Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
Green space and relaxation in Amsterdam
Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is an escape. It is a quiet oasis in the city, full of beautiful plants and acres of space.
You can lose yourself in the grounds or warm up in the glasshouses on a winters day. Bees and butterflies along with other wildlife will accompany your visit and you’ll leave feeling closer to nature, so close you can walk the sky walk for a special feeling of immersion.
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Hortus Botanicus is in the plantage district close to Artis Zoo and other major museums like The Hermitage and Amsterdam Museum
HORTUS BOTANICUS AMSTERDAM TICKETS
This is a large attraction with plenty of room for visitors. Most times you will probably be able to walk up and pay entry fees and gain entry. As is advised since Covid, booking online is the only way to guarantee your entry.
Ticket Prices at Hortus Botanicus
Adult: €12
Students: €6.50
Children 5-14 years: €6.50
I Amsterdam City Card includes the Hortus Botanicus so you will gain free entry with this tourist pass. Learn more about the I Amsterdam City Card. The Go City Pass is not valid here.
Where is Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam?
Hortus Botanicus is very close to Artis Zoo, which makes it possible to combine the two on a nice day trip. If you like animals and nature the two attractions are well suited.
This Amsterdam green space can be found in the Plantage district along the Nieuwe Herengracht. It is only a 20-minute walk from Central Station.
If you are using the Amsterdam Trams then number 14 will stop at Mr.Vissenplein nearby. For Metro use 51, 53 or 54 and get off at Waterlooplein. A bus no 287 heading towards Bijlmermeer stops at Artis, so very close by too.
Visitor Address: Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, Plantage Middenlaan 2a, 1018 DD Amsterdam.
Opening times for Hortus Botanicus
Opens everyday from 10am until 5pm.
In the summer months it opens until 9pm on Thursdays and Sundays.
What can I do at Botanical Garden Amsterdam
Hortus Botanicus is a place to explore, relax and reconnect with nature.
The grounds are beautiful and spacious and the glasshouses are warm, interesting and full of unique species of plants.
Orangery Cafe
There is a lovely cafe situated within an ancient national monument (the Orangery) which is a pretty unique place to stock up on cakes and coffee or enjoy lunch. The cafe is open from 10-5pm.
Hortus Store
A 17th century chalet style home has been adapted to house the Hortus Store, in here you’ll find plants, gardening tools, books, jewellery, art and stationary.
Greenhouses
There are four greenhouses to be found here. Perhaps the most famous is the Palm Greenhouse which is a protected monument and it’s roof you can see on plenty of images around Amsterdam. Unsurprisingly the greenhouse contains all manner of palm plants, pot plants and even some trees.
The butterfly greenhouse is a joyful place for kids and grown ups. All day long butterflies of tropical variety will flutter by and perch on the nearest plant or feeding station, great for pictures. The caterpillars are collected in this greenhouse and then grown on in a separate house. Once they turn into pupae they are returned so that the butterflies can fly freely when hatched.
The glassroom is used for education trips, lectures, talks and has a history of the botanical collection to explore at other times.
Finally there is the three climate greenhouse. This is a much more recent design (1993) and has three different climate zones, one for the desert, one for the tropics and one for the subtropics.
The Garden
There is a large pond in the garden, a semi-circle garden which is a great place to visit in the summer as the flowers cover the whole area and there is a medicine and herb garden (snippendaal) which harks back to the earliest days of the building, when the garden was planted to aid medicinial treatments.
