Rijksmuseum question

[Korimako]

I know the Anne Frank House gets very busy, but I wondered how crowded the Rijksmuseum got. If I want to see 'The Night Watch' for example, will it be similar to trying to see the Mona Lisa in the Louvre i.e throngs of tourists between me and the picture.

Are there days of the week/times of day that are better? I will not be doing this from a cruise, so would imagine choosing a day that didn't have any cruise ships in port might help?

TIA

[insanemagnet]

When I visited it was busy but not the hoards like with the Mona Lisa.

 

To see when places are busy or quiet just take a look at Google Maps as it shows that information. For the Rijksmuseum it is as you would expect, quiet first thing getting busier through the day, and busier at weekends

[CruisingCleo]

Greetings from Amsterdam. It can indeed get quite busy at the Rijksmuseum so going earlier in the day really helps. But it also depends on what day in the week you are going, with the weekends being busier than the other days. And April, May, July and August will be busier than other months.

Checking the cruiseport calender is a good idea but if there are just 2-3 ships in port I would go there. There are so many non-cruise visitors in Amsterdam every day that it does not make much difference as not everybody has the same interests.

But what makes a difference is that the Mona Lisa is a very small painting compared to the Nightwatch. 20 visitors standing around the Mona Lisa is not the same as 20 visitors in front of the Nightwatch.

Have fun in the Rijksmuseum and don’t forget to visit the other paintings and other collections as well. There are more Rembrandts, but also Vermeers, Frans Hals, Jan Steens.

Greetings, Mirjam

 

 

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