De Pijp gets sun all day and holds it. The brick tenements are radiative ovens by 3 PM in July. But the Amsterdam latitude means the sun stays low — by 5 PM, the western buildings throw shadows entirely across the lanes, and the brick walls finally start releasing what they absorbed. Walking these blocks at 6 PM is one of the city’s great summer pleasures.
These picks all start after 5 PM. The morning version of the same routes is the opposite story — exposed and warming. Stay Cool will route you west or east based on the actual sun position.