How to Ride the Tram in Amsterdam

Tram tracers, Amsterdam

Photo: bhav.bhav

Abbie Mood picks up the little open ride skills during the recent outing to Amsterdam.

THE THINKING ON my initial day in Amsterdam went something similar to this: we will knock out Amsterdam by foot! we have my accessible map as great as we can figure this thing out. How hard could it be?

And then we satisfied which Amsterdam is the unequivocally large city.

I was upon vacation for the couple days for the grand reopening of the Hotel Novotel, as great as they had bending me up with an we amsterdam card. It fundamentally gave me free reign of the main attractions in the city, as great as the open transportation.

I honour myself upon my navigational skills in brand new cities, though Amsterdam was the different story. This place has the metro, cars, bicycles, motorbikes, boats, trams, buses, as great as trains. All those options interpret to greater access if we know how to make use of them as great as great confusion if we dont.

Amsterdam transport

Photo: Bjrn Giesenbauer

The easiest approach to mangle it down is this:

  • Trains have been for going to the airport as great as alternative cities/countries
  • the metro is for removing in as great as out of the city to the suburbs
  • boats have been for sightseeing groups similar to the hop-on-hop-off museum tours
  • cars have been for the desirous (its formidable to get around any large citys traveller destinations by car)
  • bicycles as great as motorbikes have been for residents as great as adventurous tourists
  • and trams as great as buses have been the easiest as great as many cheap approach for anyone to get from A to B, with trams being the best preference (and also my transportation of choice) during! the day .
Get your tickets

If youre going to be hitting many of the top attractions, we competence wish to cruise the 24-, 48-, or 72-hour we amsterdam card, which either gets we in or gets we the discount during many museums as great as alternative sights, whilst functioning as the multi-transport label for the same series of hours.

Of course, individual tickets have been available too. They price 1.60 as great as give 1 hour of travel time upon the bus, tram, or metro system. On the bus as great as tram, get your sheet onboard; during the metro, from the sheet machine.

Amsterdam tram ticket

Photo: Author

Strip tickets (strippenkaart) have been another great understanding as great as can be bought all over the city. The customary strippenkaart comes with fifteen strips as great as costs 6.50.

When we get upon the tram or bus, discuss it the conductor your final finish as great as s/he will stamp the proper series of strips for you. A outing around Amsterdam Central will generally price 2 strips, as great as the nearby town will probably eat up 4.

If youre staying multiform days, or devise upon running around the complete city similar to we did, the 24-, 48-, 72-, or 96-hour GVB sheet competence be the best choice. This the single allows total rides upon tram, bus, as great as metro, as great as is activated when we swipe it for your initial ride.

Theyre reasonably priced, too: 24 hours for 7.00, 48 for 11.50, 72 for 15.50, as great as 96 for 19.50. There have been even 120-, 144-, as great as 168-hour tickets for week-long visits.

Pick these up during the GVB public-transport office, any traveller office, or we can get the 24-hour label as we board (but this will price 0.50 extra).

Ive got my ticket, now what?

I was staying in the suburbs, so we always started during the Cent! ral Stat ion (via the metro), which is where many trams as great as buses begin as great as end.

Riding the tram, Amsterdam

Photo: Marco Raaphorst

Its helpful to have the map or know which tram youre seeking for, because we found the maps posted to be the bit confusing. If yours has the tram routes upon it, demeanour for the blue series located closest to the captivate youre visiting, as great as get upon which route.

For example, if Im going to the Amsterdam Historical Museum, we find it upon the map as great as demeanour for the closest blue numbers, which have been 1, 2, as great as 5. Any of those trams will take me there, as great as they all leave from Central Station. So whichever comes first, hop aboard!

Trams 1, 2, as great as 5 will take we to many of the sights they run north-south from Central Station to Dam Square to Leidseplein to Museumplein. They depart from the west side of the hire in front of the row of shops.

If we get lost, get yourself behind to Central Station as great as begin over again.

Community Connection

For assistance upon removing around alternative large cities using open transport, check out the guides for New York, London, as great as Buenos Aires.


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