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Amsterdam Canal Cruise: Cheese & Drinks Delight
5.0
159 Ratings
Amsterdam
Experience Amsterdam’s magic on an evening winter canal cruise. Enjoy a drink, guided tour, and stunning views from eco-friendly boats.
Experience Amsterdam’s magic on an evening winter canal cruise. Enjoy a drink, guided tour, and stunning views from eco-friendly boats.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Canal Ring (Grachtengordel) - Explore Amsterdam through its UNESCO-listed canals.
- Skinny Bridge - Amsterdam’s most renowned wooden bridge, constructed by and for two sisters. It is beautifully illuminated at night. According to legend, a kiss beneath this bridge ensures eternal love.
- Canal Ring (Grachtengordel) - Explore Amsterdam through its UNESCO-listed canals.
- Skinny Bridge - Amsterdam’s most renowned wooden bridge, constructed by and for two sisters. It is beautifully illuminated at night. According to legend, a kiss beneath this bridge ensures eternal love.
What's Included
- Digital booklet in 8 languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, & Chinese
- English speaking guide
- Digital booklet in 8 languages: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, & Chinese
- English speaking guide
Additional Information
Amsterdam Canal Cruise
Reserve your place on the latest Amsterdam canal cruise featuring cheese and wine (other beverages are also available), departing from Central Station.
Cheese & Unlimited Drinks (if booked)
Relax as the host serves Dutch cheese along with wine, beer, or soda.
Local Skipper
An English-speaking skipper will share stories…
Amsterdam Canal Cruise
Reserve your place on the latest Amsterdam canal cruise featuring cheese and wine (other beverages are also available), departing from Central Station.
Cheese & Unlimited Drinks (if booked)
Relax as the host serves Dutch cheese along with wine, beer, or soda.
Local Skipper
An English-speaking skipper will share stories throughout the tour. A complimentary digital guide is available in German, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, French, Italian, and English.
Optional Drinks
Prefer to enjoy the cruise without cheese or drinks? That’s an option as well.
Small Groups
The cruise accommodates a maximum of 28 guests.
Departure
Meet at the front of Central Station. Look for the green flag or Eco Boats staff in dark blue attire.
Covered or Open Boats
The weather will determine whether the cruise is open or covered.
Highlights
Discover the Canal Belt, Skinny Bridge, Dancing Houses, and more. Enjoy the scenery and your refreshments along the journey.
- It’s summer, and we cruise on an open boat, wear sunscreen
- In case of rain, we cruise with a hood. Sudden rain? We got ponchos.
- We only serve alcoholic drinks for travellers 18 years old and above (proof of ID can be asked for). Minor travellers below 18 years old will be served non-alcoholic drink
- Departure Central Station
- The route may vary each time depending on external factors.
Location
Stationsplein 18
Stationsplein
Our location is in front of Amsterdam Central Station, in front of the tram stops by the water. Look for our dark green beach flag that is in the boat. Our staff wears dark blue 'Eco Boats' shirts.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
5.0
(159 Ratings)
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Seaside58132284925
Apr 7, 2025
Great company - The staff is really nice and helpful. The boat was also good, which was easy to control. We were 4 in a boat for 7 and that was really spacious.
We went to the suggested 2 hours route and pretty enjoyed it.
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R6522lakims
Feb 28, 2025
Excellent tour, highly recommended - I booked the tour in January as I was doing a mini-cruise from Southampton to Amsterdam with three friends. I chose Eco Boats because I wanted to support environmentally friendly, sustainable small businesses and this company was a good fit. The included drink was an added bonus :) The online booking process was simple and straightforward. I was able to save the tickets directly to my electronic wallet and received a confirmatory email with directions.
I booked the latest available tour as we weren't sure what time our cruise was due to dock, this turned out to be after 5pm due to high winds, and as it happened we only made the tour by the skin of our teeth! Thankfully Alfred/Olfred (apologies if my spelling is out) was waiting on the steps for us. He had tried to contact me, but I missed his call. Anyway, thanks to his patience we didn't miss our tour.
The description of where to catch the tour was excellent and the green flag helped too. It would have been useful to know that it's not possible to get directly through the Central Station to the pick up point - you have to walk around either end of the building from the tram stop and through an underpass but we made it and Alfred knew who we were as soon as we approached him.
We hurried to board the boat where we were offered selection from a variety of drinks. We took our seats, drinks were distributed, safety instructions given and off we went. We started the tour in the evening light and finished in the dark which gave us some marvellous photo opportunities. Alfred was witty, knowledgeable and entertaining. The tour was everything that we had hoped for and we thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I would definitely recommend this tour and will use them again if I return to Amsterdam!! Thank you Eco Boats :)
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Pointofv2025
Jan 20, 2025
Ecoboats - Beautiful views, very good pilot who really explained to us in detail and with passion the different works. Only downside we had a little trouble identifying the departure platform in the dark so a little stress before the departure not to arrive on time.
Optional drinks are at very affordable prices and small cover available
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M9901clnadinel
Nov 15, 2024
Merlin is the best! - Thank you Merlin 🙏🏻 the tour was superb, fairy lights. Excellent beer, love bridge, crooked houses, beautiful!!!!!
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Rodit932
Oct 31, 2024
Magic tour with wizard - Merlin did a great job. Amazing full of information tour. "Magic wizard tour" . Merlin will show you all main canals of Amsterdam with free drink
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Carolyn_f
Oct 28, 2024
Wonderful way to enjoy Amsterdam at night - We really enjoyed our evening canal cruise and the commentary was the best - thank you to John Paul. Highly recommend.
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X4003uwpaulad
Oct 6, 2024
Nice way to discover Amsterdam! - A very nice way to discover Amsterdam! Everything is different from the water. The captain, Nout, was really fantastic!
This tour is definitely recommended!
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Dawnwarrillow
Nov 2, 2024
A lovely evening seeing Amsterdam in the dark. - Igor, our guide for the evening was great. He gave us just enough information without talking all the time but pointed out all the interesting points. The boat was warm enough for an evening cruise. The lights made the canals look so lovely.
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Jennye_s
Oct 27, 2024
Great night and beautiful trip! - Very pleasant trip around the canals of Amsterdam. It was a little hard to hear the guide but a very nice trip.
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596rasmusp
Apr 7, 2025
Great tour, great boat, but not a good overall experience - We rented a boat yesterday in Amsterdam, and while the experience could’ve been entirely pleasant, a few things ruined it. First, the map. It blew away very easily—yes, we were warned, but maybe securing it to the boat with a wire would be a good idea? The €15 penalty for losing it feels excessive. Fine, we’ll take the blame for that one; we could have held onto it better.
But what really annoyed me was being denied access to the toilet after paying €135 (boat + city tax + lost map fee). Apparently, the toilet is “only for women.” I was sent to the nearby public pissoir instead—a spiral of horror. The smell was like a Dixi box at the end of King’s Day, with two used sanitary pads on the ground and a trash bag adding to the decor. Thanks to the wind, I ended up with my own urine on my jacket and jeans. Lovely.
Meanwhile, there were 5-6 employees on site, not really doing much. It seems like they could have used some of that idle time to maintain a clean toilet for all customers.
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