Parking in Amsterdam

Parking in Amsterdam

In the city center there are several places to park your car. Parking is possible along the canals at the single spots for example, but we highly recommend not to. If you do, always pay in advance at the nearest parking meter (place the ticket behind the windshield of your car). It is quite expensive (around € 5.00 an hour) and not to mention that it requires some good driving qualities.

Parking City Centre  |  Tip! P+R Parking  |  Parking for coaches

Coming to Amsterdam, you will find information boards above roads providing you current information about free parking spaces throughout the city. There are several large car parks throughout the city. Entering one of the car parks, information boards show you how many free spots there are left at that current time. Please note that parking in Amsterdam is very expensive in parking garages as well.

Amsterdam Parking City Centre

 Cheapest Way to Park your Car: P+R Parking

Nevertheless, the best and cheapest way to park your car in Amsterdam is by using the so called P+R (park & ride) spots located on the outskirts of the city and then continue your trip easily by public transport. These garages are secured, have surveillance 24/7 and have toilets.

The costs are only € 1.00 or € 8.00 for 24 hours (as from February 2014) up to 96 hours maximum parking time. The P+R rates are calculated as follows:

• Enter on weekdays before 10:00: €8 for the first 24 hours, then €1 for subsequent 24 hour periods
• Enter on weekdays after 10:00: €1 per 24 hours
• Enter in the weekend: €1 per 24 hours

Park & Ride users must continue their journey into the city centre zone of Amsterdam. You can do so by using your own OV-chipkaart (public transport chip card). However, it is also possible to purchase discounted P+R GVB cards from the blue ticket machine at each site (you require 1 card per person and can purchase up to 5 cards per car).

Price of P+R GVB cards:

• 1 person: € 5
• 2 persons: €5
• 3 persons: €5.90
• 4 persons: €6.80
• 5 persons: €7.70

Please note: the P+R GVB transport cards can only be used for travel on GVB bus, trams or metro services.

 Condition of P+R: onward travel to city centre zone by public transport:

To be entitled for the special discounted P+R parking rate (€ 1.00 or € 8.00) you must travel into the special city centre zone using your OV-chipkaart or purchased P+R GVB card. Upon return, the P+R payment machines check whether your last check-in on your return trip took place in the city centre zone. You will only be entitled to the discounted P+R parking rate if this is the case! If your last check-in was at a public transport stop outside the city centre zone you will pay the regular parking rate. This ranges from €1.40 to €3.50 per hour.
 Click here to download a PDF map that shows the valid city centre zone.
(stops within the orange boundary are valid).

You can find these P+R locations at the edge of Amsterdam:

Parking in Amsterdam for coaches

Of all the 11 million tourists visiting Amsterdam yearly, 6 % of them arrive by touring car. Most of the time, the bus driver can drop off his passengers in front or nearby the hotel or hostel. Although it is not easy, this is only possible on the indicated places. There are several places throughout the city where the bus driver can park his coach during their stay.
 Download PDF file Amsterdam for coaches 

Parking Map Amsterdam