Anne Frank House - Amsterdam
 

We will be in Amsterdam April 12-14, and would like to visit the Anne Frank House. I see online that there are no advance tickets available, but that they do allow ticket sales at the museum for entry after 3:30 p.m.

Does anyone know how early we should plan to queue up in order to get a same-day entry ticket? Wondering if the wait is so long it might not be worthwhile for such a short visit to Amsterdam. Hate to give up sightseeing time standing in a long line.

I was there last June and the mid-day lines were very long, about 2 hours long I'm told. April might not be as bad since it's not peak season.

You could also try visiting late.

This is one of the places that are more interesting to read about than to actually visit. If in a rush, I'd would give it a pass.

But as far as I know, you can book your visit online and thus avoid the queue.

>>This is one of the places that are more interesting to read about than to actually visit.<<

I totally disagree w/ this - it is one of the most moving places I have ever visited.

>>But as far as I know, you can book your visit online and thus avoid the queue.<<

Not if one has left it too late as in this case.

scdreamer: I went (w/ pre-booked tix) late last April and the queue for day tickets was about 3 blocks long. it was enormous.

I, too, think this is well worth seeing. I wonder if your hotel might be able to get you tickets?

It's an important and interesting place to see. It is NOT fun. It is about a tragic and horrible time in history.

If you read http://www.annefrank.org/en/Museum/P...and-location1/
it says the ticket sales at the counter restricted to 15:30 hr until the closing time STARTS <b>May 1, 2016.</b>

Until then, including April 12-14, it looks like the current system remains - tickets sold all day. While I have visited the house only with reservations, the recommendation has been to get there before opening or the last hours. I got in the last online slot of the day last fall, but I felt I could have gotten in without reservation at the last hour of the day without too much wait.

Could I interest you perhaps in the beautiful jewish historical museum instead?

menachem - yes, we will likely try to see the Jewish quarter, and the historical museum. I was just hoping to visit the Anne Frank House, too, as we missed this on our only other time in Amsterdam, which was quite brief.

I hope you do have the chance to visit the Ann Frank House and that the lines are not too long.

@scdreamer if you'd like a stroll through the former jewish quarter with historical information, drop me a line. Payment is by coffee only :)