Arena - Ajax, Amsterdam

When you get a chance, go and see a football (soccer) game in the Amsterdam ArenA. It is the equivalent of going to the Yankee Stadium in NYC or the Dodger Stadium in LA, as football is the most popular sport in Europe.

The regular season is mid-August to late May. You won't be able to go to the big games (i.e. Ajax - PSV; Ajax - Utrecht; Ajax - Feyenoord or Ajax - AZ) since those are sold to members of the supporters club, but the other 'smaller' games are normally up for grabs.
Check the Ajax website www.ajax.nl for full list of fixtures.

Tickets starts at around $20 and you can buy them at the stadium before a match, or more conveniently from Tobacco/News shop or Music Shop that has a Ticketbox sticker (It's a blue "T" on a green circle). Check www.ticketbox.nl for a list of Ticketbox locations.

To get to the stadium you can either take the NS Train to station Amsterdam Duivendrecht or take the trams 53, 54 or 50 to Strandvliet/Arena

went to amsterdam arena and went on the tour of the stadium lots of steps to climb!!! well worth the effort. lots of info given about the stadium and the football. had our photo taken on the hallowed turf!!! went for a well earned drink in the cafe bar where memrobilia adorns the walls, then into the shop where i bought an ajax teddy!! a great day out.

For any football fans a half hour trip from Dam central will take you to the beautiful Amsterdam arena home of the world famous Ajax football club.for around 5 Euros you can take a tour of the stadium which includes a chanced to have your picture taken on the pitch,visit the press conference room and also the musuem and trophy room which has the four European cups the club have won.

Well worth the money.

...this visit was a great experience. There was a guided tour, where a very nice young lady showed us around. I had no idea that keeping the grass dry would be such a hussle. I would go again anytime, the place is fantastic.

Hey, try the Metro to reach the place, using a bike might be painful (but that's another tip) :D

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You can visit one of the best football clubs in the world, Ajax Amsterdam.
The tour includes a visit on the same playground, and you can take pictures from it.
It's worth to visit the museum, included on the tour, the security office, where they control the cameras around the stadium, and sit down where VIP's are watchig the game.

This place is huge,you can see it from quite some distance.Its very easy to find and everyones very helpful there.In The Transferium ( Park and Ride) underneath the stadium theres a huge car park,when you park there take your ticket to the help desk and they`ll give you 2 free return metro tickets to the city centre.the nearest tram stop is Amsterdam Biljner,only 5 minutes walk away. Amsterdams only 15 minutes away by metro.

The boys and I have been to many stadia around UK but this is the first one we`ve visited abroad,its a fantastic place to go.we did the museum tour and had a good look around the stadium,behind the scenes,different views of the pitch from all over.The costs for us 3 was about 23 euros I think,the tour lasted about 1 1/2 hours.

This stadium opened its doors in August 1996 and counts almost 52.000 seats. AJAX is the resident team of this stadium. The surface area of the stadium is 35.000 m2 and the stadium is the first in Europe, which had a sliding roof. The roof can be opened or closed within 35 minutes. The roof is split in two large moving panels, each 40 x 118 mtr with a weight of 400 tons.
In the same complex you can find also official Ajax Fanshop / Ajax Museum.

In the very near there are total 7 parking lots (parking buildings) for 9.000 cars 170 busses, this is incl. the own parking lot under the ArenA (2.000 cars).