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60 minutes · 4.3 km

Lights on the water

The evening cruise: the bridges lit with strings of lamps, the old harbour and the Amstel after dark.

Duration
60 minutes
Distance
4.3 km
Sails
Daily at 19:30, 20:30 and 21:30
Departures
Three a night
Boat
Salon boat, 20 seats
Boarding pier
Herengracht, the Golden Bend

€32A glass of wine or lemonade on board

A canal boat on the Lights on the water cruise in Amsterdam

The route

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  1. Board

    Herengracht, the Golden Bend

  2. 0.0 km

    The Golden Bend

    The grandest stretch of the Herengracht, where the merchants built double-wide houses with stone fronts.

  3. 0.3 km

    Reguliersgracht

    The canal of seven bridges in a row, lit with strings of lamps at night.

  4. 0.7 km

    Blauwbrug

    The Amstel's grand stone bridge with lamps on crowned columns.

  5. 1.5 km

    Montelbaanstoren

    The leaning harbour tower on the Oudeschans, painted by Rembrandt.

  6. 1.9 km

    De Waag

    The old weigh house on the Nieuwmarkt, once a city gate.

  7. 3.1 km

    Munttoren

    The old mint tower where the Singel meets the Amstel.

  8. 4.3 km

    The Golden Bend

    The grandest stretch of the Herengracht, where the merchants built double-wide houses with stone fronts.

Lights on the water

The route

From the Golden Bend to the lit bridges of the Reguliersgracht, out onto the Amstel under the Blauwbrug, round to the leaning Montelbaanstoren in the old harbour and back past the Waag.

We go slowly; the lamps are the point.

On the way

  • The seven bridges lit up
  • The Amstel at night
  • A glass on board

A boat of your own

Birthdays, families, a small team: hire a boat and a skipper for your own route. Book a short call and we'll plan it together.

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