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Amsterdam: Light Festival Boat+Unlimit.Drinks & Snack Option

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Experience the Amsterdam Light Festival Cruise with GetYourGuide’s top-rated provider for Amsterdam boat tours. Enjoy a cozy, small group cruise with live commentary and optional drinks.

  • Free cancellation
    Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
  • Instant confirmation & Mobile tickets
    Receive your ticket right away. Use your phone or print your voucher.
  • Skip the line
    Get priority entry.
  • Live guiding
    Dutch, English
  • Duration
    75 minutes
  • Includes
    • 75-minute cruise in silent electric boat
    • Small group
    • Unlimited drinks (when option selected)
    • Welcome snack (when option selected)
    • Local skipper
    • Digital guide in 8 languages (via QR code on your phone or tablet)
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Highlights

  • Cruise with GetYourGuide’s top-rated provider for Amsterdam boat tours
  • English & Dutch speaking local skipper, and Free digital booklet in 8 languages
  • We cruise with (half) covered boat for the best experience.
  • Stay warm with blankets and enjoy (optional) unlimited drinks
  • Small group tour of maximum 28 passengers,

Description

Discover all the Amsterdam Light Festival and also get to see the city’s highlights and hidden gems in the best way possible on a boat ride in one of the most stylish and eco-friendly boats in Amsterdam.

A blanket is provided to keep you warm on these winter days. Enjoy a hot drink such as hot chocolate milk (with or without cream), together with snacks, which can be booked optionally. So sit back and relax, and have our local English-speaking skipper explain every highlight of the city and the Light Festival works of art.

✔️Official Partner Amsterdam Light Festival 2025 Edition 14, Legacy
We are proud to be the official partner of the Amsterdam Light Festival 2025/2026. The theme of the fourteenth edition of Amsterdam Light Festival is Legacy. How do we want to be remembered? Twenty light artworks by international artists show what we preserve and what we leave behind, from monumental installations, to personal stories. The festival runs from 27 November 2025 to 18 January 2026.

✔️Amsterdam 750th anniversary
The coming edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival is special because it coincides with Amsterdam's 750th anniversary. For a whole year, residents, districts, and institutions all over town commemorate and celebrate the unique spirit of Amsterdam. What custom is more appropriate to mark this special milestone than a ritual?

✔️ Small group tour
28 passengers maximum

✔️ Don't Speak English? We got you!
Our local skipper speaks English and Dutch, but we have a free digital booklet (QR code which will lead to a booklet on your phone or your tablet) available with guided information in the languages: English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, German, French and Italian. So you won't miss a thing!

✔️Departure location
Head to the meeting point in front of Amsterdam Central Station to begin the tour.
We depart right in front of Amsterdam Central Station in one of our brand new, stylish, and electric eco boats.

✔️ Highlights
During the cruise, admire the illuminated works of art of the Amsterdam Light Festival, but also the Canal Belt (Grachtengordel), Schreierstoren Oosterdok, the Skinny Bridge (De Magere Brug), the Dancing Houses, the Amstel River, and much more. Enjoy your optional (hot) drink and snacks and listen to your local skipper’s favourite stories as you take in the city sights.

✔️ Winter in Amsterdam
Winters in Amsterdam can be cosy but also cold, especially on the water, so please dress warm (free blankets are provided). We cruise with a (half) open boat.

Good to know before you go
  • Our local skipper guides the tour in English. We have a free international guide booklet on board, explaining the sights in languages: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and English
  • Duration of the cruise is 75 minutes, but this could be longer in case of traffic jam on the water.
  • Our welcome snack may contain traces of nuts, and these traces might also be present on the boat itself (in case of severe nut allergies)
  • As it is winter time, and cruising on water can get cold, please wear warm clothes.
  • On the day itself (depending on the weather conditions) we decide to cruise with an half open or covered boat (with shelter for rain). This provides some shelter from rain, on rainy weather we do advise to wear rain proof clothes.
Meeting point

Amsterdam Light Festival Cruise Only without Drinks

Amsterdam Light Festival Cruise with 1 Drink

Amsterdam Light Festival Cruise, UL Drinks + Welcome snack

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the cancellation policy for this activity?
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
2. When will I receive the confirmation of my booking?
You will receive an email notification right after your successful payment. If you don't see it in your inbox, check your spam or junk mail folder. When the payment is completed you have the option to download your ticket directly.
3. What does the 'skip the line' ticket mean?
'Skip the line' tickets provide the fastest possible entry with no or very little queuing.
4. Are mobile tickets enough or do I have to print them?
Tickets don't need to be printed. You can show your ticket from your smartphone as a PDF.
  • Adults
    15-99 years
  • Children
    4-14 years
  • Infants
    0-3 years
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