Ever since 1988 ARTTRA has organized thematic city tours,
and boat and bicycle trips in Amsterdam. Art and architecture
historians will guide these tours. You may choose your
most convenient day and time. These may be combined with
museum tours - by the same guide!
Duration
:
2 hours
Price
: € 215,- excl. VAT
Group
: a maximum
of
20 persons for
each guide
Languages
: Dutch,
English,
French, German,
Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese,
Russian
or Chinese
The
eastern
dockland
area
was
laid
at
the
end
of
the
19th
century
to
replace
the
docklands
on
the
Western
and
Eastern
islands.
The
renowned
Koninklijke
Nederlandse
Stoomboot
Maatschappij
(Royal
Dutch
Steamboat
Company)
transported
passengers
to
America
from
here
until
airplanes
took
on
this
task.
Now
this
area
has
been
registered
for
residential
purposes,
and
its
architecture
has
an
international
charisma.
You
will
see
projects
by
Sjoerd
Soeters,
new
diagonal
canals
with
footbridges
and
bicycle
bridges
by
Guy
Rombouts
and
Monika
Droste,
courtyards
and
Piraeus
residential
building
by
the
German
architects
Hans
Kollhoff
and
Christian
Rapp,
Emerald
Empire
Building
by
architect
Jo
Coenen
and
trendy
shops
and
cafes.
Starting
point:
arrival
jetty
for
Java
Island
ferry,
reached
via
ferry
behind
Central
Station
You
can
now
apply
by
completing
the
form
below.
We
need
to
be
in
receipt
of
your
application
one
week
before
the
citytour.
We
will
subsequently
send
you
a
confirmation
and
invoice.
Should
you
require
any
further
information,
you
can,
of
course,
call
us
on
+31
(0)20-6259303.
