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De Overkant is located on the North Shore of the river IJ and is easily accessible using public transport. For train passengers, Amsterdam Central Station is right next door. From Central Station, you can take the ferry across the river for free.
Adress
De Overkant
Gedempt Hamerkanaal 87
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
More detailed directions for the transportation of your choice, please click on the links below.
Car
Parking
De Overkant has 350 parking spaces and is free of parking fees.
Coming from the North (A7, Zaandam, Volendam, ect)
- From the Ring road, turn left at junction S116 towards N247/Centrum
- You are now traveling on Nieuwe Leeuwarderweg toward Centrum
- Travel towards junction S118
- Turn left towards S118/Johan van Hasseltweg
- Keep going towards the first rotunda and turn right Meeuwenlaan
- Turn left to Hamerstraat
- Turn right to Gedempt Hamerkanaal and drive to the end of the street
- Festival of Games will be on the left side
For a map, please click here.
Coming from the West (A1, Almere)
- From highway A1, travel towards Watergraafsmeer
- Keep to your left at junction Watergraafsmeer and follow signs to A10/Noord towards Zaandam/Purmerend/Ring Amsterdam/Certrum/S114 t/m S118
- You are now traveling on A10/E35
- Travel towards junction Volendam/S116
- Turn left to N247/Centrum
- You are now traveling on Nieuwe Leeuwarderweg toward Centrum
- Travel towards junction S118
- Turn left towards S118/Johan van Hasseltweg
- Keep going towards the first rotunda and turn right Meeuwenlaan
- Turn left to Hamerstraat
- Turn right to Gedempt Hamerkanaal and drive to the end of the street
- Festival of Games will be on the left side
For a map, please click here.
Coming from the South (A2/E35, Utrecht)
- From highway A2/E35, travel towards junction Amstel/Zaanstad
- Keep to your right at junction Amstel/Zaanstad towards A10/E35
- You are now traveling on A10/E35
- Travel towards junction Volendam/S116
- Turn left to N247/Centrum
- You are now traveling on Nieuwe Leeuwarderweg toward Centrum
- Travel towards junction S118
- Turn left towards S118/Johan van Hasseltweg
- Keep going towards the first rotunda and turn right Meeuwenlaan
- Turn left to Hamerstraat
- Turn right to Gedempt Hamerkanaal and drive to the end of the street
- Festival of Games will be on left side
For a map, please click here.
For updates or planning your own trip towards Festival of Games, please check here or a personal GPS Device.
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Public Transportation
Bus
- Start from Amsterdam Central Station
- Coming from the main hall, turn left to the bus stop (next to the tram stop)
- From this point take bus number 32 (to Buikslotermeerplein) or number 33 (to Nieuwendam)
- Get off at bus stop Johan van Hasseltweg (This stop is for both lines)
- From the bus stop, turn left towards Meeuwenlaan
- Turn right on Meeuwenlaan (Rotuna/Traffic roundabout in front of you)
- Turn left towards Hamerstraat.
- On the next crossroad, turn right towards Gedempt Hamerkanaal
- Walk further down the street
- Festival of Games will be on the left side
For a map, please click here.
Ferry
- Start from Amsterdam Central Station
- Head northeast towards De Ruyterkade
- Turn left onto De Ruyterkade
- Turn right onto De Ruyterkade Steigers
- From this point take the ferry number 902 direction IJplein
- Head Northeast on Pontplein
- Continue onto Meeuwenlaan
- Slight left to stay on Meeuwenlaan
- Turn right onto Moterkade
- Moterkade turns left and becomes Gedempt Hamerkanaal
- Festival of Games will be on the right side
For a map, please click here.
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Bicycle
A typical Dutch means of transportation is riding a bicycle, and especially Amsterdam is really nice to travel and explore this way. The narrow streets of the city centre and surrounding areas are usually not suited to travel by car. In Amsterdam traffic is used to bicycles on the road and for safety reasons cyclists have their own lanes next to the more busy roads.
As a guest of Festival of Games it is possible to rent a bike at Yellowbike, with a 10% discount. This 10% discount is also valid for Yellowbike bike tours.
Interested to rent a bike during your stay in Amsterdam, please visit our Rent a Bike section here.
If you are planning to go by bicycle to Festival of Games you will have to take the ferry to crossover the IJ river.
For information about the ferry and directions from that point, please refer to the section Public Transportation/Ferry.
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International
Flights
Flights from and to The Netherlands depart from one of the following airport hubs.
- Schiphol Airport, for more information please visit here.
- Rotterdam/The Hague Airport, for more information please visit here.
Trains
Fyra is the new high speed train connecting, via interconnected stations, Brussels/Belgium to Amsterdam/The Netherlands. Please visit here to purchase your Fyra ticket.
Thalys is the high speed train traveling, via interconnected stations, from and to Cologne, Dusseldorf/Germany, Paris/France, Brussels/Belgium, London/England and Amsterdam/The Netherlands. For ticket purchase of your Thalys ticket, please visit here.
ICE International high speed train travels on a daily basis via interconnected stations from and to Basel/Zwitersland, Frankfurt/Germany and Amsterdam/The Netherlands.
To purchase your ICE International ticket, please visit here.
Tickets for Fyra, Thalys and ICE can also be book and/or purchased on the train stations and via the NS Hispeed (Dutch Railway Operator). To purchase tickets via NS Hispeed please visit their website here.
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