Amsterdam: Light Festival canal cruise from Anne Frank Museum
  • Toilet
  • Heating
  • Heated boarding location at which drinks can be purchased in a winter Christmas stall
  • 75-minute canal cruise
  • Coloring for kids
  • Comfortable rear deck & flexible roof
  • Personal and guiding skipper
  • Audio guide and guiding skipper
Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Anne Frank House - Pass by the Anne Frank House
  • The Amstel - See the most beautiful canals of Amsterdam
  • Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum - You will see the beautiful lights on the building
  • Amsterdam Canal Ring - Amsterdam Unesco Canals
  • Houseboat Museum - At the Houseboat Museum, you get the chance to experience first-hand what it’s like to live in a houseboat on an Amsterdam canal. The museum is located in the “Hendrika Maria”, a former cargo ship built in 1914. The cargo hold is now a cosy living space featuring all the conveniences and a surprising amount of space and comfort.
  • Leidsegracht - Leidsegracht is a canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It is a cross-canal in Amsterdam-Center that connects Herengracht, Keizersgracht, Prinsengracht and Lijnbaansgracht and flows into the Singelgracht at Marnixstraat.
  • Beulingsloot - De Beulingsloot is one of the oldest and shortest canals in the center of Amsterdam. It is located within the Grachtengordel.
  • Huis Bartolotti - The Bartolotti House is a canal house at Herengracht 170-172 in Amsterdam. It was built around 1617 for Willem van den Heuvel tot Beichlingen, one of the richest Amsterdammers at the time, who had inherited a lot of money from a childless uncle by marriage, Giovanni Battista Bartolotti, a merchant from Bologna.
  • Melkmeisjesbrug - The Melkmeisjesbrug is a fixed bridge in Amsterdam-Center.

There has been a bridge here for centuries. Balthasar Florisz. van Berckenrode (1625), Joan Blaeu (1649) and Daniël Stalpaert (1662) signed her on their maps. The modern history of the bridge starts in 1883. A pedestrian drawbridge was then replaced by a permanent bridge. This was possible because shipping here had largely ended. Nevertheless, the passage turned out to be too narrow. The abutments and bridge were renewed in 1903 by the construction of a so-called paraboolligger bridge with iron sickle girders. The bridge looked slender and fit in well with the street scene. The new version of the bridge, this time made of steel, from 1966 also shows these properties.

The bridge is named after the milk market that was once held here. Later a catering establishment was built here, which had an image of a milkmaid as a sign. The bridge is probably the place where the first (type) Amsterdammertje was placed.

  • Brouwersgracht - The Brouwersgracht is a canal in Amsterdam that connects the Singel with the Singelgracht. The canal marks the northwestern border of the Grachtengordel (canal belt). Between the Prinsengracht and the Singelgracht the Brouwersgracht forms the northern border of the Jordaan neighborhood.

The house numbers of the Lijnbaansgracht, the Prinsengracht, the Keizersgracht, the Herengracht and the Singel start to count from the Brouwersgracht. The Herenmarkt is located between Brouwersgracht no. 62 and no. 68, near the West-Indisch Huis (West Indies House).

In 2007 Brouwersgracht was voted the most beautiful street in Amsterdam by readers of Het Parool out of 150 nominations.

  • Centraal Station - Amsterdam Centraal was designed by Pierre Cuypers, who is also known for his design of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. While Cuypers was the principal architect, it is believed that he focused mostly on the decoration of the station building and left the structural design to railway engineers.
  • IJdok - The IJ is a body of water, formerly a bay, in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is known for being Amsterdam’s waterfront.
  • EYE Film Institute Netherlands - The EYE Filmmuseum building is designed by Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, whose other projects include the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. The building features two gallery exhibition spaces, one 300-seat cinema, two 127-seat cinemas, and a fourth intimate cinema of about 67 seats.
  • Hermitage Amsterdam - Hermitage Amsterdam is a branch museum of the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg, Russia, located on the banks of the Amstel river in Amsterdam. The museum is located in the former Amstelhof, a classical style building from 1681. The dependency displayed small exhibitions in the adjacent Neerlandia Building from 24 February 2004 until the main museum opened on 19 June 2009.

It is currently the largest satellite of the Hermitage Museum, with a total area of 12,846 m2 and fits with the museum’s plan to make its collections accessible to more people.The exhibition area covers 2,172 m2 and is contained within two large exhibition halls and smaller exhibition rooms. The remaining space holds lecture halls, offices and staff accommodations and a restaurant.

