The 700-year-old capital of the Netherlands, a city of nine islands and a thousand bridges, uniquely combines things that are unthinkable elsewhere.

The forbidden is allowed here: the oldest church is adjacent to the red-light district, hashish and hemp are legally smoked in coffee shops, and the famous tulips bloom peacefully in the freedom of morals park. From morning to evening, the Flower Market is full of abundance, the ardent power of sunflowers is forever rampant in the Van Gogh Museum, and primordial Dutch cheese of innumerable varieties is just waiting to be tasted.

Even a few days spent together in Amsterdam leave a unique bouquet of impressions - and such a trip can be quite budgetary.

Reviews and safety

For tourists, the capital of the Netherlands turns out to be very bright and very different - cozy and friendly, with gingerbread houses and mill wings, shocking and tangibly ancient, sunny like Venice in May and immediately cool and damp like October Peter.

These opposites converge only in one thing: in Amsterdam, no one bothers anyone. There are practically no serious violent crimes. Pickpocketing and scams are not very common. Visitors are advised to:

• Do not walk on marked bike paths. There are a lot of cyclists here and legal advantages are on their side, so there will be no fines.
• If irresistible curiosity nevertheless led to the "red light districts", you should not take pictures there - there may be dissatisfied and protesters. Meanwhile, pickpockets will not be slow to take advantage of the confusion of street disassembly.
• Do not contact those who offer to rent a bike on the street or buy heavenly bliss in a small bag. Both of them are most likely stolen and constitute a well-established business of scammers.

Travel agency services or independent travel?

The Internet offers numerous tours to Amsterdam for budgets of different levels. Focusing on economical prices of about 700 € for two for three days, you should consider whether the round trip flight, hotel accommodation, and medical insurance are included in the tour. This is the minimum set that needs to be supplemented with the issuance of a Schengen visa, the cost of food, local transport and domestic tourism - excursions, visits to museums and attractions. In addition, you need to save a certain amount for new clothes, gifts and souvenirs.

You can organize a trip to Amsterdam on your own. At the same time, it is possible to save additional money at many points on the travel list. True, the cost of a Schengen visa at the Dutch consulate in any case remains unchanged: 35 € consular fee, 1000 rubles for services, medical insurance - a total of 70 €. Accordingly, for two - 140 €.

How to get there

The best way to economically visit Amsterdam is a three-hour flight. Ground transport - buses and trains - are much inferior to air transport in terms of comfort and duration of the journey, and practically do not differ from it in cost.

You can save on air tickets by choosing the right time: their price is maximum in late April-early May (the heyday of the Keukenhof park and King's Day). During the rest of the year, the cheapest flights from Moscow to Amsterdam (round trip) cost about 180 €.

Where to live

Upon arrival in the capital of the Netherlands, you can stop:

• In one of the many hotels of various stars. The average price of one night in a “low-star” hotel is 60 €. In total, for a short visit to Amsterdam - two days, three nights - it turns out 180 €.
• In apartments. You can rent a separate room for two for at least 35 €. Thus, three nights will cost 105 €.
• At the hostel. The most unpretentious tourists can sit on bunk beds in the same room with numerous unfamiliar neighbors of both sexes for only 22 €. More comfortable hostels cost at least 35 € per night.

It is better to book any accommodation option in Amsterdam in advance - there are always a lot of visitors in this city and it can be quite difficult to find shelter immediately after arrival.

What to eat

In inexpensive cafes, on average, a main course costs 10 €, a cup of coffee - 3 €, a cake - 5 €. With economical meals, therefore, 30 € is spent per day, and 60 € for two. For two days - 120 €.

Products can be purchased independently. The price level in the Dutch capital is about the same as in Moscow. In retail outlets, by the way, the cost of products by weight is most often indicated not per kilogram, but per pound; in private stores - even for 100 grams.

How to get around

First of all, upon arrival, you need to get from Schiphol Airport to Amsterdam, and for departure, you need to get from Amsterdam to Schiphol. This will cost a total of 20 € or 40 € for two. Then you can:

• Hike. Maximum savings!
• Rent a bike and join the stream of the Dutch on two wheels. Such a rental costs an average of 10 € per day.
• Rent a car at a price of 80 € per day. At the same time, parking is paid - 10 €.
• Use public transport. A tram ticket for two days costs 12 €.

