Everything else on this site costs nothing. These cost a little, and we list them because what you get is far bigger than the price.
€3.40A one-hour ticket works on every GVB tram, bus and metro from your first check-in, with as many changes as you like. An hour on a tram through the canal belt is a seated tour at a tenth of the price of a boat.
Board a tram at Centraal that crosses the canal ring toward Museumplein, sit on the right, and ride back on the same ticket inside the hour. If you tap in with a bank card you pay by distance, capped at €10.50 a day.
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€2From mid-April to mid-October two tiny ferries cross to the Amsterdamse Bos. The Nieuwe Meer boat costs €2 per adult and sails every 15 minutes on weekends and holidays, 11:00–18:00. The hand-run Ome Piet ferry over the Ringvaart costs €0.50.
Use both and you can walk or cycle a loop of the lake. The Nieuwe Meer ferry takes cash only, so bring coins.
€5A basement in the Jordaan filled with glowing minerals and a walk-in fluorescent environment, run by the artist who built it. It bills itself as the first museum devoted to fluorescence, open since 1999.
Odd, small and personal, which is why it is worth the five euros. Visits are by appointment only, Wednesday to Saturday 14:00–18:00, so book online before you turn up.
Source: Electric Ladyland
Nothing free comes close to standing in the rooms behind the bookcase, with the pencil marks of the children's heights still on the wall. Tickets are sold online only for a fixed time slot and go weeks ahead, so book before you book anything else.
Everything above is free. This is the only paid pick on the page, chosen because no free option replaces it.
