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Van Gogh Museum & Canal Cruise

Name: Van Gogh Museum & Canal Cruise
Start: 2026-09-01T12:30:00.000+03:00
End: 2026-09-02T12:30:00.000+03:00
Location: Amsterdam

Combine a timed visit to the Van Gogh Museum with a 1-hour Amsterdam canal cruise. Explore Vincent van Gogh’s extensive collection of paintings, drawings, and letters, then see the UNESCO-listed canal ring and historic city landmarks from the water.

Details

Make the most of your time in Amsterdam with admission to the Van Gogh Museum and a 1-hour canal cruise. This combination ticket brings together one of the Netherlands’ best-known art museums and a relaxed journey through Amsterdam’s historic waterways.

Visit the Van Gogh Museum, home to the world’s largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh. The collection includes more than 200 paintings, 400 drawings, and 700 letters, offering an overview of the Dutch artist’s work and life. Highlights include The Potato Eaters (1885), Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette (1886), Sunflowers (1889), and Almond Blossoms (1890).

Continue your day with a 1-hour Amsterdam canal cruise through the city’s UNESCO World Heritage-listed canal ring. Pass Dutch Golden Age canal houses, historic churches such as Westerkerk, and bridges including Magere Brug. A GPS audio guide, available in 19 languages, provides commentary on the landmarks along the route.

Your Van Gogh Museum entry is valid for a selected time slot and includes a ticket for the canal cruise. To reserve a specific departure time for the cruise, book in advance at a Tours & Tickets shop, including the location at Damrak 26.

River cruise ship

Likely to sell out. Book in advance!

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What is not included

Multimedia guide at the Van Gogh Museum

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Mobile ticket

Tour program

Please note that the program and conditions are subject to change.

Van Gogh Museum

Prins Hendrikkade

IJ River

Amsterdam Centraal Station

NEMO Science Museum

Herengracht

Stopera

Icebar Amsterdam

H'ART Museum

Magere Brug

Prinsengracht

Westerkerk

Anne Frank House

Keizersgracht

Rijksmuseum

A'DAM Tower

Heineken Experience

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Meeting point

Reach the Van Gogh Museum with tram numbers 2, 5, and 12 to the GVB tram station van Baerlestraat, or with tram numbers 3, 5, and 12 to the GVB tram station Museumplein (Museum Square).
The canal cruise must be pre-booked at the local office located at Damrak 26, Amsterdam.
Reach the canal cruise meeting point with tram numbers 2, 4, 12, 13, 14, 17, and 24, or metro line 51, 52, 53, and 54.
The nearest GVB tram and metro station is Central Station.

Places you will see

• Van Gogh Museum
• Amsterdam Canals

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Reviews by travellers

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1071 reviews

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Harrie O.

Cruise very good although directions to get there poor. Van Gogh museum excellent despite bad-mannered fellow visitors (standing directly in front of pics blocking view). Don’t miss BRILLIANT Millet exhibition downstairs - plenty of Van Gogh there too.

3 days ago

Mirre R.

To get into the museum, you skip the ticket line but still need to get in que to enter. We picked 9:15am slot and lucked out with much smaller crowds and very enjoyable visit. We also visited the temporary exhibits. We enjoyed lunch after and took our time to cross the town for the boat tour. It was very informative, relaxing and nice. Definitely recommend this package.

7 days ago

Godelieve P.

The only thing i have to underline Is that no skip the line ticket exists actually to access Van Gogh' s Museum. But we entered without problems...Furthermore i want to say that the boat trip was wonderful, especially thanks to the boatman and his talkative personality! Thank you again!

15 days ago

Karst-Jan W.

The Van Gogh Museum was more than worth it, but the canal cruise was quite boring! We even upgraded to the Amsterdam Light Festival ticket for 8 euros/ticket and it was not worth the trip. I would have skipped the light tour altogether. If you want to go on a canal cruise I recommended to do it in the day time or better yet go on the tram and see the city... much cheaper and you see so much more of the city in a shorter time frame.

16 days ago

Maas K.

I loved the Van Gogh museum and learnt such a lot about him as an artist, from which artists and models inspired him. I was surprised at many things he did and was interested in finding out about his family and those that influenced him. Amazing man but full of tragedy.

16 days ago

Karlijn t.

Everything worked out well, we didn’t have any problems with the tickets. Also, we requested some additional info by email that was quickly provided. The museum is very beautiful, and the audio guide is a must to understand VG’s work. The cruise was nice, and the Captain very friendly. I recommend both attractions.

28 days ago

Katrijn B.

Worked well for us. Went straight to ticket office in Damrak central Amsterdam and got a boarding ticket for cruise. Decent one hour cruise to get a good feel of city from waterline level. Van Gogh ticket was essential as we saw walk-ups being turned away and told 'booked all week'.

about 1 month ago

Linneke J.

Planned a one day trip to Amsterdam for a birthday. Although we had to book the canal cruise upon arrival, the planning and explanation on the booking was very practical. We had no surprises and still had plenty of time leftover in our day to visit the city. The cruise was great and the museum, even as crowded as it was, ended being just what any Van Gogh enthusiast would hope the experience to be.

about 2 months ago

Annemijn H.

In relation to the Van Gogh museum, we didn't purchase a headset during our visit but you can literally read up on all the art and know the history of Van Gogh as the information was on the wall next to the picture. Museum is spread over 4 floors so if you had the headset it will direct you to the hanging picture that has number next to it but as we didn't we often travel in the wrong direction. This for me was not a problem as each picture has a different story to tell. As for the canal trip, we had in ear headphone provided for us so knew all the history. Very interesting to know the history so highly recommend. Give yourself plenty of time between the canal trip and the Van Gogh museum as they are not near each other.