What to see

To see in all its glory the multi-colored stepped facades of closely standing old houses with very high windows, a series of bridges, floating hotels is best on a water trip along the canals of Amsterdam (cost from 16 €).

The list of tourist mustsee continues:

• State Museum with famous paintings by Rembrandt, Hals, Vermeer. Entrance - 17.5 €.
• Van Gogh Museum - more than 200 powerful paintings and 500 sketches. The ticket costs 17 €.
• The Botanical Garden is one of the oldest and richest in the world. Entrance - 8.5 €.
• Madame Tussauds museum. Entrance to the famous wax exhibition costs 22.5 €.
• The NEMO Museum presents scientific and technical curiosities that you can touch with your own hands. Entrance - 15 €.
• National Maritime Museum - life-size ships, the largest collection in the world. A ticket can be bought for 15 €.

You can save a few € by pre-ordering museum tickets online, as well as by purchasing a special museum card. Certain discounts, free admission to several museums and reduced transport costs are provided by the IAmsterdam card, which costs from 55 €.

In addition, on foot you can enjoy the unique original atmosphere of a free city completely free of charge.

What to bring

Amsterdam shopping is best not to postpone until the airport: in the city, quality goods and products can be bought much cheaper.

The lively Nine Streets shopping district offers modern, vintage and vintage clothing in a variety of fashion boutiques and second-hand shops. Giveaways usually happen in June-July and after Christmas, in January.

At the Flower Market you can buy not only seeds, bulbs, tubers and seedlings, but also a complete set of typical “souvenirs from Holland”:

• Real wooden clogs (clogs) for 30 € per pair, their soft version for 10 € and magnets in the form of clogs for 5 €.
• Magnets-"houses", reproducing in detail the multi-colored old facades and magnets-"windmills".

In food markets and grocery stores, you can taste and buy your favorite varieties of the famous Dutch cheese for 12-16 € per kilogram. Spirits collectors will appreciate the local juniper jenever vodka (€14 per litre) and a few especially popular Dutch beers.

At the Waterloplein flea market, lovers of unusual clothes and exotic paraphernalia will find everything their non-standard soul desires.

Summing up

Ultimately, in order to travel inexpensively together to Amsterdam for two days, you will need:

• 140 € - two Schengen visas;
• 360 € - two air tickets Moscow-Amsterdam (round trip);
• 105 € - apartments (hostel or double room);
• 120 € - meals;
• 40 € - minimum transport (from the airport and to the airport);
• 80 € - one museum or attraction per day.

In total, this will amount to 845 €.

Save this post to your bookmarks. Here I have collected everything I found about organizing a trip to Amsterdam. Useful tips, convenient services and life hacks about free entertainment: how to get a visa to the Netherlands easier, where it is cheaper to get insurance for a visa, what tricks there are when buying tickets, booking a hotel, tour and car rental, how to get from the airport, which guidebooks to choose and excursions in Amsterdam.

Visa to the Netherlands

1. Travel to Amsterdam with a visa to the Netherlands. In the Moscow visa center of this country, citizens of the Russian Federation receive a Schengen visa for 3,900 rubles. To do this, you need to sign up on his website, collect all the documents indicated there and appear on the appointed day to submit them.

2. If you are reluctant to drag yourself to the visa center and spend half a day submitting documents, then you can pay 2,150 rubles and order a visa at home. You will simply need to take a picture of your paperwork on your phone and send it through the website or the VisaToHome mobile application. The list of documents is already there. Then the specialists will check everything for compliance with the rules of the consulate and, if something is wrong with them, they will give recommendations directly in the application. Then they will fill out the questionnaire for you, come to the specified address and pick up the original documents. In four days, the courier will bring you a foreign passport with a Schengen visa to the Netherlands and other EU countries. You can order delivery to any region of Russia via DHL, it costs about 1000 rubles, depending on the region.

