delivery boy for more.

Lex van Buuren inline skate koerier - skateleraar - skate journalist - skate blogger - beheerder skate faceboek groepen - skate-organisator


Private licensed skate teacher in Amsterdam since 1998

Skateschool since 1998.
Skate-A-Round Lexperiences - Lessons - outings - trips Amsterdam

I am a skate instructor, even during the winter period; in a covered and open location in the city. During the corona crisis, I have also been a sporty courier. (And doing that on inline skates is not usual.)

 

 

Private skate tour in Amsterdam including appealing city stories and mini workshops on squares.

Choose for the combination of discovering Amsterdam (or above) on inline skates AND learning new skate skills.
4 hours in the city or daytrip above the capital. (Texel, Zaanse Schans)
Skate•A•Round Amsterdam

Youtube Channel “unusual Amsterdam”

Amsterdam dressing up for its 750th anniversary, showing off its most famous inhabitants through the years. ;) Pleasant Lexperience on Rembrandt Square - November 2024
Amsterdam dressing up for its 750th anniversary, showing off its most famous inhabitants through the years. ;) Photo by Lex van Buuren.


Unusual SEO specialist: storytelling & coaching in Amsterdam:
Lexposure”, also for hotels in Amsterdam North.

Hidden Gems Guide Lex van Buuren with private tours Amsterdam has a mission in Amsterdam. Promoting physical movement with bikes, footbikes, skates and by foot.
City SEO storyteller: for hotels and restaurants in Amsterdam. *City Lexposure*

I have been secretly developing myself as a local SEO coach, using 23,3 years of experience as a website owner and with many relevant number 1 listings on search engines. I do this within the mission of Lex and the City and with the approach that has yielded me results with SEO storytelling.
Click on Lex-on-the bike for the city content story and possibilities.

And: as a specialist for private guided tours in “Noord” (Amsterdam North), Lex and the City likes helping the hotels above the river IJ with their storytelling, including SEO. Specifically, to enlarge the attractiveness online of the area around their (congress) hotel. (As we know “Noord” and we know how to talk about it in an appealing way, AND we know how search engines like to have it presented online.)

(within off-season season for unusual city tours.)

 

 

The Amrath Hotel is a great place to show the guests. I knew the customers wanted something special inside to see about architecture of Amsterdamse school. The clients were thrilled by their experience inside. This was a great end of the tour and we thank @AmrathHotels. :)

— Lex van Buuren (@lexperience) August 2, 2019

Mission and core competance of Lex and the City

Out of the box storyteller in Amsterdam and in Paris; that is Lex and the City. Looking for hidden gems in the city.
The Lex and the City smiley is a reflection of our mission and core competence. About promoting physical movement in town, curiously looking for hidden gems. Out of the box. Click on our city smiley for more.


Another role of Lex within his mission: volunteer of the weekly Friday Night Skate Amsterdam

(Here off to Schiphol Airport on inline skates with the group; July 2019)

Private customized tours Amsterdam - Passing by bikes with flowers - Lex and the City guide
Amsterdam differently – Private customized tour Amsterdam – Passing by bikes with flowers – Copyright Lex and the City guide

So: Check out 4 Corona-proof solutions in Amsterdam: safe private tours * distance skate teaching * skate courier for shops * city blogging:

 

Tour guide says Happy Christmas from New Amsterdam, unusual cafe with link to New… York.

In spite of the current challenges in the world, Amsterdam keeps shining.
Picture from your local guide, focusing on unusual experiences.

In spite of the current challenges in the world, Amsterdam keeps shining. (EYE fimmuseum, November 2021)
Eye filmmuseum “highlighted”. Photo by Lex.
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