Amsterdam on a budget - win a City Card!

Our favorite city of all times: Amsterdam! 
Because we love this city so much, we will give you some budget tips on how you can still manage to see a lot of this city! You should visit our Facebook page for new Amsterdam updates we will post this week and for our WINNING poll: after reading this blog you can answer the poll with your favorite place in Amsterdam that you would like to visit! We will give one of you the I Amsterdam city card to visit the city one day for free!

Amsterdam is worth a visit for more than just one day. There are a lot of different places that you could visit in this wonderful city in the Netherlands. You can buy a city card for 24 (40,- euro), 48 (50,- euro) or 72 (60,- euro) hours. The I Amsterdam City Card is your key to the city. This card is your public transport pass, your ticket to Amsterdam's top attractions and your voucher for great discounts and free surprises. 

Here we have list for you with different awesome attractions and adult prices (for if you don’t have a I amsterdam City Card)

- Rijksmuseum                     14,- euro

- Anne Frank house               9,- euro

- Heineken experience           15,- euro

- The Dungeon                     21,- euro (combination with a canal tour for 31,-  
                                                        euros)                    

- Madame Tussauds              20,- euro (after 15.00 16,- euro and in   

                                                                                    combination with The Dungeon 31,- euro)

We also have some free tips for visiting in Amsterdam:

Cheap shopping

The best cheap shopping options in Amsterdam are the two big and famous outdoor markets. The most central one is the Waterlooplein Flea Market. This market is opened from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m on Mondays until Saturdays (take tram 9 or 14). It has a combination of used items and clothes, mixed with lots of new stuff and plenty of unusual things as well. The more distant one is the Albert Cuypmarket, which can be found just close to the Heineken Experience Centre. This huge street market goes on for 6 blocks and is opened from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on Mondays until Saturdays. You can find cheap fashion clothes, delicious food and electronics.  

Take a free ferry ride across the river

You can see every day a beautiful view of the IJ from the ferry Buiksloterwegveer, which departs from the Ruyterkade behind Central Station. The trip only takes a few minutes from ferry 50, 51, 52, 53. It goes on daily trips between 06.30 a.m. and 21.00 p.m. every 7.5 minutes and after 21.00 p.m. it will go each 15 minutes.

Go to Vondelpark

The Vondelpark is the city's central park. Especially in the summer, or with the nice weather lately, it’s always jammed with people sunbathing and goofing around. There are free concerts at the Open Air Theater from Wednesdays until Sundays in June, July, and August. Furthermore, every Friday night at 8 p.m. hundreds of people on skates meet during the Friday Skate Night: a group skating session that snakes through Amsterdam.

Have fun exploring Amsterdam and go to our poll on http://www.facebook.com/budgettipsfortravelling to win a free day of visiting this wonderful city with the I Amsterdam City Card!