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3 hours 15 minutes
Mobile ticket
Amsterdam is best viewed from the water and during this 75-minute canal cruise, you'll understand why. You'll experience the best of the historic city center.
Discover the city's top highlights, iconic bridges and the 17th-century buildings lining the canals. You'll come across new architecture and bridges, showing a historical city that is rooted in history but continues to develop and change.
Home to the world’s largest collection of Vincent van Gogh’s paintings, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam transports visitors on a fascinating journey through the life of the artist and his contemporaries. The museum introduces the complete story: the artist, the context, Van Gogh’s personal ambitions, his emotions, the myths that surround him and his influence right up until this very day. The Van Gogh Museum’s collection includes world-famous paintings such as Sunflowers, Almond Blossom and The Potato Eaters. The museum also organizes three temporary exhibitions every year.
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This is a non-refundable booking
Your ticket for the Van Gogh Museum is a ticket with a timeslot you chose while making a reservation. You can only enter the tour at this specific time. Changing your slot time is not possible.
The ticket for your City Canal Cruise is an so called "OPEN TICKET". This means that no timeslot has been allocated and you can board any next available boat at one of the 2 docks:
The first dock is located at Stadhouderskade 501 opposite the Hard Rock Cafe. Take tram 1, 2, 5,11 and 12 stop at Leidseplein. from there the dock is a 2 minute walk.
The second dock is located at Stadhouderskade 550, opposite Heineken Experience. Take tram 2, 5,and 12 stop at Rijksmuseum. from there the dock is a 5 minute walk or take metro No. 52 and stop at Vijzelgracht. From there the dock is only a 2 minute walk.
Please note that your voucher needs to be scanned at Van Gogh Museum. You can redeem your canal cruise inside one of the ticketoffices of Gray Line Amsterdam / Blue Boat Company where a timeslot will be assigned
Please note that that Blue Boat Company is closed on the following dates: • 27th April: Kingsday • 5th August: Pride & Queer Canal Parade • 25th December: Christmas • 31st December; no cruises after 4:00PM • 1st January; until noon.
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
Free “Kids Cruise” audio story and booklet with every kids’ ticket bought.
Snackbox during your City Canal Cruise with a variety of snacks and one drinks of your choice
75 minute City Canal Cruise
Entrance to the regular exhibition of Van Gogh Museum.
Audio commentary in 20 languages during the cruise
Complimentary earphones; please consider using your own earphones or headphones to listen to the audio commentary on board. Blue Boat is committed to saving the environment one canal cruise at a time.
Gratuities
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
Van Gogh Museum
At your chosen timeslot visit the Van Gogh Museum.
Amsterdam is best viewed from the water. On this 75-minute canal cruise you’ll experience the best of our historical city.
Van Gogh Museum : Entrance to Van Gogh Museum. The timeslot your book is for van Gogh Museum.
Canal Cruise: Canal Cruise is included and can be taken during your visit. The voucher is an open ticket and can be redeemed at our docks.
Docks: Docks are located opposite Heineken Experience & Hard Rock Cafe.
Snackbox with softdrink: This option includes a snackbox including 1 softdrink and a variety of sweet and savory snacks with your City Canal Cruise.
Snackbox with sofdrink &snacks: Snackbox with a variety of sweet and savory snacks, inlcuding one softdrink.
166 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Estelle B,
Oct 9, 2025
- Viator
Museum wonderful. Blue Boat canal tour… fair only. Poor audio information… should have given a lot more Amsterdam details… too much music. We were supposed to receive a drink and snack…. No sight of either!!!
Cristie M,
Oct 5, 2025
- Viator
Received a cancelation notice from boat company for our Von Gough and 75 minute tour for today October 5 that it was canceled coz the museum will be closed due to demonstration at the museum plaza . I was notified by email but Viator haven’t refunded the tickets I paid for 2 .
sarahicunning,
Sep 18, 2025
- Viator
We loved the audio and scavenger hunt they had for my 10yr old son at the VanGogh museum. He even won a prize! The canal tour was disappointing. The audio didn’t go with what we were looking and passing. The audio was saying all of these interesting things, but they were no where in sight. I think the audio was too ahead.
Meeta L,
Sep 16, 2025
- Viator
The Van Gogh Museum experience was great . However the canal cruise included in the ticket was not. There were no instructions on how to redeem the ticket. The Blue Boat company had an office on one of the canals but it was too hard to access especially not knowing whether we would definitely get our tickets validated there. We would have preferred to buy the Van Gogh Museum entry tickets excluding the canal cruise cost but didn’t have the option. We ended up doing the canal cruise with another company.
EDUARDO S,
Sep 3, 2025
- Viator
This is a must see, I would recommend to anyone there's so much to concern. The staff is so professional
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