Your day, step by step
08:15
Walk west from PTA along the IJ to Centraal Station (about 15 minutes).
08:35
Tram 2 or 12 from Centraal to the Rijksmuseum stop. Tap in and out with a contactless bank card.
09:00
Rijksmuseum at opening. Two hours covers the Gallery of Honour and The Night Watch.
11:15
Walk north through the canal ring (Spiegelgracht, the Nine Streets) towards the Jordaan, about 30 minutes at an easy pace.
12:15
Lunch in the Jordaan or the Nine Streets.
13:30
Anne Frank House at your booked time; allow about an hour. Bags bigger than A4 are not allowed.
14:45
Walk to Dam Square (about 10 minutes) and down the Damrak to Centraal. If time allows, take a canal cruise from the piers opposite the station, but only one that is back by 16:00.
16:00
Leave Centraal and walk 15 minutes east to PTA.
- Latest you can leave Centraal Station16:00
16:30
Back on board, 60 minutes before all-aboard.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Centraal StationWalk east to PTA, about 15 min16:00
- Dam SquareWalk via Damrak and Centraal, about 25 min16:05
- Anne Frank House / JordaanWalk via Centraal to PTA, about 35 min15:55
- Museumplein (Rijksmuseum)Tram 2 or 12 to Centraal, then walk15:30
- Centraal (ship at IJmuiden)Train to Sloterdijk, bus 382, about 1 hr14:45
Where people get Amsterdam wrong
Assuming the ship docks in central Amsterdam, when many 2026 calls go to IJmuiden, about an hour away.
Built from our Amsterdam guide, checked against 20 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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