06 Jul 2025
Booked the tickets online for the hop on hop off bus in Amsterdam. Took us an hour from the main station to get to bus stop 1 which was only a ten minute walk from where the taxi dropped us. We first went to lovers canal like it was instructed online and then they sent us to their ticket sale office opposite Saint Nicolas church and then they sent us all the way round with some unclear instructions only to find the bus stop 1 because of their flag we spotted . We only did one stop at the park because it was very hot and we were really tired by the time we got on the first bus. Both drivers were rude and when we asked the first driver about sth for the park he told us I’m not a guide. The second driver was also very rude… my husband has a problem with his knees and he was very careful when climbing up the bus and the bus driver was being super ironic and sarcastic telling him “we haven’t got all day” also he was taking on the phone when driving and he breaked two times really sharp and thank God we had our seat belts on. We didn’t do the last stop though I imagine it was because of traffic. It was the last bus on the 3rd of July. I’ve been to almost 10 hop on and off buses in Europe this was the first time I felt I welcomed in a European city by a bus driver. Amsterdam is a magical place… you should pick your drivers more carefully though