Amsterdam Explorer Pass from EUR 44: choose 3, 4 or 5 top attractions on one digital pass, valid over 30 days. What is included, how it works and who wins with it.
The Amsterdam Explorer Pass by Go City answers a simple question: what if you only want a handful of attractions, not a marathon? You pick a 3, 4 or 5 choice pass, pay once from EUR 44, and redeem your choices over 30 days through the Go City app. Compared to buying the same tickets separately, Go City advertises savings up to 50 percent on typical combinations.
How does the Explorer Pass work?
Buy the pass, load it in the Go City app, and it activates the first time you scan into an attraction. From that moment you have 30 days to use your remaining choices, which suits split stays and slow travelers far better than any hour based card. A digital guide inside the app handles the practicalities, and a few attractions ask for a reservation, which the app flags clearly.
What can you choose with the Amsterdam Explorer Pass?
The menu covers the experience side of Amsterdam well: A'DAM Lookout, Madame Tussauds, a canal cruise, the Moco Museum with its Banksy collection, the Amsterdam Dungeon, the THIS IS HOLLAND flight ride, the Rembrandt House, bike rental, a Zaanse Schans windmill transfer, Madurodam, the House of Bols cocktail experience and several food and walking options. Notice what is missing: the Rijksmuseum sits only in the bigger Go City All Inclusive Pass, and the Van Gogh Museum is in neither.
Who should book it?
Couples and families who already know their three favorites, visitors staying a week or more who want to spread things out, and anyone allergic to the race a timed card creates. If your list is Rijksmuseum, Stedelijk and three more museums plus trams everywhere, the I amsterdam City Card wins the math instead.
Amsterdam Explorer Pass prices and the break even math
From EUR 44 for three choices, the pass pays off when your picks average above roughly EUR 15 each, which the marquee attractions comfortably do: A'DAM Lookout runs around EUR 21, Madame Tussauds and THIS IS HOLLAND in the mid twenties, a canal cruise EUR 13 to 20. Pick three of those and you are already ahead, with the 4 and 5 choice tiers stretching the discount further.
What to watch out for with the Explorer Pass
The pass includes no public transport, so budget around EUR 10 per day for a GVB ticket or walk the compact center. Reservations matter in high season for the cruise and the Zaanse Schans transfer. And choices are counted, not unlimited: repeat visits need new tickets.
How it compares
Against its bigger sibling, the All Inclusive Pass, the Explorer trades unlimited access for a lower price and a month of flexibility. Against the official card it is the relaxed alternative: fewer museums, no transport, no clock. The full pass comparison and the City Card Amsterdam overview put all the numbers side by side.
Prices from 44 EUR as of 2026-07-20. Prices may vary; confirmed live at checkout.
(≈ $50 / £37, ECB 2026-07-20)