VisaToHome guarantees the complete safety of the documents submitted for visa processing and the confidentiality of the information contained in them. Previously, the VisaToHome service issued visas to children under 6 years of age, disabled people of group I and their accompanying persons free of charge. As of now - I do not know, check. I think it's a great service. Click on the banner below for all the details for obtaining a visa to the Netherlands.

Medical insurance for a visa

3. To obtain a visa, medical insurance is required. If you have a gold or platinum card of any bank, then, most likely, you can get it for free - moreover, immediately for a year, to any country and with good coverage.

4. Another option is to ask the HR department at work. Many companies also give employees free travel insurance policies. Ask about insurance for a visa at the same time when you go to apply for a vacation and pick up a certificate from the place of work, which, by the way, is also needed to obtain a visa.

5. If you forgot about medical insurance for a visa at all, don’t worry: any visa center is always crowded with dozens of private entrepreneurs who will be happy to arrange it for you right on the spot. However, it is still cheaper to take care of the policy in advance.

6. Personally, when I already have a visa, I often travel to European countries without insurance at all. For example, I did not apply for a trip to Amsterdam. But if you are going to some traumatic country like Thailand, then a medical policy must be issued. Especially if you are going to rent a bike or go in for extreme sports.

7. To analyze the offers of all insurance companies and choose the cheapest medical policy, use this widget. If you want, you can apply for insurance for a visa and receive it in three minutes to the specified email address right there.

Apartment or hotel in Amsterdam

8. If you travel by couchsurfing or go to visit friends, then you do not need a hotel. However, you still have to book a hotel in Amsterdam, because the visa center requires you to show a reservation. In order not to spend money on this, I use one little trick.

9. Google a hotel or apartment on or on Hotellok. I carefully read the conditions for canceling the reservation of the hotels I have chosen. You need to find one where you can cancel your reservation for free a day before arrival. Not every hotel is like - often one of seven. It is important not to spread about such tricks at the visa center later and do not forget to cancel the reservation a couple of days before the appointed date so that the no-show fee is not deducted from the card. If the documents are still in the visa center, it’s not scary, but, just in case, it’s better to postpone the cancellation for as long as possible. When there are not enough funds on the bank card to “pay” for the hotel, the voucher is followed by an e-mail message stating that it is invalid. If there are no other options, you have to remain calm and carry the existing voucher - the chance that everything will work is very high.

10. I really like the service of Hotellok. For example, the fact that they are constantly developing convenient widgets for bloggers. Through this form, you can filter and choose the most suitable hotels in Amsterdam for you.

11. Hotellok also has a special map that helps travelers choose hotels, hostels and apartments depending on their location in each city.

Tickets to Amsterdam

12. It is most advantageous to check different options before buying tickets to Amsterdam and choose the most suitable one in terms of price, comfort and time. You can do this using the form below. Enter your parameters into it (or edit the existing ones) and click "find tickets". The Aviasales website will open in a separate window with tickets to Amsterdam filtered by price for the dates you are interested in. In this way, I always look for and buy cheap flights and discount tickets.

13. Let me remind you that it is better to plan flights to Europe in advance. The further the day of departure, the cheaper the tickets. Six months is a good time. A convenient service from Aviasales low price calendar helps to analyze which months it is cheaper to buy tickets to Amsterdam (or any other country), as well as calculate in advance the days when the cheapest flights will be available for purchase. Click on the best value to go to the page of the Aviasales website with tickets filtered by price for the corresponding dates.

14. On the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, the cost of tickets to Amsterdam, as well as to all other international destinations, is recalculated in accordance with the current dollar exchange rate. Accordingly, if the ruble has fallen in a week, then it is better to have time to buy tickets on Tuesday, because the very next day they will be a little more expensive.

15. If you can fly on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, then you will be able to buy tickets a little cheaper than if you went on a trip on other days of the week. The thing is that they usually go on vacation on Friday or Saturday, and most often fly on a business trip on Monday. Tickets for popular days are naturally more expensive.

16. I advise you to also analyze the cost of traveling to Amsterdam by bus. Here is one of the most convenient services for choosing a bus tour.

