“My neighbor dragged me here expecting graffiti and left speechless. A massive warehouse in Noord filled with world-class street art. Take the free ferry and combine with NDSM exploring.”
My neighbor Daan told me about the Street Art Museum and I was skeptical. Then I went. Then I stood in front of a three-story mural in a former warehouse and did not say anything for a full minute. SAMA is on the NDSM-werf in Amsterdam Noord. You get there by taking the free ferry from behind Centraal Station — about 15 minutes. The museum is in massive industrial halls that used to build ships, now filled with street art from artists around the world. The scale gets you — floor-to-ceiling works that use the raw architecture as part of the art. They rotate exhibitions regularly. Guided tours are excellent. The NDSM area around the museum is worth exploring too — restaurants in shipping containers, cool bars, a vintage market. Tickets around 17-20 euros. Open Wednesday through Sunday. The space can be cold in winter, bring a jacket. Take the NDSM ferry, not the Buiksloterweg one.
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