Sightseeing Cruises

Amsterdam: 75-Minute City Canal Cruise

Name: Amsterdam: 75-Minute City Canal Cruise
Start: 2025-10-05T11:00:00
End: 2025-10-05T12:15:00
Location: Amsterdam

Passengers enjoying Amsterdam canal cruise through boat window.

Canal boat cruising under a bridge in Amsterdam.

Canal cruise boat on Amsterdam's scenic canal with historic buildings and trees.

Person enjoying a drink on an Amsterdam canal cruise boat.

Duration

1 hr 15 min

Free cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience

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Audio guide

Enhance your experience with multilingual audio guide

Operator: Blue Boat Company

4.5/5

(4,507)

Christophe

Apr 2025

Verified booking

4/5

Clean and punctual boat. Friendly staff speaking different languages... but not French. At the start of the tour, headsets are provided and you can either use the boat's audioguide (including a French version) or use your own cell phone with a Qr code. The tour lasts an hour and a half and covers a good part of the city center. The landing stage is just opposite the heinecken museum. I recommend this tour. A version with lunch is also available.

Stanley

May 2025

Verified booking

5/5

Learned so much about this beautiful city. Your Captain was pleasant and helpful. Boat was very clean and I would recommend it to anyone I know. It was all as advertised ! My girlfriend and I thank you for a nice time. We're not here long, but maybe we will try for one more time before we go back to the 🇺🇸 USA ! Thanks again !!

Sascha

Sep 2025

Verified booking

4/5

Nice captain, who was able to provide all kinds of additional information. This was also very amusing. The trip was well worth the money.

Explore the Dutch capital from aboard the waters on this 75-min cruise down the Amsterdam canals, with the option to choose from two boarding points.

Immerse yourself in engaging audio commentary in 19 languages, discover hidden gems, learn fascinating stories, and experience the city like a local.

Admire the rich baroque architecture lining the canals, and don't miss sights like Nieuwmarkt, a former execution site now bustling with markets and cafes.

Swing for a ticket upgrade that includes a snack box, and snack on chips, popcorn, cheese biscuits, salted peanuts, and a soft drink of your choice.

Fun fact: In 2012, the former Princess of the Netherlands, Queen Máxima participated in the Amsterdam City Swim event where she swam in the canals.

75-min Amsterdam canal cruise

Boarding from Heineken Experience Pier or Hard Rock Cafe Pier or Stadhouderskade 501 (as per option selected)

Audio guide in English, French, Russian, Spanish, German, Chinese, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese, Turkish, Polish, Czech, Croatian, Indonesian, Cantonese, Korean, and Hindi

Earphones

Snack box (as per option selected)

TOTAL DURATION60 minutes
FREQUENCY30 minutes
MODE OF TRANSFERBoat
FIRST DEPARTURECanal Ring (Grachtengordel) at 10:00 AM
LAST DEPARTURECanal Ring (Grachtengordel) at 6:00 PM
2 Boarding points
Heineken Experience Pier
Get direction
Hard Rock Cafe Pier
Get direction
Sights covered
Canal Ring (Grachtengordel)
Clayton Hotel Amsterdam American
Westerkerk
Anne Frank House Museum
IJ
A'dam Lookout
Centraal Station
NEMO Science Museum
The Amstel
Magere Brug
Heineken Experience
Rijksmuseum
Hard Rock Cafe Amsterdam
Holland Casino Amsterdam Centrum
Van Gogh Museum
Moco Museum Amsterdam
ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo
Nieuwmarkt
Bloemenmarkt
H'ART Museum
Het Scheepvaartmuseum - The National Maritime Museum

You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

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What our guests say
Sascha
Sep 2025
Verified booking
4/5
Nice captain, who was able to provide all kinds of additional information. This was also very amusing. The trip was well worth the money.
Roy
Jul 2025
Verified booking
5/5
The staff could not have been more helpful both at the ticket booth and on board one of our party has a disability and they looked after her making it so easy for her to board and disembark the cruise itself was excellent
Simillion
Aug 2025
Verified booking
4/5
Pleasant canal cruise with lovely views.
Helen
Aug 2025
Verified booking
5/5
The canals are beautiful at night and it was a comfortable and beautiful experience!
Janet
Jul 2025
Verified booking
3/5
Not much. Need more narrative and water for handwashing after bathroom use.

Floating down charming canals

Marvel at the beauty of Amsterdam from the canals as you go on a 75-min cruise covering the best parts of this historic city. Take in the Dutch Baroque architecture that spreads across the canal banks and feel the artistic expression radiate from this UNESCO World Heritage Site. On your cruise, you’ll cover not just the 17th-century Renaissance age; but also the modern-age 21st-century look of Amsterdam. From the poignant Anne Frank House to the famous Van Gogh Museum, this cruise covers it all.

Snacking and cruising

Learn about this magical country, its past glory, and present hype; as a part of this scenic and breathtaking cruise, using your audio guide which is available in 19 languages. Enhance your experience by upgrading your tickets to include a snack box, which you can pick up at the ticketing office before boarding. The snack box includes chips, popcorn, cheese biscuits, salted peanuts, and a soft drink of your choice.

Sights you'll come across

Westerkerk

Anne Frank House Museum

IJ

A'dam Lookout

Centraal Station

NEMO Science Museum

The Amstel

Magere Brug

What to bring

Have your entry tickets ready for a seamless experience.

Accessibility

This experience is wheelchair accessible.

Additional information

Most boats have a roof that closes fully and have central heating on board. So even if it is cold outside, you will be warm inside the boat. The boats mostly sail within the city centre, where the water stays very calm, so they can sail in almost any weather.

If a cruise cannot take place due to extreme weather circumstances, the company will contact you to reschedule your ticket to another date.

Your voucher will be emailed to you instantly.

Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the boarding point.

Please arrive at the boarding point 15 minutes before the scheduled time of your cruise to avoid any delays.

Boarding point

Please check your final voucher for the boarding point details and specific instructions.