Cruise through Amsterdam by Day and Night (Light Festival Special)

The Amsterdam canals are iconic, they make up one of the city’s UNESCO World Heritage sites. And if you don’t take a canal cruise while in the city, you cannot really say that you have been to Amsterdam. There is one time of year when you should really see the canals in the daylight and at nighttime, and that is during the Amsterdam Light Festival.

When you hop on a boat during the day, you get the best view of Amsterdam’s famous sights. While on board the LOVERS Canal Cruises boat, you’ll make your way through iconic canals such as the Herengracht, Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht. No boat tour is the same as the route is decided by the captain to avoid traffic jams on the canals.

The audio guide on this daytime boat tour is a GPS guide, so that the information you hear in one of the 19 languages always matches the views out the windows. So along the way, you may learn about the Nine Streets, the Skinny Bridge, or the Anne Frank House. A day-time Amsterdam canal cruise offers you the best way to see the city as it should be seen, from the water!

The Light Festival is an annually returning event that is becoming a winter tradition for many locals. LOVERS Canal Cruises has been an official partner of the festival since its inception in the winter of 2012-2013. Every year, new light art pieces created by artists from around the world are displayed along the canals.

Each year, the festival has a different theme. This year the theme is LOADING…Revealing Art, AI and Tech, with which the festival asks visitors to think about how technology and AI have and continue to impact society. The light art is only viewable during nighttime and the boat route gives you the best possible view of all the artworks on display.