17. If a trip straight from Moscow to Amsterdam seems too long or expensive, you can try to find a promotional flight on Aviasales to some other European city, for example, Warsaw or Krakow, and from there take a bus.

18. They also say that there is a magic train to Kaliningrad for 2000 rubles. The trick is that you can leave a little earlier, in Vilnius, that is, in a city that is already European. Getting there in this way is cheaper than if you buy an honest ticket to Vilnius. And already from there a lot of penny, but comfortable buses go and low-cost airlines fly to Amsterdam. Tickets for all trains in Russia and the CIS can be found here.

Cheap tours to Amsterdam

19. You can also search for last-minute tours to Amsterdam, which include everything at once: air tickets, hotel accommodation, medical insurance, transfers, visas, guides, go pro camera rental. I advise you to look for the most interesting and profitable trips for you using three different services. Read the terms of the purchase if you like something: in theory, they send contracts directly to the mail after paying with a bank card - you won’t need to go anywhere or call.

Getting to the airport in Moscow

20. Aeroexpress is the most reliable way to get to Moscow airports, but, unfortunately, it does not operate at night. From 1 a.m. to 5.30 a.m. every half hour to Sheremetyevo from the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station and back through the center and some northern stations of the green line of the metro, there is a regular city bus number H1, which can be paid with a Troika card at a standard rate.

21. Another option is a taxi. If you do not yet use the super convenient and inexpensive Yandex.Taxi or Uber, you can order using this inexpensive service.

22. Another way is to drive to the airport in your own car and park it conveniently for the duration of the trip using this service.

How to get from the airport to Amsterdam

23. Numerous buses from Schiphol Sternet, Zuidtangent and Interliner run daily to the city and suburbs from Schiphol. All buses stop at the Schiphol Plaza shopping centre, directly opposite the arrivals and departures halls.

You can get from the airport to the center of Amsterdam by bus number 197 (Amsterdam Airport Express), which leaves every 15 minutes from about 5 am to 00:30. The bus runs through Museumplein, Rijksmuseum and Leidseplein. A one-way ticket costs 5 euros. At night, the N97 bus runs on the same route, every hour from 1:27 to 4:27.

Detailed routes and timetables can be found at www.connexxion.nl or at the Connexxion counter in Schiphol Plaza. To travel by public transport, you can purchase a special OV-card and replenish it, travel cards for two or another number of days, or you can buy one-time tickets.

24. You can also get from Amsterdam airport by shuttle bass - Schiphol Hotel Shuttle. They run from 6 am to 9:30 pm and take tourists to hotels. The bus stop (blue branded minibuses) is right in front of the terminal, on platform A7. The cost is about 17 euros. Details can be found on the website. In addition, some hotels organize their own transfers - find out in advance.

25. You can comfortably get from Amsterdam Airport by taxi - you can easily find their counters in Schiphol, they are called Schiphol TravelTaxi. In addition, you can order a taxi in advance on the KiwiTaxi website - they will meet you with a sign, help you load your luggage and take you straight to the hotel. The Kiwi Taxi service is also convenient because you can choose the right class of car and its capacity yourself.

26. The cost of a train ticket from the airport to Amsterdam Central Station is 4.10 euros. Travel time is about 17 minutes. Trains run frequently both during the day and at night. You can buy train tickets at the special yellow NS machines or at the NS Dutch Railways counters in Schiphol Plaza or on the official website (you can also see the timetable there).

Car rental in Amsterdam

27. To find a car to rent while traveling in the Netherlands, enter your own parameters in this Rentalcars search form and choose the one that best suits you.

Amsterdam travel guide

28. In electronic form, there is a Nelles Pocket guide to Amsterdam. I honestly admit that I have not read it, and I do not know how good it is. You can download it from the link.

The best tour of Amsterdam

30. I really like the approach to the work of the excursion project "Amsterdam at 15:15". They try to tell in the same way as I write my guidebooks: a maximum of fascinating stories and legends from the past and present of the city, a minimum of dry dates. The guide's story always contains useful information about public transport, national cuisine, museums and all that.

