Useful Links

In- and around Amsterdam

Accessible Travel Netherlands

This is the only travel agency focused on accessible travel in The Netherlands. For more information, click here. Accessible Travel Netherlands has also created a city guide with five accessible routes through Amsterdam.

Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol)

Click here to read about airport assistance for departures, arrivals and transfers at Amsterdam International Airport.

Blue Boat Company

Blue Boat Company offers several wheelchair accessible cruises on Amsterdam’s picturesque canals. Click here for more information.

Dutch Adaptives

Dutch Adaptives strives to “make sports accessible to everyone with a disability or chronic illness” (Dutch Adaptives, 2019). The organisation holds various events and sport clinics across The Netherlands. Click here for more information. (Please note the website is in Dutch)

I amsterdam

I amsterdam provides practical information for travellers with reduced mobility. Click here for a summary about airport transfers, public transportation, and city attractions.

Public Transportation

The Dutch National Railway (NS): Click here to visit the official NS website. The site includes information about commuting with wheelchairs, mobility scooters and guide dogs.
GVB: Click here for an overview of accessibility and support services of Amsterdam’s trams, metro carriages, buses and ferries.

Star Bikes Rental Amsterdam

Star Bikes Rental Amsterdam offers a wide range of bicycles for customers with reduced mobility. Customised cycling tours are also available. For more information please click here. 

Wheelchair Skills Team

Wheelchair Skills Team provides wheelchair skills workshops to children and adults across The Netherlands. A chance to learn to pop a wheelie and much more!

Beyond Amsterdam

Accessible Travel Platform

Created by Dutch childhood friends Pascal and Jorge, Accessible Travel Platform is a website that links travellers with travel agents specialised in accessible travel. The database includes a variety of destinations across the globe, from Italy to Nepal to Tanzania. Click here to read more about Accessible Travel Platform’s tours and travel agents. 

Curb Free With Cory Lee

Wheelchair & accessibility blogger Cory Lee has written several great articles about his trip to The Netherlands. “Rolling Around Amsterdam: A Wheelchair User’s Travel Guide” gives personal insight into Cory’s Dutch adventures. Click here to read the full article.

Disabled Accessible Travel

Disabled Accessible Travel is a Barcelona-based travel agency offering accessible travel services around the globe. Amongst the wide variety of destinations, this company offers holidays in a number of Dutch cities.

Disabled Accessible Travel recently launched accessaloo, a new app (2019) that allows users to locate accessible toilets around the globe. Download the app directly from the App Store or Google Play. 

Sage Traveling: The European Disabled Travel Experts

This website includes a great article about accessible travel tips in Amsterdam. Click here to read the full article. The Sage Traveling website also includes an accessibility guide and specialised travel packages.