Boat trip

haan Museum The Ship organise boattrips through the old harbour and the new living areas of Amsterdam.  

Amsterdam Water Sensation

Sailing to Het Schip

Departure: every Friday 1.30pm-3.30pm

Pier Smith's Koffiehuis

1.30pm-4.30pm guided tour in and around Museum Het Schip


Boat trip:On Workers  Palaces and Sea Castles.

The characteristic barge De Tijd Zal Het Leren (Time will tell) will take us through the former docklands that made the Amsterdam harbor great. It was here that once the ‘Sea Casles' dropped anchor on the quays of Java Island and KNSM Island. Here we find residential areas with an interesting social history and characteristic architecture. In this area the great Harbour and Railroad Strike of 1903 broke out. It still remains the single largest strike ever in the Netherlands and it has laid the foundation for our labor movement.


It was also in this area that the Amsterdam housing associations, backed by the Housing Law, have made history. From 1901 on, many ways have been sought to contribute to the quality of life in the growing city of Amsterdam. Supported by socialist alderman Wibaut, in stead of the slums and speculative housing, high quality and progressive housing schemes were realized.

We will also see investments in facilities for livable areas, that often were supported by the housing associations and there we will pay attention to the changing of Amsterdam North. At the ‘Silodam', port activities made place for housing and so called ‘Broedplaatsen' (Incubators: buildings for artists studio's and other creative activities).

Taking us along the wharfs of the past, renovated warehouses and silos and the ‘Houthaven' (Timber Docks), the boat will bring us to ‘Spaarndammerbuurt', hidden in-between the harbor and the railroad. This is where the boat trip will end with a guided tour along the 'Workers'Palaces' on Spaarndammerplantsoen, near museum Het Schip.


The boat trip takes 2h and after that a visit to the museum. Costs are €40,- pp. incl. entrance to the museum. Visit www.hetschip.nl for more information or call +31 (0)20 418 2885. Group discount: €26,- pp, incl. coffee and a traditional Dutch currant bun on board.

 

A boat trip around the most striking modern housing projects in the Docklands, ending at Museum Het Schip. It is a guided tour. You can also book for an entire group at any time of your choice.

  

The Year 2010 has the theme 'Amsterdam Water Sensation'. Book a special boat trip through Amsterdam. Learn more about the socal housing and the new living areas in Amsterdam.

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