These excursions take place in different European cities. They always start at 15:15. The most important thing is to register. Then the guide will come to the appointed place on any day convenient for you, even if you are the only sightseer. A two-hour walk with an interesting story in Russian costs only 15 euros - which is even cheaper than "free" excursions around the world, which may then require a tip of about 20 euros.

Let's travel to the Netherlands on our own! All information about the country for organizing a budget trip to Holland: how to get there, what to do, what to try.

Have you long dreamed of visiting the Netherlands and the charming capital of this northern country? Rest assured that traveling to Amsterdam on your own is not at all difficult, as it is to other Dutch cities. All the most important information about the Netherlands is in this article - it will help you realize your plans.

Preparing an independent trip to the Netherlands

1. Search for cheap flights

If we talk about finding tickets for an independent trip to the Netherlands as briefly as possible, then it is worth noting the following:

1. The easiest option is to track on our website flying to the Netherlands from Moscow and St. Petersburg. Cheap flights to Amsterdam can be found with Ukraine International, airBaltic, JAT Airways, Lufthansa, LOT and many other companies that fly from Russia to the Netherlands with a transfer in some European city (Kiev, Riga, Paris, etc.). The average cost of round-trip tickets is about 10 thousand rubles. Look for cheap tickets on metasearch sites and Skyscanner.
2. The second option is to fly to cities close to the border of the Netherlands - Dusseldorf or Cologne. And from them already by bus or train to get to the desired city of Holland.
3. You can also use the method through Lithuania, Latvia or Finland. This versatile option is also great for those who want to get to the Netherlands on a budget.

2. Obtaining a Dutch visa on your own

You need a Schengen visa to visit the Netherlands. If you do not have an open Schengen yet, then you need to contact the consulate of the kingdom or the visa center. It is better to make a visa to the Netherlands (as well as to any other European country) on your own - it will cost you half or even three times cheaper, and the probability of obtaining it will be exactly the same as if your documents for a visa will be submitted by intermediaries. For a regular tourist visa to the Netherlands, you will need a standard set of documents: a passport, photographs, copies of a civil passport, a questionnaire, ticket and accommodation reservations, issued insurance, a certificate from work or study, a bank statement confirming the availability of sufficient funds.

Don't forget about insurance! It will save you from expenses in case of emergency. Issue it on services or. Cost - from 300 rubles per week.

Travel between cities in the Netherlands

If you are planning to visit several cities in the Netherlands or nearby countries (Germany, etc.), then these articles may be useful to you:

Travel accommodation:

• Look for hotels at the best price on Hotellook.ru - it compares the prices of various booking systems and finds the best one.
• Sometimes it is cheaper and more comfortable to rent a house or apartment - many interesting options from the owners can be found on the popular Airbnb.ru service.

What to do in the Netherlands

Look for interesting excursions on the Sputnik and . Individual and group, without crowds of tourists and in Russian.

Coffeeshops and smartshops

These world-famous establishments are worth a visit during your independent trip to the Netherlands in any case: even if you do not plan to try marijuana, muffins and other Dutch "joys", you can buy yourself a coffee and just enjoy the surrounding atmosphere. There are a huge number of coffeeshops in the Netherlands, so choose the one that you like best in terms of interior, music, atmosphere. Most importantly, do not forget that in coffee shops, oddly enough, you can not smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol. Products containing marijuana are, of course, only sold to people over 18 - you may be asked for an ID.

Continuing the theme, it is impossible not to mention hallucinogenic mushrooms (magic), which are also freely sold in the Netherlands. Beginners should be careful with these things. It is believed that each variety of mushrooms (truffles) has its own effect - euphoria, hallucinations, energy boost and so on. However, in reality, species differences are not as important as the mood of the person who goes on a trip, and the environment around him. It is always better to have a friend nearby - firstly, he will control your condition, and secondly, this way you will be more comfortable.

(Photo © Matt Spurr / flickr.com)

Red light district

Visit the cheese fair and attraction

At these events, you can try and buy any kind of cheese that interests you. Be prepared that the choice will be simply huge - there are even wasabi-flavored cheeses! The largest auction takes place on Fridays in the city of Alkmaar from April to September.

