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Van Gogh Museum & Canal Cruise Combo

Experience two of Amsterdam’s highlights with one ticket: skip the line at the Van Gogh Museum and take a one-hour canal cruise to see the city from a different perspective.

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This convenient combo brings together art and sightseeing for one great price. Begin with skip-the-line entry to the Van Gogh Museum, home to the world’s largest collection of Van Gogh’s works. Explore famous paintings such as Sunflowers and The Potato Eaters, along with letters and sketches that reveal the artist’s life and vision.

The package also includes a 1-hour canal cruise, giving you the chance to see Amsterdam from a different perspective. Glide past elegant canal houses, graceful bridges, and historic landmarks while onboard commentary shares stories about the city’s past and present.

By choosing this combo, you’ll not only enjoy two quintessential Amsterdam experiences in one booking, but also save money compared to purchasing each separately.

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Important Info

• Children aged 3 years or younger are allowed to join free of charge (provided they do not occupy their own seat)
• Children under the age of 18 can enter the Van Gogh Museum for free
• Your booked time slot will be your entrance time to the Van Gogh Museum
• The canal cruise is available multiple times each hour
• Only service dogs (who must be identifiable as such) are allowed on the boat
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What is included in activity

Time slot ticket to the Van Gogh Museum
1-hour Amsterdam Canal Cruise
Audio commentary on the cruise in 19 languages

What is not included

Multimedia guide at the Van Gogh Museum
Mobile ticket

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

Reviews by travellers

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Nicholas R.
By requiring me to go to the office to change my ticket for the canal tour, with both activities taking place on the same day (museum and canal tour), I was unable to do both activities on the same day, so I only had time to visit the museum and missed the canal tour. They should give you a direct ticket like the museum ticket so you can do your canal tour activity.
2 days ago
Peet H.
It was amazing to be able to view over 100 works of art painted by Vincent Van Gogh and learn about his life. Pre- booking is essential as there are only a few time slots to view the museum on offer if you have not ordered your tickets online in advance. For example we arrived at the Van Gogh Museum at 11.15am and the next free slot would have been 3.15 in the afternoon, but fortunately we had pre-booked.
3 days 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.
7 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.
8 days 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.
12 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!
14 days ago
Tatiana E.
This ticket was worth the cost. The museum was wonderful but very crowded as it was a holiday. We were able to enter immediately. The canal cruise was better than expected. The head phones allowed passengers to be informed. The boat was full and the canals busy be at of the holiday.
16 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'.
17 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.
17 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.
18 days ago
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Starting point of the tour
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.