  • Stopera Pier - The Stopera is a building complex in Amsterdam, Netherlands, housing both the city hall of Amsterdam and the Dutch National Opera and Ballet, the principal opera house in Amsterdam that is home of Dutch National Opera, Dutch National Ballet and Holland Symfonia. The building was designed by Wilhelm Holzbauer and Cees Dam.

The name is an abbreviation of the protest slogan “Stop the Opera” and not a portmanteau of “st”adhuis (Dutch: “city hall”) and “opera” as is often claimed. Because the word ‘Stopera’ was a name for the protests against the building, the theater has never used this name in their communication.

What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Audio guided tour in multiple languages
  • Driver/Skipper/Guide
Location
Prinsengracht 261a
Prinsengracht
Meeting point at the winter Christmas stall of Smidtje Canal Café Dialoog.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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513mannes
Jan 26, 2024
Really fun and interesting - We had a couple or hours to spend in Amsterdam. And on top it was raining. After we could not get into the Anne Frank house, we decided to go on a canalcruise. At first we were sceptical. But, . . ..captain Simon made our day. Fun and interesting! Full of jokes and really interactive. He made us feel a part of the city.
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Elliothoey
Jan 16, 2024
Incredible experience - Was absolutely incredible, the tour was a stunning and magical trip throughout the entire city, highly recommend
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Sarahrp234aq
Jan 9, 2024
Admire Amsterdam from the water with a nice skipper - Fun and enjoyable to do with the family. But skipper Jim was the highlight. Nice storyteller who made it an even better experience with his humor!
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Willsnyc
Mar 2, 2020
Perfect way to rest your feet for 1.5 hours - My friend and I recently did a loop aroiund the city in a boat captained by Tineke. She and the entire experience were lovely. We had been walking for miles at this point and really wanted to take in the city via boat. The boat ride was very mellow and serene. While we purchased the hop on hop off ticket, we ended up doing the full loop and then exiting the boat. It was sad to get off but we had more exploring to do. This is also a really great rainy activity as you can stay on it until it stops raining. Overall we had a very nice experience and would recommend it to anyone in the city.
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769philh
Nov 11, 2019
Excellent Canal Cruise!!! - A great way to get some bearings of the city….Hop on hop off facility is great as you can make the most of your time exploring different areas. The Captain Harry Slinger is excellent, very informative and witty through-out the journey. There is an app that is great as you can keep track of the boats. Highly recommend this tour!!!
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Bread2011
Nov 1, 2019
Very good 👍👍 - We bought the 24 hrs Hop-on-hop-off. Validity was not on calendar day. We started at around 11am and valid till 11am the next day. Through the journey, you would listen to the recorded guide to introduce the places. They had several boats to run the whole route. On our last trip, we completed the whole circle line. We boarded on their small boat. The Captain was a young guy. He was very informative and funny to introduce places along the journey in addition to the recorded guide. He told us something more interesting about Amsterdam and also where to take good photos.
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Ivan_c
Sep 3, 2019
Boat cruise - Great experience, excellent captain. Make sure you look for the yellow boat. You can stop in all the attractions.
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Stefanieh443
Feb 6, 2024
Fun - The cruise was fun and easy to find, right in front of the Anne Frank House. The captain did a great job with commentary, but when the boat gets full, it's difficult to be in a position to take photos.
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Jessicam518
Jan 12, 2024
Oddly political tour guide commentary - The cruise was lovely but the tour guide continuously made comments and jokes that were clearly political - saying things like “the people of Amsterdam don’t like the mayor because she is a hypocrite” and making derogatory comments about the city’s transition to being car free. These comments were made as fact, not opinion, which was concerning to me given that many of the tourists on the boat will leave with the impression that this is fact and not just one person’s political view.
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Nicolienrk
Jan 21, 2024
Noisy non Informative Light Festival Boat trip. - I understand I live in a touristic town, I really do and I don't mind. I do mind when experiences in this beautiful town are poor because 'touristic'. Shame on you! Never ever again, it was a noisy boat. Sqeeking sound every three seconds (how about the people living in the houseboats?), therefore unpleasant and irritating for 90 minutes. The talk about the art was non existent and the boat is superuncomfortable and crammed. Get your stuff together for 26 euro's per person.
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