Visit Dutch windmills

The mill is one of the main symbols of the Netherlands. To see real windmills, you can go to the village of Zaanse Schans, located near Amsterdam. Most of the mills operate here as museums. Also in the village there is a workshop-shop of national shoes and an old cheese factory. In the south of the country, in the town of Kinderdijk, you can also find windmills. The way here will take longer, but there are fewer tourists here, and the place is more authentic.

Admire the flowers

The Netherlands has been famous for its flowers for centuries. Here you can find the most amazing exotic species. But the most important flower of the country is the tulip. A great place to admire the flowers is Keukenhof Park, which is located near Amsterdam. The best time of the year is April and May. You can also visit the capital's flower market.

Visit Amsterdam Artis Zoo

The zoo is located about two kilometers southeast of Dam Square. Address: Plantage Kerklaan 38-40.

The area of ​​the territory is almost 15 hectares. Here you can see more than two hundred species of plants and almost a thousand species of animals and birds. In addition to animals, the zoo has a large number of ancient buildings, such as a zoological museum and a library.

(Photo © Reinoud Kaasschieter + filter / flickr.com)

Cuisine of the Netherlands

Fresh raw herring

This is a traditional local dish that is eaten with onions. Especially appreciated is the young herring, the time of catching which is spring. If you are traveling at another time of the year, then you can try haring - this is again a herring, only lightly salted.

Holland cheeses

Of course, one of the main advantages of the Dutch cuisine is cheeses of various varieties. Everyone who comes to this country should try the cheese.

Edamer is a naturally aged cheese. This Dutch cheese is made from cow's milk. Its peculiarity is a light nutty flavor. Young Edamer is not spicy and even slightly sweet. Mature Edamer, on the contrary, is much drier and saltier. True cheese connoisseurs prefer cheese that has been aged for more than a year. However, the most popular and frequently encountered are the unseasoned versions of Edamer.

Gouda. This cheese is also made from cow's milk. Gouda has been leading its history since the distant VI century. The taste of Gouda cheese ranges from delicate and mild to richly spicy.

Maasdam is one of the most popular Holland cheeses, known all over the world. The cheese got its name from the small Dutch town of Maasdam. The peculiarity of the cheese is large holes and a sweetish taste. The famous Maasdam holes are formed during the aging of the cheese due to the gases produced during the fermentation process.

Peasant cheeses. These include Bemster and Stolweiker. They are unusual in that they are made from whole milk - thanks to this, their taste becomes rich, close to creamy.

• It is also worth noting that Indonesian cuisine is extremely popular in the Netherlands, because Indonesia has been a Dutch colony for a long time. Here you should try rice with some exotic meat sauce.

(Photo © Smabs Sputzer + filter / flickr.com)

Intro image source: © WilcozPics / flickr.com.

I only know three people who Amsterdam aroused strong opposition. Happens. The rest of the public, as a rule, is satisfied with this city.

Step-by-step algorithm for organizing a trip to Amsterdam

You need a Schengen visa to travel. It is easy to get it, I wrote about it in the article Schengen visa. Instructions for receiving .

Buying cheap flights

We buy cheap airfare. In this sense, the people of Kiev were lucky, in Amsterdam from Kyiv KLM flies, which often has promotions and sales. In addition, you can get to Amsterdam in transit and spend almost the whole day in the city. For example, when travel to Lisbon or in the case of transatlantic flights. To do this, you need to buy a ticket with a long connection, from 6 hours.

You can buy an air ticket on the KLM website, but it is better to use flight search engine . I also recommend subscribing to airline news and receiving special offers.

Flights from Kyiv arrive at airport Amsterdam – Schiphol, the airport is large, but it is impossible to get lost in it - the signs will lead you straight to the red light district to suburban trains.

On the pages of his new blog dedicated to housing - Room Expert I share my preferences for the best city hotels in Amsterdam from the point of view of an independent traveler. Follow the link to read, choose and book The truth about hotels in the center of Amsterdam. There is a choice!

