Amsterdam: Cruise through the Amsterdam UNESCO canals

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Duration:1 hours 15 minutes (approx.)
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Embark on a luxurious 75-minute cruise through Amsterdam's UNESCO-listed canals.

With a personal touch, our skilled skipper not only ensures your comfort but also acts as your knowledgeable guide throughout the journey.

Enjoy the serenity of our 100% electric boat, where captivating stories in seven languages accompany uninterrupted views, creating picture-perfect moments that capture the essence of Amsterdam's charm and allure.

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1. Museum of the Canals
Adventure into Amsterdam’s past and present, through exploring the history of the city’s canals. Start your journey of discovery as you travel back 400 years at the Museum of the Canals.
2. Anne Frank House
The Anne Frank House (Dutch: Anne Frank Huis) is a writer's house and biographical museum dedicated to Jewish wartime diarist Anne Frank. The building is located on a canal called the Prinsengracht, close to the Westerkerk, in central Amsterdam in the Netherlands. During World War II, Anne Frank hid from Nazi persecution with her family and four other people in hidden rooms at the rear of the 17th-century canal house, known as the Secret Annex (Dutch: Achterhuis). She did not survive the war but her wartime diary was published in 1947. Ten years later the Anne Frank Foundation was established to protect the property from developers who wanted to demolish the block
3. Westerkerk
The Westerkerk is a Reformed church within Dutch Protestant Calvinism in central Amsterdam, Netherlands. It lies in the most western part of the Grachtengordel neighborhood, next to the Jordaan, between the Prinsengracht and Keizersgracht.
4. 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.
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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.
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De Beulingsloot is one of the oldest and shortest canals in the center of Amsterdam. It is located within the Grachtengordel.
7. 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.
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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.
9. 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.
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The church was designed by Adriaan Dortsman (ca. 1636-1682) and was opened in 1671. In 1822 the church was nearly destroyed and was rebuilt in 1826. The organ was built by J Batz in 1830 and it was restored in 1983 by Flentrop Orgelbouw. In 1935 the Lutherans left the building and it became a concert hall. In 1975 a tunnel was built by the neighboring Sonesta Hotel, today called the Renaissance Amsterdam Hotel, for its own access.The hotel rents the church from the Lutheran church which is still the owner today. In 1983 the church was closed for restoration, but in 1993 the dome caught fire; the church was again restored.
11. 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.
12. IJ
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.
13. 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.
14. Amsterdam, Posthoornkerk (Onze Lieve Vrouwe Onbevlekt Ontvangen)
The architect of the Posthoornkerk was P.J.H. Cuypers, who designed the building in 1860. The church replaced the hidden church De Posthoorn on the Prinsengracht, from which the name was taken over, and was established in two phases; The choir, transept, crossing tower and nave were built between 1860 and 1863, while the church was completed with a two-tower front from 1887 to 1889. Because the church could not be built free-standing, it was made extra high. To make optimal use of the limited space, the church was provided with galleries above the side aisles on the inside. While the exterior is in neo-Gothic style, the late Romanesque Munsterkerk in Roermond was the model for the interior.
15. The Amstel
The Amstel is a river in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands. It flows from the Aarkanaal and Drecht in Nieuwveen northwards, passing Uithoorn, Amstelveen, and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, to the IJ in Amsterdam. Annually, the river is the location of the Liberation Day concert, Head of the River Amstel rowing match, and the Amsterdam Gay Pride boat parade. The Amstel was formed around 1050 BC when a freshwater river cut into a tidal channel of the IJ which are now Damrak and Rokin.
16. H'ART Museum
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.
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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.

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Posted By : PeterL7604
Boat was late by 20 mins.
Driver complained the boat was too big to go around the canals he needed (go figure!)
The AI voice over was not in sync with the ride.
The whole experience was poor!

