I am due to go to Amsterdam Schipol for the day at the start of September. Does anyone know the good spots for photography there and how to get to them?
Do you know the times of any unusual visitors on a Wednesday I should keep an eye out for?
Thanks in advance,
Danny
PS easyjet return flights on the same day for two people are just £130 (£65 each!). I must do this more often, a day at Heathrow costs about £15 parking plus petrol, about £25 from Leicester so its only £25 more to go to Amsterdam for the day!
🙂
By: tenthije - 21st August 2001 at 11:19
RE: Amsterdam Schipol
I’m affraid it isn’t possible to rent a bike at Schiphol. Quite a shame if you ask me, it is indeed the best form of transport at Schiphol. You can take the bus though (or rent a car of course).
If you want to go too the MacDonalds site, their are several busses taking you there. The busses are 190, 191, 192, 195, 198. If you want to go too Schiphol East you can take the same busses, except for 192. MacDonalds lies along the route to Schiphol East, so you can do both along the route. (as you may have seen there is a map of busroutes on http://members.tripod.de/schiphol/ under the link “AMS spotting” -> “How to get there”.
If you go too Schiphol East, chances are you can see the planes of the DDA (Dutch Dakota Association). Usually their DC-4 is parked outside, near the fence. Grap your chance of photographing it, because the plane will be sold, and god knows where it then will end up. Maybe in the backgarden of your neighbour, or just maybe on the other side of the world.
Too go to the Luchtvaart Hobby Shop you can take busline 199. Ask the busdriver to set you off at “Aalsmeerderbrug”. Walk back over the bridge, and then cross the street. You will find a small (and rather steep) stair leading down. Take that stair, and walk strait on. After 20 or 30 metres it is on your right.
Just another advise with regard to taking the bus. It is best too buy a “Strippenkaart” at Schiphol. You can buy these at book-shops, the NS (Dutch Railways, both at the counter and the ticket-vending machines (code 2222 I believe)) and at the “Connexion”-counter (bus company). If you buy one of 15-strippen it will cost you about 15 gulden, it should be more than enough for one or two days. On the bus you can only buy a “Strippenkaart” containing two strippen. It will cost you 3 gulden. Do the math, and you’ll see it is way more expensive.
Each “Strip” symbolises a zone, and you pay one “strip” for each zone you go through, plus one extra (a boarding “strip” so to say). Going to Schiphol East is 3 strips, so is the MacDonalds. The Luchtvaart Hobby Shop is roughly 4 or 5 strips, I am not entirely sure.
Greetz
Peter ten Thije
Petertenthije@yahoo.com
By: dan330 - 20th August 2001 at 19:52
RE: Amsterdam Schipol
Thanks for all the info guys, it will all help towards the trip.
By: Speedo - 20th August 2001 at 13:10
RE: Amsterdam Schipol
Rent a bike (possibly rentable at Schiphol), that’s the most easy way to explore the whole Schiphol area.
Interesting sites too: 2 x Mc Donanalds (one close to runway), Aviodome (aviation Museum), my sister in Hoofddorp for a cup of coffee, Schiphol East with the Dutch Dakota Association planes, plant and museum, former Fokker factory plants and a number of international aviation related companies. Oh, do not forget the “Luchtvaart Hobby Shop” ([http://www.lhshop.nl]) in Aalsmeer.
More Dutch and International aviation info via [http://luchtvaart.pagina.nl].
Have fun!
By: tenthije - 18th August 2001 at 21:16
RE: Amsterdam Schipol
There are a number of sites about spotting at Schiphol. Some of the best are:
http://www.schipholview.nl/
http://members.tripod.de/schiphol/
Schiphol itself has two internetsites. An old “secret” site, and a new site. The old site is prefered by spotters, because it also shows the cargo planes that arrive/depart. The new site doesn’t show the cargos.
The new site is:
http://www.schiphol.nl
The old site is:
http://flightinfo.schiphol.nl/engine/indexfilm01klein.html?url=/home/vl…
If you have anymore questions I’m more than willing to (try) to answer them. Have fun!
Greetz
Peter ten Thije
Petertenthije@yahoo.com
By: dan330 - 16th August 2001 at 21:02
RE: Amsterdam Schipol
Thanks for that info, I think I will have fun, it sounds like a good airport for photography.
By: Dutchy - 16th August 2001 at 12:58
RE: Amsterdam Schipol
Go to one of the info desk and there are some disinated spotter spots there. You could always try the visitors deck. U have a great view of the platform and the one of the more bussy runway, depents the wind direction ofcourse. Or you could take line 198 to Aalsmeer and the bus should take you right to the end of runway…..
have fun.
JW
mail me for more info if you want a123maker@hotmail.com
By: dan330 - 8th August 2001 at 22:23
RE: Amsterdam Schipol
Thanks for the reply, I’ll keep a look out.
By: andrewm - 7th August 2001 at 15:15
RE: Amsterdam Schipol
I was at Schipol yesterday overnight waiting for my easyjet flight to BFS and i noticed two places. They are open from 9am until 10pm and if you come out of arrivals and go to the main enterance there are signs for a “promanade” with a picture of a man looking at a plane taking off, hope this helps
Andrew
ceo@bizzair.com
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August 5, 2001 at 10:40 pm