Romantic Things to Do in Amsterdam

Buy a Fresh-cut Diamond

It's not a typo -- I don't mean "fresh-cut flowers." Amsterdam is indeed one of the diamond-polishing capitals of the world, home to the infamous Coster Diamonds, the firm responsible for recutting the controversial, 5,000-year-old Koh-i-noor diamond, which sits in a British Royal Crown in the Tower of London today. While you may not be able to afford a 105-carat stone fit for royalty, Coster and other diamond factories like Gassan offer free guided tours of their polishing and cutting rooms and feature showrooms filled with sparkling fruits of their labor for sale. You'll be sure to find the world's best-cut diamonds in Amsterdam.