Local transport

The public and private means, which allow you to visit the city are really practical and really work, why the car actually is unnecessary; operate bus, tram, metro and boat Amsterdam even though it can be run for the most part on foot. The converging point where tram, bus and metro is the Centraal Station.

At the station is located a map of public transport free of the central region. The tickets are on sale at the doors of GVB, which is the body which manages public transport and the tourist office VVV. Its many agencies providing information and tickets, but they can also be found at newsstands, in tobacco shops, in vending machines or can be purchased on board. Tickets (Strippenkaart) are valid on all means of transport.

Among the different procedures for payment are those predestined for a certain number of bus, those who are determined to obliterate races and routes, the city is divided into zones and the number of zones crossed determine the number of stamped cards.
E 'advisable dagkaart the purchase of a ticket a day or more that must be validated only once, or even better the Amsterdam Pass to save on trips or even visits to historical buildings, monuments and museums.
The national transport company GVB is the same for all types: tram, metro, bus .. Attention to the fines for those who are caught without a ticket.

Tram: is the public transport more convenient and therefore more used by the inhabitants of Amsterdam, but also by tourists, are ideal to run the most central. The trams have showy color and bear the number of the line above the driver's compartment. You'll be spoiled for choice: 17 lines rattle far and wide for the city, usually departing from the central station and radial path.

Bus: The Bus (30 lines), more discrete tram, circulating, especially outside the center, beyond the zone of large channels. For the laggards, there are also some night, the service runs from 6 to 24, while at night travel only night buses.

Taxi: The main parking of taxis are in front of Stazione Centrale. Taxis traveling faster along the canals (Water taxi or Taxibarca) are in service from 7 in the night and carrying up to 7 passengers. The fares for taxis in Amsterdam are among the most expensive in Europe. Call a taxi, apart from the price of the call, there will cost more than walk to the nearest taxi.

The car: dissuade from driving in the city: there are no free parking in the area of the channels and if not buy a voucher for parking will be locked car with the jaws. It is more sensible to park outside the center and reach the area by public transport. Motorcyclists can park for free on the sidewalk. In Amsterdam 550,000 bicycles are moving and this is certainly the ideal way to travel.