Corporate Events with Floating Dutchman Amsterdam

January 10th, 2012

Have you always wanted to organize a spectacular corporate event including a tour on a hybrid amphibious bus? As of today we make it extra easy for you to create your own corporate event that meets those criteria. Via this link you can organize your own corporate event in a quick and easy way. You start of by selecting the number of people you would like to bring and the number of hours that you would like to use the Floating Dutchman. Next, you select your culinary wishes. From an organic lunch or buffet, to a stews buffet, to snacks. The possibilities are endless. You can create your corporate event with the Floating Dutchman exactly how you want it. The button 'Calculate price' will calculate a total price and a per person price for you, so that you can monitor your budget. Once you are satisfied with the corporate event you have put together, you can press the button 'Get a quote'. By doing so, you forward you preferences to our customer service department. If you prefer to talk to someone on the phone, you can always give us a call via: +31 (0)20-3163951.

Grachtenfestival

Because of the grachtenfestival we cannot stop at the Anne Frank House from wednesday 17th till sunday the 21st of August. Therefefore our museumline will not stop at the Anne Frank House until sunday 21st of August. At saturday the 20th of August the annual Prinsegrachtconcert takes place. All our ships wel depart as usual, every 30 minutes, though they will sail another route. Our special evening cruises will depart as usual as well. For more information call our reservation department.

Now Open Craft & History Experience

Official Opening bij City of Amsterdam Alderman Miss Carolien Gehrels

Today friday july 8th, miss Carolien Gehrels officially opened the latest touristic attraction of Boat Company Lovers: the Craft&History Experience. A crowd of 200 invitees enjoyed the wonderful scenery of Harbourside Amsterdam More info about this touristic innovation 'Craft & History Experience

Official Launch of the Floating Dutchman

TodayJuy 8th Eric van der Burg, councillor at the Municipality of Amsterdam and Maarten de Groof, Executive Vice President & CCO of Schiphol Group, christened the ‘Floating Dutchman’. The Floating Dutchman is a bus and boat in one developed by Rederij Lovers specially for tourists, day trippers and passengers arriving or transferring at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. This bus boat is a spectacular and unique way of introducing visitors to Amsterdam, developed by Rederij Lovers. It is powered by 198 batteries and is therefore a silent and CO2-neutral way of sailing through Amsterdam's many canals. Tourist Innovation The Floating Dutchman has a capacity of 48 and collects passengers from Schiphol Plaza. The bus boat then continues to Amsterdam and enters the water at the Splash Zone near the Nemo Science Centre to continue its journey as a water launch through the canals of Amsterdam. After the trip, the bus emerges from the water and continues its journey back to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. Bookings can be made via www.floatingdutchman.nl and the Great Amsterdam Excursions points of sale at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. ‘The Floating Dutchman is an attractive bonus for people travelling via Schiphol. It is an impressive and unique way for tourists and transfer passengers alike to find out about Holland's cultural heritage, in the form of Amsterdam's canals. According to Maarten de Groof, Executive Vice President & CCO, the introduction of the Floating Dutchman is an added incentive for travelling via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and will help us achieve our ambition of being and becoming Europe’s Preferred Airport. Freek Vermeulen, director of Lovers Transportainment, adds, ‘This tourist innovation can provide an important impulse for the development of tourism in Amsterdam. We expect it to appeal to large numbers of people who transfer at Schiphol and who want to go on a quick sight-seeing trip round Amsterdam city centre. However, it is also a great way for tourists or day trippers to discover Amsterdam. Eric van der Burg, councillor at the Municipality of Amsterdam claims that, ‘The Floating Dutchman is a spectacular and sustainable new Amsterdam attraction. It will, without doubt, tempt extra tourists to go on a road and water day trip from Schiphol to Amsterdam. This unique tourist attraction will place Rederij Lovers, the airport, the municipality of Amsterdam and Schiphol international more emphatically on the map. This will benefit all the parties involved’.

Mothersday at Lovers

The 8th of May is Mothersday and we at boat Company Lovers offer 2 great ways to celebrate this with your mother. First is a 2 hour canal cruise with a 4-course dinner from our own kitchen. Would you like to do something different, then the Red Light Cruise by Candle Light is something for you. During this 2 hour cruise including wine and cheese you also have a guided tour trough the 'wallen'. You can find more information at the product pages of these arrangements:Dinner Cruise Red Light Cruise by Candle Light.

Queensday 2011

It is possible to make a canal cruise at Queensday, 30th of April 2011. Because of the expected crowd on the Amsterdam canals we will follow a different route and timeschedule. It is not possible to book the Red Light and Dinner Cruise for this they. On the website of Amsterdam you can find a map of the routes on the canals. Our captains will follow this as much as possible, but situations might occur that let them decide to differ from this route. With their experience they will do everything to make your canal cruise the most enjoyable. You are also welcome at our cafe Van Gogh, though we only have cold beverages and beer this day. Our kitchen is closed.

Boat Company Lovers opens Van Gogh Café

Van Gogh Café located opposite Amsterdam Central Station

Amsterdam, April 5th 2010, A new cafe has been opened directly opposite Amsterdam Cantral Station: Van Gogh Café. The former waiting lounge of Boat Company Lovers has been transformed into a typical Amsterdam bar. The 125 m2 bar is aimed at the more than 500.000 domestic and foreign tourists that Boat Company Lovers serves annually in with her fleet of 22 ships. With this new café, Lovers meets the growing demands from its customers in terms of catering and entertainment. Managing Director Freek Vermeulen: ‘The central location of the café, directly opposite Amsterdam Central Station, makes it an ideal starting point for a visit to Amsterdam. This new business allows us to welcome our guests in a way that they deserve. Our focus is on providing the best possible customer service’.

Lovers christens'NEMO H2'

The worlds first fuel cell powered canal boat

Amsterdam, December 9th, 2009 – Innovative, durable, carbon neutral, that’s latest canal boat of Boat Company Lovers. Today, Lovers had a World premier by launching the first zero-emission canal boat in Amsterdams. The boat will be commissioned in spring of 2010. The ‘Nemo H2’ was especially designed and build to be powered by a fuel cell and does not produce bad smells, noise or CO2. Marijke Vos, councilar for environmental affairs christened the boat today.