Information

The Amsterdam Winter Paradise will be open from 13 December 2025 to 3 January 2026.

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 December 15 & 16 we are closed.
• On December 17, we open at 5:00 PM.
• On December 24, 25, 31 and January 1, the après-ski is closed.
• On December 31, we close earlier, at 6:00 PM.
• On January 1, we open at 10:00 AM and we close earlier, at 8:00 PM.

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

Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs takes 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 Transport

By train

RAI Amsterdam is easily accessible by public transport. Amsterdam RAI Station is just a few minutes’ walk from the RAI complex and offers direct connections to Schiphol, Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, and the international railway network. When leaving the station, follow the signs for RAI Amsterdam. Make things easy for yourself by using a travel planner to plan your route.

By bus, metro or tram

Bus 62, Metro 52 and Tram 4 all stop right at the entrance (Europaplein stop), as does Bus 65 (Scheldeplein stop), providing ideal connections to Amsterdam’s city centre and surrounding stations. Metro lines 50 and 51 stop at Amsterdam RAI Station, which is just a few minutes’ walk from the entrance of Het Amsterdamse Winterparadijs.

GVB

Also this year, GVB, proud public transport partner of the Amsterdamse Winterparadijs 2025, will take you quickly and effortlessly to the ultimate winter experience.

• Coming from Amsterdam Central Station? Take metro 52 towards Amsterdam Zuid and get off at Europaplein.
• Coming from Amsterdam Sloterdijk? Take metro 50 towards Gein or metro 51 towards Central Station and get off at Amsterdam RAI.
• Coming from Amsterdam Noord? Take metro 52 towards Amsterdam Zuid and get off at Europaplein.

Plan your trip with Google Maps.

With the exclusive discount code HAWP2025, you’ll receive a 20% discount on your public transport ticket. Enter the discount code in the second step under “Discounts.”

Book your tickets with a discount.

Hop on with GVB and travel sustainably right to the entrance for an unforgettable winter day.

Carpooling

Are you still coming by car? Bring your friends or family along. Carpooling is better for the environment, more enjoyable, and allows you to share parking and fuel costs.

Parking

While you ask your friends and family to give you a ride, you can purchase an exit ticket for €22.00 for the period from 13 December to 3 January via the special RAI website: https://parkeren.rai.nl/nl/booking.html?affiliate=a24pcqb2

The parking ticket must be purchased online in advance and is valid until 02:00.

In the parking garage of RAI Amsterdam, you pay €5.50 per hour or part of an hour, with a maximum of €35 per day.

Bicycle

The bicycle parking area is located at the main entrance.

Taxi

Taxis are available from 18:00 onwards at P6.

While you ask your friends and family to give you a ride, you can purchase an exit ticket for €22.00 for the period from 13 December to 3 January via the special RAI website: https://parkeren.rai.nl/nl/booking.html?affiliate=a24pcqb2

The parking ticket must be purchased online in advance and is valid until 02:00.

In the parking garage of RAI Amsterdam, you pay €5.50 per hour or part of an hour, with a maximum of €35 per day.

Attention: Do not leave any valuables in the parking garage.

Also this year, GVB, proud public transport partner of the Amsterdamse Winterparadijs 2025, will take you quickly and effortlessly to the ultimate winter experience.

Coming from Amsterdam Central Station? Take metro 52 towards Amsterdam Zuid and get off at Europaplein.

Coming from Amsterdam Sloterdijk? Take metro 50 towards Gein or metro 51 towards Central Station and get off at Amsterdam RAI.

Coming from Amsterdam Noord? Take metro 52 towards Amsterdam Zuid and get off at Europaplein.

Plan your trip with Google Maps.

With the exclusive discount code HAWP2025, you’ll receive a 20% discount on your public transport ticket. Enter the discount code in the second step under “Discounts.”

Book your tickets with a discount.

Hop on with GVB and travel sustainably right to the entrance for an unforgettable winter day.

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 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.
• We operate a cup recylcle system. When ordering your first drink, you pay €0.10 for your first cup. On your next order, you return the cup and receive your drink in a new cup. This way, we ensure that all plastic cups are returned and there is no litter of plastic.

We are 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 several accessible toilets available on the premises. You can find them next to the information desk and in ‘het Lichtjesparadijs’.

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 of age receive free admission.
• You may bring formula and baby food for your little one.
• A nursing and pump room is available on the RAI grounds. Please ask at the information desk for directions.

Bringing an umbrella is not allowed.