Luggage storageDe Wallen

Luggage storage around De Wallen

Plenty of travellers visiting De Wallen arrive with a bag and no obvious place to leave it while they explore the canals and narrow streets. A little planning beforehand makes the district far easier to enjoy.

Transport access is good — Nieuwmarkt metro station sits on the eastern edge, and Dam tram stop is a short walk away, with step-free lifts at every metro station. The museums here, including Red Light Secrets, offer no visitor storage, so bags need to be stored before you arrive at their doors. De Wallen sits between Amsterdam Centraal, Dam Square, and Nieuwmarkt in the eastern part of the historic centre. Amsterdam Centraal is about a 10-minute walk from De Wallen, with metro lines 51, 52, 53, and 54 as well as train, tram, and bus connections. With Stasher, you can store bags from €1.49 per bag per day at 30+ locations across De Wallen.

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Nearby points are hosted by local shops and restaurants. Of the nearby points, 9 stay open late. Every booking comes with the Stasher Guarantee, which protects your bags up to €12,000. Stasher storage in De Wallen can be booked through the website or app.

Arriving by train or metro

For metro arrivals, Nieuwmarkt metro station sits right on the district's eastern edge, served by lines 51, 53 and 54, and is the closest stop at roughly five minutes' walk. Dam tram stop is also a short walk away, with lines 2, 4, 14, 17 and 24 stopping there. Every metro station in the city is step-free with lifts, which helps if you're managing a wheeled bag.

Exploring the district with bags

A relaxed walk through the core of De Wallen takes about one to one and a half hours, though a fuller half-day including museums like Red Light Secrets or Ons' Lieve Heer op Solder runs three to four hours. The two parallel canals Oudezijds Voorburgwal and Oudezijds Achterburgwal form the district's spine, lined with historic canal houses and window brothels, while Oudekerksplein surrounds the Oude Kerk, the city's oldest surviving building. Zeedijk marks the eastern boundary, an old sailortown street now known for its Chinese-Dutch restaurants. Most streets here are paved with brick, cobblestones, or klinkers, though main thoroughfares like Damrak have smoother asphalt — wheeled bags cope better on the latter.

Nearby sights worth the walk

Red Light Secrets, about ten minutes from Amsterdam Centraal, gives an interactive behind-the-scenes look at the history and daily lives of sex workers in the district, but has no storage for visitors' bags. The Anne Frank House is a twenty-minute walk from Centraal, or a tram 13 or 17 ride to Westermarkt, and tells Anne Frank's story through quotes, photos, videos and original items.

If you're planning to visit either museum, leave bags at the station lockers or a Stasher spot beforehand, since neither has visitor storage.