Getting Around
Tulip of Amsterdam is located right in the middle of the historic city-centre. You can reach almost everything by walking. However, if you do require transportation, Amsterdam also has an extensive public transport network (see below for more details). We strongly advise against using your private car as a mode of transport within the city-centre.
Walking
Shops, bars, restaurants and local markets are all easily reachable by foot within a few minutes’ walk. Amsterdam Central Station can be reached within a 10 minutes’ walk, the Museum-Quarter (Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh Museum, Moco, Stedelijk Museum) within a 20 minutes’ walk.
While walking in Amsterdam please be careful and especially mind the bike’s, they usually have (or take) the right of way. Do not walk on the street and most importantly not on the bike-lane 😉
There are many interesting walking-tours in Amsterdam. We can recommend:
360 Amsterdam Tours
Big variety of Public and Private tours
W: https://360amsterdamtours.com/
Freedam Tours
Free Walking Tours (tip-based)
Biking
Amsterdam is one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. With more than 400 kilometers of bike-paths, pedal power will bring you literally everywhere in the city. Renting a bike yourself or taking a guided bike-tour is a great way to see Amsterdam. Bike’s can be rented all over the city, many bike-rentals also offer guided tours. We can recommend:
iBike shop
Located within 4 mins walk
OPEN daily from 10am – 7pm
W: https://www.ibikerental.nl/
A: Geldersekade 91 (tel +31 20 845 8505)
Black Bikes (Red Light District)
Located within 6 mins walk
OPEN daily from 8:30am – 6:30pm (weekends from 9am – 6pm)
W: https://black-bikes.com/bike-rental-locations/red-light-district-amsterdam/
A: Ouderkerksplein 62
Public Transport
Amsterdam has a vast network of busses, trams, metro and ferry services, which are run by the company GVB. Amsterdam public transport runs from around 6am to just after midnight. The underground-station “Nieuwmarkt” is just a few metres away from our property, and will take you to Amsterdam Central Station in just 1 stop. Hubs for trams or busses can be found around Dam Square (within 8mins walk) and at Central Station (within 10mins walk).
Public Transport within Amsterdam (GVB)
You can only access public transport in Amsterdam with a valid public transport chip card (OV-chipcard), which is a reusable travel card that can be loaded with money and used for all forms of public transportation in The Netherlands. If you only need to travel a single journey, you can just get a one-hour ticket (EUR 3.40), which lets you use all public transportation in Amsterdam for up to 1 hour. If you need to travel more, we recommend to get a non-personalized OV-chipcard. Once you have purchased the card, you can load an amount onto the card and subsequently pay per journey, or alternatively you could load a ticket for 24, 48, 72 or 96 hours onto the card. The one-hour ticket as well as the OV-chipcard can be purchased at the GVB service-desk, at one of the vending machines at the station or online at https://www.gvb.nl/en
Please note that GVB is cashless = you can only pay by card. You must purchase your ticket ahead of time, as it’s no longer possible to purchase a ticket inside the bus or tram. Ferry-services in Amsterdam are free of charge, you can just hop-on. You can also bring your bike on the ferry.
IMPORTANT: To validate your ticket, you need to check-in and check-out by scanning your ticket or OV chip-card at the gates (train, metro) or at the scanning device inside the bus or tram.
For detailed information on public transport in Amsterdam, please visit the following link: https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/travel-stay/getting-around/public-transport
Travelling by train within The Netherlands (NS)
You can only access trains with a valid ticket or public transport chip card (OV-chipcard). Single-use tickets can be purchased at the yellow ticket-machines within the train-station or at the NS service-desk. You need to check-in and check-out by scanning your ticket at the gates.
For detailed information on how to travel by train in The Netherlands, please see: https://www.ns.nl/en
Planning your Journey
For detailed travel advice on public transport with The Netherlands, we recommend to visit https://9292.nl/en or to download the Public Transport Route Planner APP “9292 reisplanner OV + e-ticket”. With this planner, you can customize your journey and also purchase your tickets ahead of time.