How to rent a car in Amsterdam

If you are planning to travel to Netherlands or across Europe, it is better to rent a car directly at Schiphol Airport. I use international company Rentalcars . An accessible and understandable interface, flexible prices, a large selection of not only international but also local rental offices are ideal for budget travelers.

How to buy a cheap flight to Amsterdam

You can search on the website of airlines - UIA or KLM, I use a search engine airline sales- clear and simple functionality, different ticket search modes, flexible dates and the ability to select the airport of arrival that are nearby. In addition, aviasales supports searching for low-cost airlines. We clog the route, for example

Last modified on Sunday, 30 June 2019

Probably, as in any city where you come to relax and have fun, money in Amsterdam evaporates very quickly. The first time we came to Holland with Svetlana, it took us 150-200 euros per person for three days of “pocket expenses”. "Where? How?!" We tried to figure it out on the way home. Let's count.

Here I tried to collect information about the most popular costs and prices in Amsterdam. Do you want to add? Write in the comments! Do you want to clarify something? Ask questions!

So, prices in Amsterdam (as of March 2019)

Transportation prices in Amsterdam

• tram ticket: for one hour - 3.20 euros, for a day - 8 euros, for two days - 13.50 euros (learn more,). Order tickets without commission
• train ticket - 4.50 euros (+1 euro). A ticket can be bought online, this will save the same 1 euro.
• train ticket - 20.50 euros (similarly,). The train ticket can be bought online. Here you can buy tickets for a direct bus Eindhoven - Amsterdam (25 euros one way, 40 euros round trip).
• train ticket Amsterdam - Brussels - from 25 euros one way, Amsterdam - Paris - from 35 euros one way, Amsterdam - Dusseldorf - from 19 euros one way
• taxi from the airport to the center of Amsterdam - 40-50 euros.

How to save. If you plan to travel a lot in Holland, buy (dagkaart). It is better to take care of this in advance, because. at regular ticket offices at the station, they are sold for the full price of 50.60 euros. Cheaper - for 15-20 euros - they can be bought during special promotions or bundled with Holland Pass.

How to save up to 1 euro on each ticket. When buying a train ticket from a machine, you will have to pay an extra 1 euro for a one-time card. When you buy a ticket for Holland online, you will save this money.

Ticket prices for museums and attractions in Amsterdam

How to save:

• Consider purchasing a museum card, or an I amsterdam city card. Read tips:

• Buy tickets online. Sometimes on sites they are sold at a good discount. In addition, buying tickets online will save you from having to queue at the entrance.

• Make a list of museums that interest you and explore combo ticket offers. There you can find interesting kits, including the entrance to the Rijksmuseum and an hour boat trip (32 euros) and dozens of others. - and choose to your taste.

Prices for excursions in Amsterdam and the Netherlands

• group Russian-speaking tour of Amsterdam - 20 euros
• canal boat tour ~ 16 euros, depending on the company
• excursion to Giethoorn from Amsterdam - 89 euros
• bus tour to Bruges from Amsterdam for one day - 95 euros

All excursions above are priced per person. The cost of others

On the picture- our check for lunch for two (ice-coffee, tea, two salmon sandwiches - to make it clear the scale, it is in the photo below) at the Bagels & Beans cafe (by the way, I recommend it!).

How to save. You can eat more modestly, for example, in chain cafes La Place, in small cafes on Zeedijk street (very close to Amsterdam Centraal station and). In addition, you can try the famous.

By the way, there are a lot of restaurants a la Argentinian steak in the center of Amsterdam. They are loved by tourists, but the locals are quite skeptical and bypass them. I don't know which of them is right, but I prefer to trust the latter :)

Hotel prices in Amsterdam

The price of hotels depends on the "star", location and your wishes for comfort. You can, if you're lucky, find rooms for 60 euros for two (conditions can be spartan). But it is better to count on the amount of 100 - 120 euros per day.

Prices for souvenirs

• fridge magnets - 5 euros for 3 pieces
• wooden shoes - 30 euros
• shoes in soft version - 10 euros
• Dutch stroopwafels - 1.50 euros for a pack of 10 waffles

How to save. In general, as far as souvenirs are concerned, the price tag almost never falls below the above figures. Wherein