Information

The Amsterdam Winter Paradise will be open from 19 December 2024 to 5 January 2025.

You’ll find opening hours here.

The attractions and the outdoor area close at 22:00. The queues at the attractions close earlier based on crowds. Our entrance gate closes one hour before closing time.

Please note that different opening hours are indicated below:

• On 19 December, après-ski opens at 8.30pm due to a private event. The Après-ski is 21+.
• On 31 December we close earlier, namely at 20.00.
• On 5 January we close earlier, at 18.00.

Dress nice for the evening, it’s a party! Jogging trousers are not allowed from 6pm onwards.

The Amsterdam Winter Paradise is for all ages! Children up and including 2 years old of age get free admission.

Please note that the Après-ski is 21+.

Under 18 NO alcohol will be served. Just turned 18 and don’t feel like showing your ID? Then get an 18+ band at the Information Desk.

Dress nice for the evening, it’s a party! No sweatpants are allowed from 6 p.m. onwards.

Address

We recommend traveling to Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs by public transportation as much as possible, an ideal and also sustainable way.

Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijstakes place in and around the Amsterdam RAI. For the exact location and how to get there, you can consult Google Maps. The entrance is located at the Europaplein.

Address: Europaplein 24, 1078 GZ Amsterdam.

Public transportation

By train
RAI Amsterdam is easy to reach by public transport. Amsterdam RAI Station is just a few minutes’ walk from the RAI complex and has direct connections to Schiphol, Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and the international railroad network, among others. Follow the RAI Amsterdam signs as you exit the station. For more information, consult the NS Reisplanner at www.ns.nl.

The bus, metro or tram
Bus 62, metro 52 and streetcar 4 all stop right outside the door (stop Europaplein), as does bus 65 (stop Scheldeplein), providing an ideal connection to the center of Amsterdam and surrounding stations. Metro 50 and 51 stop at Amsterdam RAI Station, which is just a few minutes’ walk to the entrance of Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs.Consult 9292.nl for the best travel advice.

Home and away with public transport to Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs

Grab public transport and take the GVB Gappie app with you to choose the best route and find travel information. For example, you can be at Europaplein in a few minutes by metro from Central Station. Check in and out easily with your debit card, credit card or smartphone, or buy a separate ticket in the app.  

More about checking in and out with your debit card in public transport > https://www.gvb.nl/ovpay

Carpoolen

Are you coming by car anyway? Then bring your friends or family along as well. Carpooling is better for the environment, cozier and you can share parking and fuel costs.

Parking

While you ask your friends and family to drive along, you can buy an exit ticket for €27 for the period from 19 December to 5 January via the RAI’s website; https://parkeren.rai.nl/nl/booking/product.html. However, the RAI cannot guarantee a spot in the garage. Please therefore bear this in mind.

In the RAI Amsterdam parking garage you pay € 5.50 per hour and a maximum of € 33 per day.

 

Home and away with public transport to Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs

Take public transportation to Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs and bring the GVB app Gappie with you for the best travel advice. For example, you can be at Europaplein in a few minutes by metro from Amsterdam Central Station. Simply check in and out with your debit card, credit card or smartphone or buy a public transport ticket in the GVB app.  
More about checking in and out with your debit card in public transport> https://www.gvb.nl/ovpay

With Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs, we are aware that we can reduce our impact on the environment and we do so by the following points, among others.

• Christmas trees are composted.
• Decorations are made and reused for 5 years!
• There will be no flyering.
• Hospitality uses bio disposables for serving food.
• Wood is collected separately and collected by an artist who can make other things with it.
• Coffee grounds are collected and reused for growing mushrooms. 
• We work together with local restaurants/entrepreneurs to stimulate the local economy.
• Cloths that we can no longer use are collected by Snuffelmug and made into new clothing for third world countries and people with small budgets.
• The Cinema is completely furnished with discarded furniture, which we give a second life here. 
• We are a cashless event, so everyone pays by debit card and no coins are used.

New this year is an additional hall with a completely new Wonder World. This means around 5000 m2 extra space and new attractions. We don’t sell extra tickets so this is all extra capacity and more activities which means we reduce waiting times.

We are also working with arrival times this year to spread the crowds. This means you buy a ticket to get to the ultimate winter experience within a specific time slot. This will ensure a more spread out entry of visitors during the day.

The Amsterdam Winter Paradise is wheelchair accessible.

Wheelchairs are not available for loan on location. Visitors should therefore bring their own wheelchair.

There are gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan options on site. 

Do you need to bring medication for medical reasons?  Of course you may.  In some cases, you may be asked to store the medication at the emergency room.

Children up to and including 2 years old have free admission. 

Babies are allowed to bring formula and baby food. 

There is a pump room on the RAI grounds. Ask at the information desk where to find it.

Lost something at Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs? All found items are brought to the Information Desk. Here you can pick up your item.

Is it not at the Information Desk? Then check after the event via this link.