Amsterdam Light Festival: Canal Cruise Experience

Experience the Amsterdam Light Festival like never before on an electric salon boat cruise. Enjoy unlimited drinks while admiring the city’s illuminated bridges and lights.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Amsterdam Light Festival - During its 11th edition, the Amsterdam Light Festival takes visitors to the world of imagination, with the theme “Imagine Beyond”. Be surprised by the 20+ light artworks designed especially for the light festival by (inter)national artists. The light festival is for both young and old. Whether you come with your family,…
What's Included
  • Experienced local skipper and live guide
  • 75-min Canal Cruise during the 14th edition of the Amsterdam Light Festival
  • Unlimited glühwein, hot chocolate, beer, wine, soft drinks (if option chosen)
  • Small bite or stroopwafel (if option chosen)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Join us for a cruise through Amsterdam’s canals and experience the stunning light art of the 14th Amsterdam Light Festival. This year’s theme, Legacy, unites artists from across the globe to reflect on what we value today and what we will pass on to future generations.
During this 75-minute cruise, over 20 artworks light up the city, turning Amsterdam…

Location
Zwanenburgwal 22
Zwanenburgwal
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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221mariaalejandrag
Jan 5, 2026
Good experience with my children - Very good experience only that it would have been better without rain snow to take better photos and see the sunset, it was rewarding and I recommend it.
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141pinarc
Dec 20, 2025
Nice boat, nice crew, good & fun explanation of art pieces and also a bit about Amsterdam & Dutch culture. We enjoyed it - Nice crew and good humor while explaining the art pieces. They keep asking if we need more drinks, they were very polite as well
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Benagerlive
Dec 15, 2025
Peaceful and beautiful tour - The light tour was really peaceful and pretty. Tour guides on the boat were really engaging. We upgraded the normal ticket to the bottomless drinks. Totally worth it.
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560ginniec
Dec 29, 2025
Great crew and good experience! - The staff were super friendly and knowledgeable about the city and the installations. The tour was really good, the only down sides were the seating didn't allow viewing from different angles and the windows were a bit streaky so couldn't get the best photos. Overall am enjoyable experience.
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Lovelysue72
Dec 20, 2025
Fun Canal cruise but underwhelming light festival - Not very impressed with the light festival. The light installations were very basic. We enjoyed the canal cruise and looking at the buildings.
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Escape02228038602
Jan 3, 2026
They messed up my booking and the lights were very underwhelming - We met at the meeting point and the boat never arrived. I phoned them and they said there had been a mistake so they rescheduled us for an hour later than our original time. So we had to walk to our new pick up point and wait for the remainder of the time. When we finally did get into the boat it was nice however we found the lights underwhelming. They all had some deeper art meaning for example there was a radiator that supposedly symbolised kindness to each other?. Maybe it’s more exciting for people who are into art and deeper meaning but for us who just wanted to see some cool lights it wasn’t very good. The Christmas lights were more impressive. One was just a circle and they said it was the sun.
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Heather_l
Dec 31, 2025
Absolutely sucks save your money. - Boat was over packed. Couldn’t see anything (which was the point of the cruise). The seats were wet which then I had wet pants the rest of the night. Couldn’t hear the captain of the boat for the history about the buildings around. It was my mother birthday 12/31 and I thought this would be nice for her…..complete waste of money and would NEVER do it again. We did the drink and eat package which was crackers and pretzels. There was plenty of alcohol/drinks, that is the only reason I’m giving it 2 stars. Absolutely sucked.
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Guachiboy
Dec 29, 2025
Extremely disappointing - Extremely disappointing tour. If you come during the winter, the visibility from the boats is close to zero due to the condensation effect in the heated glass boats. If you have the chance, dress very warmly and go for an open boat. The sculptures / art works themselves are worth seeing. Some are rally nice creations.
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Tengesp
Jan 10, 2026
Dont waste your money on the boat trips if you are not there to see what you are buying - It was not what I was expecting for the price. We were by far on the worst boat on the dock. Couldn’t see anything because it was not windows, it was just plastic covering the sides. The bites were a bit of crackers and the all you can drink was just knock off brands. I do not recommend this company.
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Ahjh2011
Dec 14, 2025
Terrible - Terrible!!! First boat was cancelled. Second was 35mins late. Then it was all steamed up so you couldn't see out of the windows. Tried to get off and couldn't as it wasn't going to stop dispite being told that there was traffic on the water so we would be out on the water for much longer than planned. What is the point in a tour when you can't see anything. The host was lovely and did his best but without visibility it was all pointless because he was telling us to look at things we couldn't see! The owner came on half way and used a manual tool to open all the bottom windows so we could at least see the things on the ground level! But then it was freezing and we had booked this one because it said it was a warm boat. Do not recommend
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