Amsterdam Light Festival Canal Cruise with open back deck

4.3
(28 reviews)
Amsterdam, Netherlands

1 hour 15 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: English and 3 more

Experience the Amsterdam Light Festival from the water during a 75-minute cruise past the light artworks! Board at the Anne Frank House and sail comfortably on a heated, covered boat with a toilet on board.

Enjoy the fantastic view from the lounge back deck or through the panoramic skylight. The official audio guide in Dutch and English tells you everything about the light artworks. Perfect for the most beautiful photos and a unique evening!

Amsterdam Light Festival is an art festival featuring unique light art that you can experience every year by boat, bicycle, or on foot. The organization’s mission is “to use the universal language of light art in public spaces to connect and enrich people.”

The theme of the fourteenth edition of the art festival is Legacy. How do we want to be remembered? Twenty light artworks by international artists show what we preserve and leave behind.

What's Included

Audio guide in Dutch and English
Toilet on board
Panoramic skylight
Friendly, local skippers with unique stories
Covered boarding location at the Anne Frank House
Lounge on the back deck for the best views
Heated & covered boat
75-minute cruise
Drinks and snacks (can be purchased in advance at the café next the boarding location)

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

We recommend that you arrive at least 30 minutes in advance. Opposite our jetty is, “Smidtje Canal Café Dialoog.” Here you can wait indoors and stay dry in case of rain, and use the restroom or buy snacks and drinks to take with you on the cruise. It is not possible to buy these on board.

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes (approximately)
  • Anne Frank House (Pass by)

    Pass by the Anne Frank House

    Admission ticket free
  • The Amstel (Pass by)

    See the most beautiful canals of Amsterdam

    Admission ticket free
  • Het Scheepvaartmuseum| The National Maritime Museum (Pass by)

    You will see the beautiful lights on the building

    Admission ticket free
  • Amsterdam Canal Ring (Pass by)

    Amsterdam Unesco Canals

    Admission ticket free
  • Houseboat Museum (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • Leidsegracht (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • Beulingsloot (Pass by)

    De Beulingsloot is one of the oldest and shortest canals in the center of Amsterdam. It is located within the Grachtengordel.

    Admission ticket free
  • Huis Bartolotti (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • Melkmeisjesbrug (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • Brouwersgracht (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • Centraal Station (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • IJdok (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • EYE Film Institute Netherlands (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • H'ART Museum (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free
  • Stopera Pier (Pass by)

    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.

    Admission ticket free

Additional info

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • To board, you have to climb a few steps. Therefore, it can be difficult for people with reduced mobility to board.
Supplied by Amsterdam Circle Line

Tags

Night Cruises
Christmas
Private and Luxury
Audio Guides
Water Tours
Festivals
Canal Cruises
Sightseeing Cruises
Excellent Quality
Carnival

Cancellation Policy

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

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