Using your I amsterdam City Card
How to start using your I amsterdam City Card? All the museums, attractions that are included in the Card you find in the downloadable I amsterdam City Card Guide. Click here to open the I amsterdam City Card Guide 2011.
How to start using your I amsterdam City Card?
Carefully read the instructions in the I amsterdam Card Guide.
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Your I amsterdam City Card comes in a sealed package. Whether the Card is valid for 24, 48, or 72 hours is clearly indicated on the front. Check whether the packaging indeed contains the Card and whether the Card and the GVB Transport Ticket are valid for the right number of hours.
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Your I amsterdam City Card and transport ticket will automatically become valid from the moment on which you first start using it.
The smartcard
In the pocket guide you will find an electronic smartcard that will be activated when handed over at the entrance desk upon first visit to any of the participating locations that are included with free entrance. The smartcard will be read by a reader. These locations are marked in the pocket guide. Once activated your smartcard is valid for 24, 48 or 72 hours. You can visit the locations once. Please notice that during special exhibitions in the museums there might be a small surcharge at the entrance.
The public transport ticket
With the public transport ticket you can use busses, trams and underground of the transport company GVB; these cover the complete city of Amsterdam. After first check in, your public transport ticket stays valid for 24, 48 or 72 hours. Please note that you need to check in and check out every time you enter or leave a bus , tram or metro. This ticket is not valid on trains run by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen. To travel to and from the airport ; visit our information offices to buy a separate train or bus shuttle ticket.
Vouchers
The discount offers and the free snacks can be obtained by handing in the voucher that you find in the last part of the guide & show your smartcard, please mention before ordering / entering that you would like to use the I amsterdam City Card discount. The offer cannot be combined with other offers and is valid for 1 person. The discount vouchers do not have to be used within the validity of your smartcard they are valid till December 31, 2011
Cheaper parking
With the Card you can park for 50% discount at 5 P+R Amsterdam for a maximum of 96 hours (one Card per car). Please find the locations in the pocket guide.
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