Reacties op: Johan Cruijff ArenA

Door: Alex

Alex — Tue, 04 Feb 2020 23:32:14 +0000

The Arena has 2 very big acts to follow after the old Olympic Stadion in the city and the smaller Meer stadium were no longer used by Ajax. The Olympic Stadion in particular was part of the fabric of Amsterdam West and was so atmospheric on big European nights and matches v Feijenoord.
Of course the Arena has all the modern facilities, but it has a certain sterility. It is a modern bowl with each side identical. The stadium was built as part of a new out of town development, part of a kind of ‘concrete jungle’. Being outside Amsterdam it feels somewhat cut off from the city. I believe they want to increase the capacity, but this will not improve the architectural character.

Door: Wojciech

Wojciech — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 18:55:21 +0000

One of my favourite stadiums! It stands out as it is very colourful. The tiers are very steep but it is defenietely worth a visit. Amsterdam itself is very friendly city and i would recommend it to everybody.

Door: Ivo

Ivo — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:47:11 +0000

There are hotels in the Amsterdam ArenA , e.g. the recently opened and remarkable Fletcher hotel.

Another note: if you find the Amsterdam Central station area already ‘seedy’ at night I’d suggest to stay away from Amsterdam at all. It sure is a messy area because of the many construction sites (new subway line, car and bicycle tunnels, renewal of the Central station, new bus station) but it is a very safe area and not only because it’s heavily patrolled by police and security teams.

Door: The Stadium Guide Official Review

The Stadium Guide Official Review — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:32:52 +0000

Date visited: 29 October 2011

We joined the World of Ajax tour in October 2011. After having checked the Amsterdam Arena website for opening times, we arrived shortly before one of the given departures. As it was a Saturday afternoon there were already a lot of participants waiting and an estimated 50 people joined our tour, which was a lot.

The tour started at pitch-level with the possibility to have your photo taken by a professional photographer. No visit to the dugouts though. We then moved to the press room, where our guide held a fake press conference with some of the tour’s participants.

We subsequently went up the stadium to see the view from the second tier. All the time there was ample time to take photos, and at the second tier some opportunity to walk around the stands. The guide provided background information in Dutch and in English.

As the group was very large, probably too large, moving around the stadium took a lot of time, and one had to wait quite a lot. The guide was friendly, but spoke rather slowly, probably to facilitate the many non-native English speakers, but this added to a feeling of slight tedium.

Possibly the guide could have provided a bit more background information, or spiced things up with some interesting facts. The tour included relatively few parts of the stadium, less than in most tours, and it certainly would have been nice to see the dugouts, players’ tunnel, or VIP boxes. And to have the dressing rooms included in the standard tour.

The stadium is impressive enough to make it a decent experience, especially if your primary aim is to make photos, however the feeling remains that there is more potential than the current tour offers.