The Johan Cruijff ArenA (better known as the Amsterdam ArenA) is the home base of AFC Ajax (Amsterdam Football club Ajax), which is by far the most popular football club in the Netherlands. Most people know the Amsterdam ArenA because of Ajax. Ajax was founded in 1900. It is located in the Southeast suburb of Amsterdam. Besides football, the Amsterdam ArenA has much more to offer! To get a quick impression, take a look at the summary below. Especially the ArenA Tour (in English and Dutch) is popular among tourists. In addition, most tourists visit Amsterdam during the summer. In this period, there were fewer matches played.
Things to do at Amsterdam ArenA:
ArenA tour – Experience a close-up of the best football club in the country
Ajax Museum – Learn everything about Ajax
Witness a football match
Huge thematic parties, like ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event)
Ajax Experience (located in the centre of Amsterdam)
Some facts In Dutch, you would pronounce it as ‘a jaks. Ajax has a very impressive history for a football club of a small country like the Netherlands (+/- 17 million citizens). For instance, they have won 2 times the inter Continental Cup (World Cup), 4 times the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Europa League, 33 times the Eredivisie of the Netherlands and much more!
Lastly, Ajax is well-known associated with Johan Cruyff. He had his breakthrough at Ajax, and after his football career, he was for a long time an active member on the board of Ajax.
The ArenA Tour is available most days of the year. The Schedule bellow provides you the most up to date starting/ departure times. Take a closer look at the schedule, because there are a few expectations. These are marked with a single or double star.
Note: All the tours departure at the main entrance. A single tour takes around 70 minutes.
From 1st September up to 30th June
10:30*, 11:15**, 12:00, 12:45, 13:30, 14:15, 15:00, 15:45 and 16:30
July, August and School holidays
From 10:30** there will start an tour every 20 minutes until 16:50
Exceptions
Closed on 27 April
Exceptions*
Not given on Saturdays
Exceptions**
Not given on Saturdays around 10:30
Amsterdam ArenA stadium tour tickets, prices and discounts
Tickets to for the Amsterdam ArenA tour can either be acquired from the main entrance or online. We recommend you to pre-order your tickets, as the online tickets are cheaper. This will save you € 2,- per adult ticket and €1,50 per child ticket. Keep in mind that during the national holidays the waiting time can be even longer. The tours start every other hour. Take a look at the opening times above for the most up to date departure times. Lastly, you don’t have to print your ticket, just show it at the counter on any mobile device.
Note: cash payments are not accepted at the counter. You have to purchase your tickets online or via credit- or debit card.
Regular tour prices at the counter
Adults
€ 16,50
Children (age of 5 up to 12 years)
€ 11,-
Online discount tickets
If you order your tickets via our ticket partners you’ll receive a nice discount on each ticket. We also regularly have exclusive discount codes that grant even more discount, so be smart and buy your tickets online! The tickets will be sent to your phone instantly and there’s no need for printing!
Address, contact information and route to the Amsterdam ArenA
The ArenA is located in South East suburb of Amsterdam. There are several ways by public transport to get at the ArenA. Also when you go by car you can you use the freeway A2 from Amsterdam. As well you go from Amsterdam via the urban area roads.
The ArenA is located in the Southeastern suburb of Amsterdam. Nevertheless, it’s very easy to get there when you depart from Amsterdam. Depending on where you depart, there are many possibilities to get to the Amsterdam ArenA. For instance, you can go by bus, metro or train. When you arrive, you will recognise the ArenA immediately. It will take 5 to 10 minutes on foot the get there. Below you find most of the public transport options you can take to the ArenA:
From Amsterdam Central Station:
Metro 53, heading to Gaasperplas, stop at Metrostation Van der Madeweg, get on Metro 50 to Metrostation Bijlmer ArenA
Metro 54, heading to Gein stop at Metrostation Bijlmer ArenA
Sprinter (train), directly to the station Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA
From Amsterdam Sloterdijk:
Metro 50, heading to Gein, stop metrostation Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA
From Amsterdam Amstel:
Metro 54, heading to Gein, stop metrostation Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA
From Amsterdam Schiphol Airport: Intercity (train), heading to Ede or Eindhoven
For all the other departure places, just use the public transport widget below to see the prices and time of departure when you arrive. This application is based on your current location, and provides support for the buss, metro, and train.
We are always interested to find out about our visitors experiences. Please Let us know what you thought of the Amsterdam ArenA and help fellow travelers! In this case our opinion is not objective. Since Ajax is the best football club of the Netherlands!
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