Visiting Amsterdam As A Wheelchair User

In Feb 2023, I took a trip to Amsterdam for 3 days. We enjoyed lots of experiences from the Heineken Experience to riding bikes (or a wheelchair with TriRide).
We stayed at the Citizen M Amstel and I had a Wheelchair Accessible Room with was great and we flew with British Airways from London Heathrow Airport.
We used the IAMsterdam card which included transport around the city, 24hrs Bike Rental, discounts on certain restaurants and a free wheelchair-accessible river cruise.
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0:00 Pod Parking Heathrow T5
1:01 Citizen M Amstel Tour
1:52 Story Time
2:47 Exploring the City
4:31 Heineken Experience
5:12 Free Boat tour with I AMsterdam Card
5:44 Coolest stairs ever!!!
5:54 ADAM Tower / Swing over the edge
6:40 Bike Lanes
7:34 Johan Cruyff Stadium Tour
8:04 When I made my sister come with me to a famous bench!
8:47 Country 30 is done!

[@ollie7381]

Great video. If you come next time go see Rotterdam as well. Quite different than Amsterdam but I think you will like it. A harbour tour is very nice.

[@abievans]

Thank you, it is definitely on my list!

[@MLWitteman]

So nice to hear that your experience was so nice! Next time, do visit the Rijksmuseum. It’s the national museum of the Netherlands for art & history. You can also use that Amsterdam card there. I am a little biased since I work there. Perhaps until next time!

[@abievans]

Thank you, I did visit the museum (via a very cool round lift) forgot to film it though. Was very nice though!

[@RealConstructor]

I always read that disabled people, using a wheelchair, have to book a train ride 1 hour in advance through the app or by telephone. As I understand, there is no level entry on older sprinters and intercity trains, so they have to put in a moveable ramp. I sometimes saw a ramp chained to a column on the platform which needs to be put in place by the ‘conducteur’ (train surveillant and ticket controller, don’t know the English name for it, I don’t think it is conductor, which would be the obvious one) or a train company travel assistant, when a train stops. The new Sprinters and Intercity trains have level boarding though.

[@MrsSurvivalGuy]

Fab video Abi! You are making me want to travel ❤

[@Maguramishi]

Nice to hear Amsterdam is accessible. I would have thought the old buildings and bridges turn it into an obstacle course.