Easter 2024 in Amsterdam

Easter in Amsterdam: Restaurant opening hours

For lovers of good food, Easter in Amsterdam is the ideal opportunity to discover Dutch Easter cuisine. Breakfast, in particular, is always long and is taken with friends and family. The traditional Easter breakfast in the Netherlands does not include meat of different kinds like in Germany.

Only when the traditional Easter Stollen, consisting of currant bread with almond filling, is served does it truly become a typical Dutch Easter breakfast. Easter Stollen is completed with hard-boiled eggs, whose shells have been broken by the egg tik or which land on the breakfast table after being rummaged.

Due to the general rush of Easter-only tourists, restaurants, cafes and pubs opened during the Easter holidays. Amsterdam is best known for its Indonesian cuisine.

Easter store opening hours in Amsterdam

A completely different tradition, which can be quite strange for Dutch tourists, is visiting the furniture store. Although the annual trip to furniture stores only began in the 1980s, many Dutch people find themselves among upholstered suites, fitted kitchens and bedroom wardrobes around Easter.

The rush for new furniture during the Easter period is sometimes so strong that large furniture stores attract additional customers with their own discount campaigns and deep price reductions. However, due to the rush, the high volume of traffic in commercial areas of large cities can regularly cause traffic jams.

While in France, all public life will be at rest on Good Friday April 2, 2021, in the Netherlands, only authorities and public offices will be closed. Stores are open in most cities. In Amsterdam, for example, you can shop during the Easter weekend. On Good Friday there is even the famous Albert Cuyp market in the De Pijp district, as usual.

In general, opening hours are more liberal in the Netherlands than in France. Stores can also open on public holidays. A considerable number of stores will therefore be open, especially in large cities like Amsterdam. This also applies to the popular district of Jordaan.

Public transport at Easter in Amsterdam

The entire public transport network is in operation during the Easter holidays, although Amsterdam is a very easy city to explore on foot. Regular weekend and holiday hours apply. This may mean lower frequencies for the metro, tram, bus and train.

If you are in a hurry, you will always find a taxi, even those that are a little more expensive in the canal city. Tickets for public transport are also available directly here. For holders of the I am Amsterdam discount card, the use of public transport is already included.