Amsterdam Light Festival Foundation

I went on a canal cruise with Friendship Boat Amsterdam during the Amsterdam Light Festival, and it was such a cozy and romantic experience. Definitely one of the highlights of my winter. The cruise included unlimited drinks, and the red wine was really good. A guide shared interesting stories about the artworks as we cruised through the Amsterdam canals, which made the experience even more special. The cruise lasted about 1.5 hours. Sitting outside was cold but absolutely worth it for the views, and blankets were provided so it stayed cozy. There’s also the option to sit inside if you prefer. The artworks were beautiful, the swans were my favorite, and seeing everything from the water felt magical. I would 10/10 recommend seeing the Amsterdam Light Festival.

Beautiful themed lights through the canal side walks. It’s a memorable evening. You can either walk through the streets or take a boat ride both is good. You can also get the map of different lights by it’s designer name and idea behind it

While visiting in mid December, we were excited to do a canal cruise to see the "light festival". We went based on some reviews. A canal cruise in the evening costs significantly more. Save the money and go during the day. The art work was worth seeing in daylight as well. The evening tour was great on the canal company we used, beautiful boat, great captain, but the displays were not as expected. We had seen videos from prior years, and this one was disappointing. Very spread out and not one was festive.

I go every year, somethings good sometime a little less, but always good to see, I prefer to walk and see them, this gives I think the best view, and use the app for more information, so if you here atheis tome see it, on foot, bike or boat

Very disappointed from this light festival!! Can't believe that some artist do such ugly art work and other bay big money they display it! Very overrated. As a dutch citizen told me- we advertise big but the product does not exist! The boat trip was standard, nothing different than other boat trips. Don't go, don't waist your money.

It’s the holiday season, it’s an evening tour, it’s called the LIGHT festival… so you kind of expect a scenic boat tour with festival Christmas decorations and holiday vibes, right? But oh no. Light Festival is kind of overselling it. It’s more like abstract art installations that have lights in them. This was bad man. A radiator wrapped in some lights because it symbolizing the “warmth” of the city. Are you kidding me? Never do this, ever.

Really interesting light installations made even more special by the Christmas decorations in houses along the route.

Sadly, it is less and less beautiful each year as the artists become more self focused and less interested in beauty. Frankly they should scrap it and instead make beautiful winter light decorations so that the walk/boatride is worth it again.