{"id":1578,"date":"2015-09-16T07:58:47","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T06:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kees-verlaan.nl\/?page_id=1578"},"modified":"2023-09-24T10:41:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T09:41:15","slug":"cruiseships-passenger-terminal-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kees-verlaan.nl\/?page_id=1578","title":{"rendered":"Cruiseships – Passenger Terminal Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I live near the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam. During the ‘cruise season’ (march – october, but some cruiseships may arrive in november \/ december), there is usually a couple of cruiseships per week. Sometimes several arrive at the same time (I have seen as many as 5 at the terminal a couple of years ago). There is room for 2 really big ones (300 meters) or some small ones and sometimes they use the quay across the harbour at the Java-eiland if more arrive. Since the harbour is not 300 meters wide, the really big ships have to turn around at the other side of the Java-eiland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When one of the really big ones departs during the weekend (usually late in the afternoon), there is often a crowd watching. On the right you can see two of the bigger ones: Costa Atlantica and Century. Both come to Amsterdam quite often. Quite a few of the cruiseships are on a round trip which they repeat every one or two weeks, so we often see the same cruiseships coming back to Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n