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Posted On : 2023-12-26 17:03:57

Posted By : Companion18252115989
Dex was such a funny & engaging tour guide! He offered fun commentary in addition to the audio guide (in multiple languages, very helpful). We had a great time!
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Posted On : 2023-12-08 11:11:34

Posted By : Wanderer58145686892
Nice ans warm boat. Good Captain. T he Audioguide was a record played in 4 languages - so when you are told anything in your language usually the thing is already passed and you can guess what was meant. There was no welcome drink.
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Posted On : 2023-12-04 06:39:46

Posted By : Janet_S
Our host was very charming and interesting. He gave us a very informative tour. Loved the personal stories!
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Posted On : 2023-10-27 04:01:06

Posted By : stevenpS3006OC
Marc was very knowledgeable and knew the area very well. He mixed facts with humor. He knows the history of the buildings and the houseboats! Great time!!
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Posted On : 2023-10-17 14:43:43

Posted By : Kara_M
This cruise is oversold in the description - there is no guide. Simply a recording that plays periodically during the cruise in 4 different languages. While the price was inexpensive -the real loss is that we wasted 75 minutes of our precious time in Amsterdam. Fine if you want to be driven around and told random things - but you won’t find anything interesting about Amsterdam here.
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Posted On : 2023-10-12 12:36:57

Posted By : Vanessa_N
The most relaxing boat trip with the sunshine and the Captain telling us so much. I can recommend this trip highly.
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Posted On : 2023-10-07 13:29:52

Posted By : JandCW_12
Captain Marc and his crew were everything one could ask for in a canal tour experience. The captain was informative and entertaining and guided us flawlessly through the maze of Amsterdam’s canal system while sharing the fascinating history and trivia of the city’s waterways. Highly recommend.
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Posted On : 2023-10-04 15:24:38

Posted By : Lilika_499
The first thing we did as we arrived in Amsterdam today was to go on the river boat cruise. I don’t know what I was expecting but it went well beyond that!! Captain Rolf was very knowledgeable about the city, and told us the history of every nook and cranny in a fun and engaging manner. I feel like I already know so much more about the city than ever before and I’ve only been here for 3 hours! He recommended so many places to visit along the way which helps massively with our itinerary.

The other good thing was that the boat was electric, extremely quiet, environmentally friendly and relaxing!

I thoroughly enjoyed the tour and would 100% recommend it to anyone who is new to Amsterdam!

Sadly we haven’t taken cash out so I couldn’t leave a well deserved tip, but I would like to give 10/10 , 5* review to Captain Rolf instead ??
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Posted On : 2023-10-02 09:26:15

Posted By : Susan_H
Tour was different in many ways from the other tours we took of the canal. A bit short of the 75 mins, but well worth the price. The captain was also the guide and spoke both English & German.
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Posted On : 2023-09-30 08:00:51

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Amsterdam: Cruise through the Amsterdam UNESCO canals

WHAT'S INCLUDED

WHAT TO EXPECT

1. Museum of the Canals

2. Anne Frank House

3. Westerkerk

4. Houseboat Museum

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7. Huis Bartolotti

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9. Brouwersgracht

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11. Centraal Station

12. IJ

13. EYE Film Institute Netherlands

14. Amsterdam, Posthoornkerk (Onze Lieve Vrouwe Onbevlekt Ontvangen)

15. The Amstel

16. H'ART Museum

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Amsterdam: Cruise through the Amsterdam UNESCO canals

WHAT'S INCLUDED ⟱

WHAT TO EXPECT ⟱

1. Museum of the Canals

2. Anne Frank House

3. Westerkerk

4. Houseboat Museum

5.

6.

7. Huis Bartolotti

8.

9. Brouwersgracht

10.

11. Centraal Station

12. IJ

13. EYE Film Institute Netherlands

14. Amsterdam, Posthoornkerk (Onze Lieve Vrouwe Onbevlekt Ontvangen)

15. The Amstel

16. H'ART Museum

17.

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