After being here in Amsterdam for 7 months and not being a good driver ,i have made use of the public transports over here very well.It has an excellent public transport system consisting of buses, trams and express trams. GVB GVB is the public transport company of Amsterdam providing integrated metro, tram and bus service throughout Amsterdam and its surrounding areas.Their official website is www.gvb.nl where you can find all the information about the public transport. The route maps, fares, bus or tram lines, their stops , types of fares and so on. The best part of this site is that it has an English translated version too and so tourists can make ...  Read the complete review

My wife and I went to Amsterdam for our wedding anniversary. We failed to take full advantage of the public transport system there (but that is another story). I can however say that the public transport there should be the envy of every city in Britain, and a template for the government to use if their anty car campain is to have any chance of working. We bought a ticket that allowed us to travel anywhere by bus or tram for the duration of our stay, it cost roughly £5 each. The journeys we did make showed us that all the trams are clean and comfortable (unlike our smelly trains and buses). We never had to wait long for a tram to arrive as they ...  Read the complete review

If you're in Amsterdam for a few days, one of the cheapest ways to get around is with a weekly travel card, which will cost you just 18 guilders (£5.50 or so). It covers all public transport in the central area, which is pretty much all you will need for most purposes, and all you have to do is show it if asked to. The tourist tickets are quite a bit dearer. You can get it from the GVB ticket centre opposite Centraal Station and next to the VVV (tourist information centre). You'll need a passport photo. ...  Read the complete review

Where to start? The system is excellent. Map's are posted on every major tram / bus stop so you can pretty much work out exactly where each tram goes, plus on the timetables it gives a detailed breakdown of where each stop is. All you have to do is know which stop you need! I lived in Amsterdam for 18 months and the public transport system is truly amazing. As soon as you work out how to use the Strippenkarte you are away. This is the cheaper way of using the public transport system. You just stamp the number of zones you wish to travel (a route planner on the trams, show you how many it is) and you are away. Plus you can travel for one hour from the time ...  Read the complete review

I've just been to Amsterdam for a long weekend.The trams are frequent and punctual but the ticketing arrangements are a nightmare.I think I'm reasonably intelligent but I couldn't get to grips with the complexities of the system. You get a very long strip of tickets to start with incorporating many zones(or is it 1?) You hand the first ticket to the conductor when you get on board or is it when you change zones?I think you hand the last ticket in when you get off or does it last another day or possibly week? There are many more ifs and buts about these tickets but I can't remember them. My advice; walk or use one of the 16 million bikes ...  Read the complete review